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Chapter 8: Prayer
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| What is the second Principle of Islam? |
| A.
| The second Principle of Islam is to offer the
Obligatory prayers five times a day. |
| Q.
| What do you understand by Prayer? |
| A.
| Prayer is the act of worshipping Allah according
to the teaching of the Holy Prophet. |
| Q.
| What are the essential requisites for offering
Prayer? |
| A.
| The essestial requisties for offering Prayer
are:-
(1) The worshippers must be a Muslime.
(2) The worshipper's clothes and body myst be free
from impurities.
(3) The place where the Prayer is to be offered should
be pure and clean.
(4) The part of the body between the navel and the
knees of a male worshipper must be fully covered,
and the whole body excepting the hands and face of
female worshipper.
(5) The worshipper must face the Ka'ba in the Great
Mosque at Makkah and the direction of Ka'ba outsite
Makkah.
(6) The worshipper must form the Niyyat (i.e., intention)
in his/her mind of the particular Prayer, Fard (Obligatory)
or Sunnat or Nafil (Optional), he or she is about
to offer.
(7) The worshipper must observe the times and rules
prescribed for the respective Prayers.
(8) The worshipper must have performed the Wudu (i.e.,
ablution).
(9) The worshipper must have performed Ghusl (i.e.,
the washing of the whole body), if he/she was in a
state of grave imputiry.
Note:- In order to keep the body clean from dirt and
all minor impurities and be ever ready for prayer,
a Muslim must wash the private parts of his/her body
with water whenever any impure matter issues from
the body. |
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