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THE PROPHET'S PRAYER DESCRIBED
(PEACE AND MERCY OF ALLAAH BE UPON HIM)
from beginning to end, as though you were watching it.
"Pray as you have seen me praying." (transmitted by al-Bukhaari)
Muhammad Naasir ad-Deen al-Albaani
Translated to English by Usama bin Suhaib Hasan
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
- INTRODUCTION
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- Reasons behind the Compilation of this Book, & some of its Features
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- Methodology of this Book
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- SAYINGS OF THE IMAAMS REGARDING FOLLOWING THE SUNNAH AND IGNORING THEIR VIEWS CONTRADICTORY TO IT
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- 1) Abu Haneefah (rahimahullaah)
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- 2) Maalik ibn Anas (rahimahullaah)
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- 3) Shaafi'i (rahimahullaah)
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- 4) Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rahimahullaah)
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- The Imaams' Followers Leaving their Views if these Contradicted the Sunnah
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- MISCONCEPTIONS CLEARED
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- THE PROPHET'S PRAYER DESCRIBED
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- FACING THE KA'BAH
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- STANDING IN PRAYER
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- The Prayer of a Sick Person in a Sitting Position
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- Prayer on a Ship
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- Sitting and Standing in the Night Prayer (Tahajjud)
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- Prayer Wearing Shoes and the Command to do so
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- Prayer on the Pulpit (Minbar)
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- The Sutrah, and the Obligation to have one
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- What Breaks the Prayer
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- Prohibition of Prayer Facing the Grave
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- INTENTION
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- TAKBEER
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- Raising the Hands
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- To Place the Right Arm on the Left Arm, and the Command for it
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- To Place the Hands on the Chest
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- To Look at the Place of Prostration, and Humility
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- OPENING SUPPLICATIONS (DU'AA'S)
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- RECITATION
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- Recitation of one Verse at a Time
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- The Necessity of al-Faatihah, and its Excellence
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- The Abrogation of Recitation behind the Imaam in the Loud Prayers
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- The Obligation to Recite in the Quiet Prayers
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- The aameen, and the Imaam's saying it Loudly
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- The Recitation after al-Faatihah
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- Combining Similar Soorahs and others in One Rak'ah
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- The Permissibility of Reciting al-Faatihah only
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- Quiet and Loud Recitation in the Five Prayers and others
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- Quiet and Loud Recitation in the Night Prayer (Tahajjud)
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- What he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) used to Recite in the Different Prayers
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- 1 - Fajr Prayer
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- Recitation in the Sunnah prayer before Fajr
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- 2- Zuhr Prayer
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- Recitation of Aayaat after al-Faatihah in the last two Rak'ahs
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- 3- 'Asr prayer
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- 4- Maghrib prayer
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- Recitation in the sunnah prayer after Maghrib
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- 5- 'Ishaa' prayer
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- 6- Night prayer (Tahajjud)
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- 7- Witr prayer
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- 8- Friday Prayer
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- 9- 'Eid Prayer
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- 10- Funeral Prayer
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- Tarteel (Recitation in slow, rhythmic tones), & Making the Voice Beautiful when Reciting
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- Correcting the Imaam
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- Seeking Refuge & Spitting Lightly during Prayer in order to Repel Temptation
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- THE RUKOO' (BOWING)
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- The Rukoo' Described
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- The Obligation of Being at Ease in Rukoo'
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- The Adhkaar of Rukoo'
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- Lengthening the Rukoo'
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- Forbiddance of Reciting the Qur'aan in Rukoo'
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- Straightening up from the Rukoo', & what is to be said then
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- Lengthening this Standing, & the Obligation to be at Ease in it
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- THE SUJOOD (PROSTRATION)
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- Going Down into the Sajdah on the Hands
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- The Sajdah Described
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- The Obligation to be at Ease in Sujood
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- The Adhkaar of Sujood
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- Forbiddance of Reciting the Qur'aan in Sujood
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- Lengthening the Sajdah
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- The Excellence of the Sajdah
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- Sajdah on the Ground, and on Mats
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- Rising from Sajdah
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- To sit muftarishan between the Two Sajdahs
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- Iq'aa' Between the Two Sajdahs
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- The Obligation of Being at Ease between the Two Sajdahs
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- Lengthening the Sitting between the Two Sajdahs
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- The Adhkaar between the Two Sajdahs
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- The Second Sajdah
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- The Sitting of Rest
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- Supporting Oneself with the Hands on Rising for the Next Rak'ah
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- THE SECOND RAK'AH
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- The Obligation of Reciting Soorah al-Faatihah in Every Rak'ah
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- THE FIRST TASHAHHUD
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- Moving the Finger in Tashahhud
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- The Obligation of the First Tashahhud, & the Validity of Supplication during it
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- The Manner of Tashahhud
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- As-Salaah 'alaa an-Nabiyy (Sending Prayers on the Prophet) - Its Place & Manner
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- Important Notes about as-Salaah 'alaa an-Nabiyy - Sending Prayers on the Prophet of the Ummah
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- Du'aa' in the First Tashahhud
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- Standing up for the Third, and then the Fourth, Rak'ah
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- Qunoot in the Five Prayers because of a Calamity
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- Qunoot in Witr Prayer
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- THE FINAL TASHAHHUD
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- The Obligation of this Tashahhud
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- The Obligation of Sending Prayers on the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) in this Tashahhud
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- The Obligation to Seek Refuge from Four Things before Supplicating
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- Supplication before the Salaam, & its various types
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- THE TASLEEM (SALUTATION OF PEACE)
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- The Obligation of the Tasleem
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- ADDENDUM
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- APPENDIX 1
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- The Weakness of the Ahaadeeth endorsing ikhtilaaf (disagreement, differing)
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- APPENDIX 2
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- The authentic hadeeth: "You are right in some of it and wrong in some of it."
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- APPENDIX 3
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- "The one who prayed badly" (radi Allaahu 'anhu)
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- APPENDIX 4
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- The weakness of the hadeeth about placing the hands below the navel.
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- The Weakness of 'Abd ar-Rahmaan ibn Ishaaq al-Koofi in the eyes of the Imaams of Hadeeth
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- APPENDIX 5
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- The Weakness of the Hadeeth condemning Recitation behind the Imaam
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- APPENDIX 6
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- Analysis of the Ahaadeeth regarding the saying of 'aameen' by the Imaam and the Congregation
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- APPENDIX 7
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- The Two Rak'ahs After Witr
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- APPENDIX 8
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- The Weakness of the Ahaadeeth Mentioning Wiping the Face with the Hands After Du'aa' (Supplication)
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- GLOSSARY
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- AUTHOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- A) THE QUR'AAN
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- B) TAFSEER
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- C) THE SUNNAH
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- D) FIQH
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- E) SEERAH (Biography of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and TARAAJUM (Biographies of the reporters of Hadeeth)
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- F) THE ARABIC LANGUAGE
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- G) USOOL AL-FIQH (Principles of Fiqh)
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- H) ADHKAAR
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- J) MISCELLANEOUS
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- Footnotes
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