Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatuh,
Bismillah Al-Rahman al-Rahim.
الحمد لله رب العالمين، وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم. أمابعد:
Insha'allah today, we will take a brief demonstration of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him's is prayer
what are the correct movements what are some of the misconceptions and
What are the things that a person should say during his prayer?
When one offers his prayer, He should make sure that [he] is upon proper Wudoo,
and he should make sure that they are facing the Qibla with the correct intention, and
they should offer the prayer standing. The first step would be to raise one's arms up to shoulder height or
up to the Ear height while saying allahu akbar (الله أكبر)
Demonstration of that will be such as this
Allahu akbar الله أكبر
then you will place the right hand over the left hand and
that will be placed in the mid section the mid torso from
This area up to the lower chest
There are three ways in which a person can hold his hands the first is that you hold the wrist
the second is that you place the hand on the forearm and you hold the forearm and
The third is that you just place it without holding any of the forearm or of the wrist
The position in which one places their feet whether male or female is the same there's a common mistake that
Women do and there's the same with their hands as they will place their hands like this
There's nothing that states that is reported authentically that you place your hands
like this for a woman and the same with the feet in which they place the feet together or a
Misconception that many do is that they try to combine between both..
Holding the wrist and the forearm by doing this which is incorrect
Hold the wrist place it on the left hand or hold the forearm
Once a person has done this they begin by reciting the opening supplication
Which is known as Dua Al-Istif'taah
one says
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ Subhanakallahumma, wa bihamdika tabarakasmuka wa ta'ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuk (Glory and praise be to You, O Allah. Blessed be Your name and exalted be Your majesty, there is none worthy of worship except You.
After he does this and says the supplication he will say: " Audhu Billahi min ash-Shaytani R-Rajim" أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
seeking refuge in allah [from] the cursed Satan
Then he will recite Surat al-fatiha, the opening
Chapter of the [Quran] and so that you may be able to read along
We will read it slowly and that way you can learn it as well
You say Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Lillahi
Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen
Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheemi Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een
Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem
Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen
Aamiin
Then you [will] recite a short Surah afterward
any soda that you memorize from the quran
The next step will be that you raise [your] hands up to [your] shoulder length or again up to the ears and do not
touch your ears while doing so with your thumbs as there is no authentic report of this so up to the shoulder or
to the ear length a
demonstration
Allahu Akbar الله أكبر
then, one goes to the roku or position and
While in the roku [are] position a person must make sure that their back is straight that their head is level that they are
Placing their hands on their knees their elbows are [not] tucked Outward rather. They are relaxed inward and
While a person makes this Takbir he goes down into this position
And he will say allahu akbar then while remaining in this position
you will say
Subhanna Rabbiyal 'Adheem (3 times) Means :Far removed from every imperfection is my Rabb (Lord), the Great.
You said you have to at least say at one time
You may say it two or three or four or five times [or] any other amount that you feel is
sufficient
after being in the roku position meaning the bowing position a person will come up and
say
Semi allahu Liman, Hamidah
While raising his hands and that means and translates to allah [here's] those that praise [him]
Then you will place your hands on your chest
Now once a person raises his hands and says semi allahu Liman, Hamidah
Allah hears those that praise him he responds by saying Rabanaa Walakal Ham
O Allah allah to you is all praise
Now there is a common mistake in which when some people come up from Rukuu or from this position
they will bring their hands forward, which is actually incorrect because you are not in [a] position that you are making a
Supplication you're not asking allah anything you are praising him
So you just go through the actions by raising your hands here saying semi Allahu Liman, Hamidah
Rabanaa Walakal Hamd, O Allah to you is all praise. in this next step
We are going to demonstrate sujood. What is known as prostration now. We will begin by
Going down on our hands first than our knees
Sujood or prostration must be done properly. forehead and nose
both hands
both needs and
The toes must be facing forward and they all must be placed on the ground
while in the sujood position one must say
Subhaana Rabiyyal-'Alaa (3 times) a common mistake of sujood or prostration is
The elbows on the floor as you see here
Another common mistake is while making sujood, the stomach will be resting on the thighs as you see here
So the main thing that must be done is that the thighs must be straight and the stomach as best as you can
Should be away from the thighs to the best of your ability so the next step coming up from sujood
One will place his hands on his knees, and we'll sayRabbigh-fir lee]. Oh allah forgive me
Then you will proceed to make sujood a second time Allahu Akbar
Subhana Rabbiyal Alaa
Allahu Akbar
Now on the second Raka'a or the second unit of prayer for those prayers that have only
two rakas or two units of prayer
One will recite the Tashahhud the wording of Al-Tahiyyatu goes as follows now
You recite it as you are looking at your finger while making the Tisha hood
Your hand and fingers should be placed in this
fashion as it has been reported by the prophet peace be upon him in these ways that you make a
ring with your thumb and middle finger or
You place that?
Slightly above or to the side of the middle finger these are the most authentic ways that has been reported in
Regards to moving the finger it has been reported that one should keep it firm and should move it
Regularly has also been reported that these a hadith were not as authentic
but because of the difference of opinion either one will be fine either to keep it straight or to move it up and down and
you will say
at-Tahiyyatu Lillahi
Wassalawatu Wattayibaat
Assalamo Ala Nabi
warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
Assalamu alynaa wa'alaa ibaadillahi Saalihin
Ashhadu an [La] ilaha illallah, Wa Ashhadu, Anna Muhammadan, Abduhu wa rasuluh
This is known as at the [shahada], the next supplication that you will make is known as the Abrahamic
supplication or
Al Dua Al Ibrahimiyyah, the finger is still raised you say
allahumma Salli Ala Muhammad, wa Ala Ali Muhammad, Kamaa Salayta Alaa Ibrahima
Wa'alaa Aaali Ibrahima
Innaka Hamidun Majid
Wabarik Alaa Muhamad, Wa' alaa aali muhammad, kamaa baarakta Alaa ibrahima
Wa'alaa Aali Ibrahima Fil Aalamina Innaka Hamidun Majid
Now lastly, is the final
supplication in which you seek refuge from allah or you seek refuge with allah from
Four matters. Now these four matters are: 1- the punishment of the grave. 2- the punishment of hellfire
3- the trials of life and death and
4- the trials of Ad-Dajjal and you will say
Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘adhabi jahannam, wa min ‘adhabil-qabr, wa min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat, wa min fitnatil-masihid-Dajjal
and with that you will have concluded all of the
Supplications that one says while seated then you will turn your head to the right and say Assalamu alaikum
Wa Rahmatullah
as-Salaam Wa alaykum
Wa rahmatullah and with that you will have concluded your prayer in the prayer that consists of four Rakas
on the very last seated position a person sits in what is known as
Tawarruk, it is demonstrated as
Many of the mistakes that you will find in the seated position
Is that [a] person may sit such as this or this or this?
and
The correct one will be this now one important note that we need to pay attention to is that
when praying in congregation with the Imam
You have to make sure that the imAms movements are
always before your movements, so the Imam makes
Tasleem or the imam raises his hands you don't go with him and you don't go before him
You go after him in all of the movements. wait until he's completed it then make your movement
This is a common mistake that many people are unaware of but it's something [that] the prophet peace [be] upon him
strictly prohibited. one brief example is
when the Imam will say
Assalamualykum Warahmatullah Assalamualykum Warahmatullah
While the imam is doing that you should not move as soon as they move rather wait until they've completed
the full
pronunciation of assalamu alaikum then you should move right after they have finished the second Tasleem