Questions about Salaat

1. Kindly refer below.%0D%0A2. Refer below.%0D%0A3. Attahiyyaatu lillaahi was swalawaatu wat twayyibaatu. Assalaamu alayka%0D%0Aayyuhan nabiyyu wa rahmatu llaahi wa barakaatuhu. Assalaamu alaynaa wa alaa%0D%0Aibaadil llaahis swaaliheena. Ash-hadu anlaa ilaaha illallaahu wa ash-hadu%0D%0Aanna muhammadan abduhoo wa rasooluhu.%0D%0A4. If you sincerely repent, then Allah Ta'ala will forgive you.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0AFATWA DEPT.%0D%0A%0D%0ASIX FARDH IN SALAAT%0D%0A%0D%0A1. TAKBEER- E -TAHRIMA.%0D%0A2. QIYAAMAH (standing) position.%0D%0A3. QIRAAT (recitation of at least three ayats or one long ayat of the%0D%0AQuran).%0D%0A4. RUKU (to bow down).%0D%0A5. Both the SAJDAH (to prostrate).%0D%0A6. Q'ADAH AKHEERAH (to sit so long at the end of the last Rak'ah that one%0D%0Acan read the TASHAHHUD).%0D%0A%0D%0A14 Waajibaat in Salaat%0D%0A1. Fixing the first two Rak'aat of the Fardh Salaat for QIRAAT.%0D%0A2. Reading Sura-e-Fatiha in all the Rak'aat of every Salaat except in the%0D%0Athird and fourth Rak'aat of Farz Salaat.%0D%0A3. To recite a Sura or a lengthy Ayat or three small Ayats along with SURA-%0D%0AE-FATIHA in the first two Rak'aat of FARZ Salaat and in all the Rak'aat of%0D%0AWAAJIB, SUNNAT and NAFIL salaat.%0D%0A4. To read SURA-E-FATTHA before any other Sura or Ayat%0D%0A5. To maintain order between QIRAAT, RUKU, SAJDAH and RAK'AAT.%0D%0A6. QAUMAH (standing up erect after Ruku).%0D%0A7. JALSAH (sitting between the two SAJDAHS).%0D%0A8. T'ADEEL-E-ARKAAN, i.e. performing RUKU, QUAMA, SAJDAH, JALSAH with%0D%0Atranquility (in calm and good way).%0D%0A9. Q'ADA-E-OOLAA or sitting to the extent of saying TASHAHHUD after two%0D%0ARak'aat in Salaat of three or four Rakaat.%0D%0A10. To read TASHAHHUD in the two Q'ADAAHS.%0D%0A11. To recite QIRAAT aloud in Fajr, Maghrib, Ishaa, Jumuah, Eid and Taraweeh%0D%0ASalaat in Ramadaan by the Imaam. The Imaam should recite Zuhr and Asr Salaat%0D%0Asilently.%0D%0A12. To end the Salaat by saying SALAAM.%0D%0A13. To say TAKBEER (Allaahu-Akbar) for QUNOOT in Witr Salaat and also recite%0D%0ADU-AA-E-QUNOOT.%0D%0A14. To say additional TAKBEERS in both Eid Salaats.%0D%0A%0D%0A21 Sunnats in Salaat%0D%0A1. To raise the arms upto the ears before saying the TAKBEER-E-TAHREEMA.%0D%0A2. While raising hands for TAKBEER-E-TAHREEMA, keep both fingers of the both%0D%0Ahands raised and faced towards the QIBLA.%0D%0A3. Not to BEND the HEAD when saying the Takbeer.%0D%0A4. Saying Takbeer-e-Tahreema and other Takbeers ALOUD by the IMAAM according%0D%0Ato the NEED, while going from one RUKN (position) to the other.%0D%0A5.%0D%0A6. To fold the right hand around the left below the navel for men.%0D%0A7. Saying THANA.%0D%0A8. To recite TA'AWWUZ.%0D%0A9. To recite the complete BISMILLAH.%0D%0A10. To recite only SURA-E-FATIHA in the THIRD and FOURTH Rak'ah of FARZ%0D%0ASalaat.%0D%0A11. To say Aameen.%0D%0A12. To recite Thana, Ta'awuz and Aameen SOFTLY is SUNNAT for every Salaat%0D%0A13. To say TASBIH at least THREE times each in RUKU and SAJDAH.%0D%0A14. To keep the BACK and HEAD in the SAME LEVEL while holding KNEES with the%0D%0Afingers of both hands in RUKU.%0D%0A15. Saying by the Imaam SAMI'ALLAAH HULIMAN HAMIDAH when raising from Rukoo,%0D%0Afollowed by ALLAAHUMMA RABBANAA WA LAKAL HAMDU by both the Imaam and%0D%0AMuqtadi. The Munfarid should say Tasmee'i and Tahmeed both.%0D%0A16. While going into SAJDAH, FIRST place KNEES, then HANDS, then NOSE, then%0D%0Athe FOREHEAD on the GROUND.%0D%0A17. In Q'ADAH or JALSAAH, place the LEFT FOOT on the HORIZONTALLY and%0D%0Asitting.%0D%0A18. To recite as much QIRAAT as upon it and PUTTING the RIGHT FOOT%0D%0AVERTICALLY so that the TOES are towards QIBLA and putting both HANDS on%0D%0ATHIGHS.%0D%0A19. To MAKE a CIRCLE with the THUMB and MIDDLE FINGER of the right hand and%0D%0Araise the right hand's INDEX FINGER as one say Ash-HADU-ANL-LAA-LAA-HA" in%0D%0ATashah'hud (AtTahiyyat) and LOWERING it on ILLALLAAH.%0D%0A20. To recite DUROOD SHARIF in Q'ADA AKHEERA after TASHAHHUD.%0D%0A21. To read DU'AA after DUROOD SHARIF.%0D%0A22. To turn the FACE for SALAAM towards the RIGHT FIRST and then to the%0D%0ALEFT.%0D%0A%0D%0A5 MUSTAHABBS IN SALAAT%0D%0A1. To pull the palms out of the sleeves while saying TAKBEER-E-TAHREEMA%0D%0A2. Saying Tasbih more than three times in Ruku and in SAJDAH by MUNFARID.%0D%0A3. To keep the EYES towards the place of SAJDAH in QIYAAM, at the TOES in%0D%0ARUKU, towards the lap in QA'IDAH and JALSA, and at the SHOULDERS while%0D%0Aturning for SALAAM.%0D%0A4. To try best not to COUGH To try and keep the MOUTH CLOSED when YAWNING,%0D%0Abut if it is OPENED to COVER it by the UPPER portion of the RIGHT HAND in%0D%0AQIYAAM and by the LEFT HAND in all other postures.%0D%0A%0D%0A[ Mufeedul Muslimeen, Mufti Ismail Kachholvi, UK ]