Ayatullah Sistani - Prayer - Index

This is the index for the Prayer section of Practical Laws of Islam according to the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Prayer (Salah)

• Prayer (Salah)

• Prayer: The Obligatory (Wajib) Prayers

The Obligatory Daily Prayers

1. Prayer: The Five Obligatory Daily Prayers

The Time For The Midday (Zuhr) And Afternoon (Asr) Prayers

1. Prayer: Time for Zuhr and Asr Prayers

2. Prayer: Changing Intention During Prayer

The Friday Prayer (Salat Al‑Jumu’ah) And its Laws

1. Prayer: The Friday Prayer (Salat al-Jumuʿah)

2. Prayer: Obligation to Attend Friday Prayer

3. Prayer: Validity of Zuhr in Place of Obligatory Friday Prayer

Some Laws Concerning The Friday Prayer

• Prayer: Friday Prayer During the Occultation

The Time For The Prayer After Sunset (Maghrib) And The Evening (Isha) Prayer

1. Prayer: Establishing the Time for Maghrib Prayer

2. Prayer: Time for Maghrib and Isha Prayers

3. Prayer: Mistakenly Performing Isha Before Maghrib

4. Prayer: Mistakenly Starting Isha Before Maghrib

5. Prayer: Calculating Midnight for Prayer Times

6. Prayer: Willful Delay of Maghrib and Isha

The Time For The Morning (Subh) Prayer

1. Prayer: Time for Morning Prayer (Subh)

Laws Relating To The Time Of Prayers

1. Prayer: Establishing the Onset of Prayer Time

2. Prayer: Impediments to Ascertaining Prayer Time

3. Prayer: Validity of Prayers Started Early Due to Mistake

4. Prayer: Prayer Performed Without Ascertaining Time (Due to Ignorance)

5. Prayer: Doubt About Prayer Time

6. Prayer: Time Scarcity and Recommended Acts

7. Prayer: Prayer with Time for Only One Rakʿah

8. Prayer: Order of Prayers in Restricted Time

9. Prayer: Order of Prayers for a Traveller in Restricted Time

10. Prayer: The Merit of Performing Prayer at the Start of Time

11. Prayer: Performing Prayer at the Start of Time with an Excuse

12. Prayer: Delaying Prayer to Learn Rulings

13. Prayer: Prioritising Immediate Obligations Over Prayer

Prayers That Must Be Performed In Order

1. Prayer: The Obligatory Sequence of Joint Prayers

2. Prayer: Changing Intention from an Already Performed Prayer

3. Prayer: Reverting Intention After a Mistaken Change

4. Prayer: Doubting the Performance of Zuhr During Asr

5. Prayer: Doubting the Performance of Maghrib During Isha

6. Prayer: Doubting Maghrib After Reaching the Fourth Rukūʿ of Isha

7. Prayer: Changing Intention From a Precautionary Prayer

8. Prayer: Impermissible Changes of Intention

9. Prayer: Changing Intention from Ada to Qada

Recommended (Mustahabb) Prayers

1. Prayer: The Daily Recommended (Nafilah) Prayers

2. Prayer: Structure of the Night Nafilah Prayer

3. Prayer: Posture in Nafilah Prayers

4. Prayer: Nafilah Prayers for a Traveller

Timings For The Daily Superogatory (Nafilah) Prayers

1. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of Zuhr

2. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of Asr

3. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of Maghrib

4. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of Isha

5. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of Subh

6. Prayer: The Time of the Nafilah of the Night

7. Prayer: Performing Salat al-Layl at Daybreak

The Ghufaylah Prayer

1. Prayer: The Method of the Ghufaylah Prayer

Rules Of Qibla

1. Prayer: Facing the Qibla

2. Prayer: Facing Qibla in a Standing Position

3. Prayer: Facing Qibla in a Sitting Position

4. Prayer: Facing Qibla in a Lying Position

5. Prayer: Facing Qibla in Precautionary Prayer and Forgotten Acts

6. Prayer: Facing Qibla in Recommended Prayers While Walking or Riding

7. Prayer: Determining the Direction of Qibla

8. Prayer: Acting on a Stronger Supposition for Qibla

9. Prayer: Praying When the Qibla is Unknown

10. Prayer: Praying When Qibla is One of Two Directions

11. Prayer: Sequence of Prayers When Facing Multiple Directions

12. Prayer: Facing Qibla for Acts Other Than Prayer

Covering The Body In Prayers

1. Prayer: Covering the Body in Prayer for Men

2. Prayer: Covering the Body in Prayer for Women

3. Prayer: Covering for Forgotten Acts and Sajdata al-Sahw

4. Prayer: Intentionally Not Covering Private Parts

5. Prayer: Realising Private Parts are Visible

6. Prayer: Clothing Covering Private Parts Only While Standing

7. Prayer: Covering with Grass and Leaves in Prayer

8. Prayer: Covering with Mud

9. Prayer: Praying When Covering is Unavailable

10. Prayer: Praying Without Any Covering

Conditions Of Clothing Worn By Someone Performing Prayers

1. Prayer: Conditions of Clothing for Prayer

2. Prayer: Purity of Clothing for Prayer

3. Prayer: Praying with Impurity Due to Negligence in Learning

4. Prayer: Praying with Impurity Due to Ignorance (No Negligence)

5. Prayer: Realising Impurity After Prayer

6. Prayer: Forgetting Impurity During or After Prayer

7. Prayer: Becoming Aware of Impurity During Prayer

8. Prayer: Realising Impurity During Prayer When Time is Short

9. Prayer: Realising Body Impurity During Prayer When Time is Short

10. Prayer: Doubting Purity and Investigation

11. Prayer: Realising Impurity After Washing

12. Prayer: Mistaking Impure Blood for Pure Blood

13. Prayer: Mistaking the Category of Impure Blood

14. Prayer: Touching a Forgotten Impure Object with Wetness

15. Prayer: Insufficient Water to Wash Both Body and Clothing

16. Prayer: Praying with Only Impure Clothing

17. Prayer: Knowing One of Two Garments is Impure

18. Prayer: Permissible (Mubah) and Usurped Clothing in Prayer

19. Prayer: Ignorance of the Ruling on Praying with Usurped Clothing

20. Prayer: Forgetting or Not Knowing Clothing is Usurped

21. Prayer: Realising Clothing is Usurped During Prayer

22. Prayer: Praying in Usurped Clothing Out of Necessity

23. Prayer: Purchasing Prayer Clothing with Unpaid Khums

24. Prayer: Clothing Made from a Carcass (Unslaughtered Animal)

25. Prayer: Carrying Parts of an Impure Carcass During Prayer

26. Prayer: Praying with Lifeless Parts of a Lawful Carcass

27. Prayer: Clothing from Predatory Animals and Unlawful Meats

28. Prayer: Moisture from Animals with Unlawful Meat

29. Prayer: Human Substances and Permissible Natural Items

30. Prayer: Doubting the Lawfulness of Animal-Based Clothing

31. Prayer: Permissibility of Seashells in Prayer

32. Prayer: Permissibility of Squirrel Fur in Prayer

33. Prayer: Forgetting or Not Knowing Clothing is from an Unlawful Animal

34. Prayer: Gold-Embroidered Clothing in Prayer

35. Prayer: Wearing Gold Jewellery and Accessories in Prayer

36. Prayer: Ignorance or Forgetfulness Regarding Gold in Prayer

37. Prayer: Men Wearing Pure Silk Clothing

38. Prayer: Garments with Pure Silk Sleeves or Parts

39. Prayer: Doubting the Silk Content of Clothing

40. Prayer: Carrying Silk Items in Pockets During Prayer

41. Prayer: Permissibility of Silk for Women

42. Prayer: Wearing Silk or Gold Out of Necessity

43. Prayer: Praying When Only Unlawful Clothing is Available

44. Prayer: When Only Clothing from Predatory or Unlawful Animals is Available

45. Prayer: Obligation and Hardship in Procuring Clothing

46. Prayer: Borrowing or Accepting Clothing for Prayer

47. Prayer: Praying in Abnormal or Humiliating Clothing

48. Prayer: Praying in the Clothing of the Opposite Gender

49. Prayer: Bed Sheets and Quilts for Those Praying Lying Down

Cases When It Is Not Necessary For The Body And Clothing Of Someone Performing Prayers To Be Pure

1. Prayer: Exemptions for Impure Body and Clothing in Prayer

2. Prayer: Blood from Unhealed Wounds and Sores

3. Prayer: Blood from Minor, Quickly Healing Cuts

4. Prayer: Moisture Spreading from Wounds

5. Prayer: Blood from Piles and Internal Wounds

6. Prayer: Doubting the Source of Blood When Wounded

7. Prayer: Blood from Multiple Wounds

8. Prayer: Rules for Different Types of Blood in Prayer

9. Prayer: Blood Seeping Through Unlined Clothing

10. Prayer: Blood Spreading on Lined or Layered Clothing

11. Prayer: Moisture Spreading a Blood Stain

12. Prayer: Impurity Transferred by Wet Contact with Blood

13. Prayer: Mixing Another Impurity with Excusable Blood

14. Prayer: Impure Small Clothing Items and Rings

15. Prayer: Carrying Impure Objects During Prayer

16. Prayer: Doubting the Type of a Small Blood Stain

17. Prayer: Discovering the Nature or Size of Blood After Prayer

Things That Are Recommended (Mustahabb) For The Clothing Of Someone Performing Prayers

1. Prayer: Recommended Clothing and Items for Prayer

Things That Are Disapproved (Makruh) For The Clothing Of Someone Performing Prayers

1. Prayer: Disapproved Clothing and Items for Prayer

The Place Where Prayers Are Performed

1. Praying on Usurped Property

2. Prayer: Praying on Rented Property Without Consent

3. Prayer: Taking Another Person’s Place in a Mosque

4. Prayer: Forgetting or Not Knowing a Place is Usurped

5. Prayer: Ignorance of the Prayer Ruling in a Usurped Place

6. Prayer: Praying on a Mode of Transport

7. Prayer: Praying on Undivided Joint Property

8. Prayer: Property Purchased with Money Lacking Khums

9. Prayer: Verbal vs. Actual Consent of the Owner

10. Prayer: Praying on the Property of a Deceased Debtor

11. Prayer: Property with Minor, Insane, or Absent Heirs

12. Prayer: Obtaining Consent to Pray on Another’s Property

13. Prayer: Praying on Vast Expanses and Un-walled Land

14. Prayer: Praying in a Moving Vehicle

15. Prayer: Praying in Stationary or Smoothly Moving Vehicles

16. Prayer: Probability of Completing the Prayer

17. Prayer: Praying in a Place Where Staying is Unlawful

18. Prayer: Praying on a Prohibited Surface

19. Prayer: Praying When Unable to Stand

20. Prayer: Further Conditions for the Place of Prayer

21. Prayer: A Woman Praying Level With or In Front of a Man

22. Prayer: Using a Barrier or Distance During Prayer

23. Prayer: Praying in a Secluded Place with a Non-Mahram

24. Prayer: Praying in the Presence of Unlawful Music

25. Prayer: Praying Inside or on the Roof of the Kaʿbah

26. Prayer: Performing Recommended Prayers Inside the Kaʿbah

Places Where Performing Prayers Is Recommended (Mustahabb)

1. Prayer: Recommended Mosques for Prayer

2. Prayer: Recommended Privacy for Women’s Prayers

3. Prayer: Praying in the Shrines of the Infallible Imams

4. Prayer: Frequenting Mosques and the Duty of Neighbours

5. Prayer: Associating with Those Who Do Not Attend the Mosque

Places Where Performing Prayers Is Disapproved (Makruh)

1. Prayer: Disapproved Places for Prayer

2. Prayer: Placing an Object in Front During Prayer

Laws Of A Mosque

1. Prayer: Making a Mosque Impure and the Duty to Purify It

2. Prayer: When Unable to Purify a Mosque

3. Prayer: Digging or Demolishing to Purify a Mosque

4. Prayer: Usurped or Ruined Mosques

5. Prayer: Making the Shrines of the Imams Impure and the Duty to Purify Them

6. Prayer: Purifying the Carpets or Mats of a Mosque

7. Prayer: Taking Impurities into a Mosque

8. Prayer: Preparing a Mosque for Mourning Ceremonies

9. Prayer: Decorating a Mosque with Gold or Images

10. Prayer: Selling or Repurposing a Ruined Mosque

11. Prayer: Selling or Reusing Mosque Fixtures

12. Prayer: Building, Renovating, and Rebuilding Mosques

13. Prayer: Recommended Etiquette for Visiting a Mosque

14. Prayer: The Prayer for Saluting the Mosque

15. Prayer: Disapproved Actions in a Mosque

16. Prayer: Allowing Children and Certain Individuals into a Mosque

The Call To Prayer (Adhan) And The Call To Stand For Prayer (Iqamah)

1. Prayer: Adhan and Iqamah for Daily Obligatory Prayers

2. Prayer: Reciting Adhan and Iqamah for a Newborn

3. Prayer: The Sentences of the Adhan and Iqamah

4. Prayer: The Translation of the Adhan and Iqamah

5. Prayer: The Interval Between the Sentences of Adhan and Iqamah

6. Prayer: Reciting Adhan and Iqamah in a Singing Manner

7. Prayer: Cases Where Adhan is Excepted for the Second Prayer

8. Prayer: Adhan and Iqamah When Joining a Congregational Prayer

9. Prayer: Adhan and Iqamah After a Congregational Prayer

10. Prayer: Conditions for the Exception of Adhan and Iqamah

11. Prayer: Doubting the Conditions for the Exception of Adhan and Iqamah

12. Prayer: Repeating the Adhan

13. Prayer: Sufficing with Another Person’s Adhan and Iqamah

14. Prayer: A Man Listening to a Woman’s Adhan

15. Prayer: Who Can Say Adhan and Iqamah for Congregational Prayers

16. Prayer: Conditions for Reciting the Iqamah

17. Prayer: The Order of Sentences in Adhan and Iqamah

18. Prayer: The Interval Between Adhan, Iqamah, and the Prayer

19. Prayer: Reciting Adhan and Iqamah in Correct Arabic

20. Prayer: The Time for Adhan and Iqamah

21. Prayer: Doubting the Adhan Before or During the Iqamah

22. Prayer: Doubts During Adhan and Iqamah

23. Prayer: Recommended Acts for Reciting the Adhan

24. Prayer: Recommended Acts for Reciting the Iqamah

25. Prayer: Recommended Acts Between Adhan and Iqamah

26. Prayer: Recommended Qualities for the Caller of Adhan

Obligatory Components of the Prayer

1. Prayer: Obligatory Components of Prayer

   1. Prayer: The Elemental Components of Prayer (Rukn)

   2. Prayer: Intention (Niyyah)

   3. Prayer: Takbirat al-Ihram

   4. Prayer: Standing (Qiyam)

   5. Prayer: Recitation (Qira’ah)

   6. Prayer: Bowing (Ruku)

   7. Prayer: Prostrating (Sujud)

Things On Which Sajdah Is Permitted (Ja’iz)

1. Prayer: Things on Which Sajdah is Permitted

2. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Grapevine Leaves

3. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Food for Animals

4. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Flowers and Medicinal Plants

5. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Regionally Edible Plants and Unripe Fruits

6. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Limestone and Gypsum

7. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Paper

8. Prayer: The Preferred Materials for Sajdah

9. Prayer: Performing Sajdah When Permitted Items Are Unavailable

10. Prayer: Performing Sajdah on Mud and Soft Soil

11. Prayer: The Turbah Sticking to the Forehead

12. Prayer: Losing the Item of Sajdah During Prayer

13. Prayer: Realising the Forehead is on an Invalid Item During Sajdah

14. Prayer: Realising the Item of Sajdah was Invalid After Prostration

15. Prayer: Performing Sajdah for Other Than Allah

Recommended (Mustahabb) and Disapproved (Makruh) Acts Of Sajdah

1. Prayer: Recommended Acts of Sajdah

2. Prayer: Disapproved Acts During Sajdah

Obligatory (Wajib) Prostrations Of The Quran

1. Prayer: The Obligatory Sajdah of Recitation

2. Prayer: Reciting Along While Listening to a Verse of Sajdah

3. Prayer: Reciting or Listening to a Verse of Sajdah While in Sajdah

4. Prayer: Hearing a Verse of Sajdah from Various Sources

5. Prayer: Conditions for the Obligatory Sajdah of the Quran

6. Prayer: Items on Which to Perform the Obligatory Sajdah of the Quran

7. Prayer: Dhikr for the Obligatory Sajdah of the Quran

TESTIFYING (Tashahhud)

1. Prayer: Tashahhud

2. Prayer: The Manner of Reciting Tashahhud

3. Prayer: Forgetting Tashahhud

4. Prayer: Recommended Acts of Tashahhud

5. Prayer: Recommended Posture for Women During Tashahhud

Salutation (Salaam)

1. Prayer: The Salaam of the Prayer

2. Prayer: Forgetting the Salaam

3. Prayer: Remembering the Salaam After the Form of the Prayer has Broken Up

Sequence (Tartib)

1. Prayer: Intentionally Breaking the Sequence of Prayers

2. Prayer: Forgetting a Rukn and Performing the Next Rukn

3. Prayer: Forgetting a Rukn and Performing a Non-Rukn Act

4. Prayer: Forgetting a Non-Rukn and Performing the Next Rukn

5. Prayer: Forgetting a Non-Rukn and Performing the Next Non-Rukn

6. Prayer: Mistaking the First and Second Sajdah

Close Succession (Muwalah)

1. Prayer: Performing Prayer Acts in Close Succession

2. Prayer: Pausing Inadvertently Between Letters and Words

3. Prayer: Prolonging Prayer Acts Without Breaking Muwalah

Qunut

1. Prayer: Qunut

2. Prayer: The Manner of Performing Qunut

3. Prayer: Dhikr for Qunut

4. Prayer: Saying Qunut Aloud

5. Prayer: Forgetting Qunut

Translation of Prayers

1. Prayer: Translation of the Prayers

Supplications After Prayers (Ta’qibat)

1. Prayer: Taʿqibat (Post-Prayer Supplications)

2. Prayer: Prostration for Offering Thanks (Sajdat al-Shukr)

Salawat

1. Prayer: Reciting Salawat

2. Prayer: Writing Salawat

Things That Invalidate (Mubtilat) Prayers

1. Prayer: Things that Invalidate Prayers (Mubtilat)

2. Prayer: Falling Asleep Involuntarily

3. Prayer: Doubting When Voluntary Sleep Occurred

4. Prayer: Placing Hands on Top of One Another

5. Prayer: Saying ‘Āmīn’ and Turning Away from Qibla

6. Prayer: Turning the Face from Qibla and Intentionally Speaking

7. Prayer: Speaking Inadvertently

8. Prayer: Coughing, Burping, Sighing, and Groaning

9. Prayer: Saying Dhikr to Make Someone Aware

10. Prayer: Reciting the Quran and Supplicating

11. Prayer: Repeating Parts of the Prayer

12. Prayer: Saying and Replying to Salaam

13. Prayer: Immediately Replying to Salaam

14. Prayer: Making the Reply to Salaam Heard

15. Prayer: Intention When Replying to Salaam

16. Prayer: Replying to the Salaam of a Woman or Non-Mumayyiz Child

17. Prayer: Not Replying to Salaam

18. Prayer: Replying to an Incorrect Salaam

19. Prayer: Replying to a Mocking Salaam or the Salaam of a Non-Muslim

20. Prayer: Replying to a Salaam Addressed to a Group

21. Prayer: When a Person Not Addressed Replies to a Salaam

22. Prayer: Doubting Whether Addressed in a Salaam to a Group

23. Prayer: The Recommendation to Initiate Salaam

24. Prayer: Two People Saying Salaam Together

25. Prayer: Replying with a Better Salaam

26. Prayer: Restraining Laughter, Crying, and Breaking the Form of Prayer

27. Prayer: Remaining Silent During Prayers

28. Prayer: Doubting the Breaking of Prayer, and Eating and Drinking

29. Prayer: Intentionally Eating or Drinking

30. Prayer: Swallowing Food Remnants, Doubting the Number of Rakʿahs, and Adding or Omitting Parts of the Prayer

31. Prayer: Doubting an Invalidating Act After Prayers

Things That Are Disapproved (Makruh) In Prayers

1. Prayer: Disapproved Acts During Prayers

2. Prayer: Praying When Drowsy, Needing to Relieve Oneself, or Wearing Tight Socks

Instances Of When It Is Permitted (Jaʾiz) To Break An Obligatory (Wajib) Prayer

1. Prayer: Breaking an Obligatory Prayer

2. Prayer: Breaking Prayer to Protect Life or Property

3. Prayer: Repaying a Debt During Prayers

4. Prayer: Realising the Mosque is Impure During Prayers

5. Prayer: Completing a Prayer That Must Be Broken

6. Prayer: Breaking Prayer for Forgotten Adhan and Iqamah

Doubts That Arise In Prayers (Shakkiyat)

1. Prayer: Types of Doubts in Prayers

Doubts That Invalidate Prayers

1. Prayer: Doubts That Invalidate Prayers

2. Prayer: Thinking About a Doubt That Invalidates Prayers

Doubts That Must Be Dismissed

1. Prayer: Doubts That Must Be Dismissed

2. Prayer: A doubt About an Act for Which the Time of Performance has Passed

3. Prayer: Doubt After Salaam

4. Prayer: Doubt After the Time of Prayers

5. Prayer: An Excessive Doubter (Kathir al‑Shakk)

6. Prayer: Doubt of an Imam and a Follower in Congregational Prayers

7. Prayer: Doubts in Recommended Prayers

Doubts That Are Valid (Sahih)

1. Prayer: Doubts That Are Valid (Sahih)

Method of Performing the Precautionary Prayer (Salat Al-Ihtiyat)

1. Prayer: Method of Performing the Precautionary Prayer (Salat Al‑Ihtiyat)

The Two Prostrations For Inadvertence (Sajdata Al‑Sahw)

1. Prayer: Situations Requiring Sajdata al-Sahw

2. Prayer: Talking Mistakenly or Imagining Prayer is Finished

3. Prayer: Coughing, Groaning, or Sighing During Prayers

4. Prayer: Repeating Something Recited Incorrectly

5. Prayer: Inadvertent Talking From a Single Mistake

6. Prayer: Inadvertently Omitting al-Tasbihat al-Arbaʿah

7. Prayer: Inadvertently Saying the Salam at the Wrong Time

8. Prayer: Mistakenly Saying All Three Sentences of Salam

9. Prayer: Forgetting a Sajdah or Tashahhud and Remembering Before Ruku

10. Prayer: Forgetting a Sajdah or Tashahhud and Remembering During or After Rukuʿ

11. Prayer: Intentionally or Inadvertently Omitting Sajdata al-Sahw

12. Prayer: Doubting the Obligation of Sajdata al-Sahw

13. Prayer: Doubting the Number of Sajdata al-Sahw

14. Prayer: Omitting or Adding a Sajdah During Sajdatā al-Sahw

Method of Performing Sajdata Al‑Sahw

1. Prayer: Method of Performing Sajdata al-Sahw

Making up (Qada) a Forgotten Sajdah

1. Prayer: Conditions for Making up a Forgotten Sajdah

2. Prayer: Forgetting Multiple Sajdahs

3. Prayer: Forgetting One Sajdah and One Tashahhud

4. Prayer: Forgetting Two Sajdahs from Two Rakʿahs

5. Prayer: Performing an Invalidating Act Between Salam and Making up a Sajdah

6. Prayer: Remembering a Forgotten Sajdah from the Last Rakʿah

7. Prayer: Performing an Act Requiring Sajdata al-Sahw Between Salaam and Making up a Sajdah

8. Prayer: Doubting Whether a Sajdah or Tashahhud Was Forgotten

9. Prayer: Doubting Whether or Not a Sajdah or Tashahhud Was Forgotten

10. Prayer: Doubting Whether a Forgotten Sajdah Was Performed Before Rukuʿ

11. Prayer: Sequence of Making up a Sajdah and Performing Sajdata al-Sahw

12. Prayer: Doubting Whether a Forgotten Sajdah Was Made Up

Omitting or Adding Components or Conditions of the Prayer

1. Prayer: Intentionally Omitting or Adding an Obligatory Component

2. Prayer: Omitting or Adding an Obligatory Component Due to Ignorance

3. Prayer: Discovering Invalid Wuduʾ or Ghusl During or After Prayers

4. Prayer: Forgetting Two Sajdahs from the Previous Rakʿah

5. Prayer: Remembering Two Omitted Sajdahs Before Salaam

6. Prayer: Remembering One or More Omitted Rakʿahs Before Salaam

7. Prayer: Remembering One or More Omitted Rakʿahs After Salaam

8. Prayer: Remembering Two Omitted Sajdahs After Salaam

9. Prayer: Realising a Prayer Was Performed Before Its Time or Away from Qibla

Prayers of a Traveller

1. Prayer: First Condition for Shortened (Qasr) Prayers: Distance

2. Prayer: Journey Totalling Eight Farsakhs Without Returning the Same Day

3. Prayer: Journey Less Than Eight Farsakhs or Doubting the Distance

4. Prayer: Relying on a Reliable Person Regarding Journey Distance

5. Prayer: Realising a Journey Was Not Eight Farsakhs After Performing Qaṣr Prayers

6. Prayer: Realising on the Way That the Journey is Eight Farsakhs

7. Prayer: Coming and Going Between Places Less Than Four Farsakhs Apart

8. Prayer: Choosing Between Two Routes of Different Distances

9. Prayer: Calculating the Start and End of the Journey and the Second Condition: Intention

10. Prayer: Travelling Without Knowing the Distance of the Journey

11. Prayer: Having a Conditional Intention to Travel Eight Farsakhs

12. Prayer: Covering a Short Distance Every Day on an Eight Farsakh Journey

13. Prayer: Travelling Under the Authority of Someone Else

14. Prayer: Anticipating Separation Before Four Farsakhs When Travelling Under Another’s Authority

15. Prayer: Confidence Regarding Separation Before Four Farsakhs When Travelling Under Another’s Authority

16. Prayer: Abandoning a Journey That Totals Eight Farsakhs with the Return Journey

17. Prayer: Changing One’s Mind and Deciding to Return During a Journey

18. Prayer: Changing Destination During a Journey

19. Prayer: Becoming Unsure About Continuing a Journey Before Eight Farsakhs

20. Prayer: Travelling Some Distance While Unsure About Continuing a Journey

21. Prayer: Travelling While Unsure and the Fourth Condition: Intention to Pass Through Home or Stay Ten Days

22. Prayer: Uncertainty About Passing Through Home Town or Staying Ten Days

23. Prayer: Changing Mind About Passing Through Home Town or Staying Ten Days and the Fifth Condition: Unlawful Purpose

24. Prayer: Journey That is a Source of Annoyance to Parents

25. Prayer: Committing a Sin on a Lawful Journey

26. Prayer: Travelling to Avoid an Obligatory Act

27. Prayer: Travelling Using Usurped Transport or on Usurped Land

28. Prayer: Travelling in Compliance with the Orders of an Oppressor

29. Prayer: Travelling for Recreational and Leisure Purposes

30. Prayer: Hunting During a Journey and Travelling for a Pointless Purpose

31. Prayer: The Return Journey After Travelling for a Sinful Purpose

32. Prayer: Abandoning the Intention to Sin During a Journey

33. Prayer: Making a Sinful Intention on the Way and the Sixth Condition: Nomads

34. Prayer: A Nomad Travelling in Search of a Place to Stay and Pasture

35. Prayer: A Nomad Travelling for Ziyarah, Hajj, or Business and the Seventh Condition: Frequent Traveller

36. Prayer: Travelling for Another Purpose When One’s Profession is Travelling

37. Prayer: A Tour Leader Taking Pilgrims to Mecca

38. Prayer: Criteria for Being Considered a Driver or a Frequent Traveller

39. Prayer: Someone Whose Profession is to Travel Part of the Year

40. Prayer: A Driver or Salesperson Usually Travelling Short Distances Who Travels Eight Farsakhs

41. Prayer: Staying Ten Days for Someone Whose Profession is Travelling

42. Prayer: Performing Tamām Prayers on the First Journey for Someone Whose Profession is Travelling

43. Prayer: Excessive Difficulty for Someone Whose Profession is Travelling

44. Prayer: Traveller Without a Home Town

45. Prayer: Non-Professional Travelling for Commodities

46. Prayer: Adopting a New Home Town and the Eighth Condition: The Permitted Limit

47. Prayer: Definition of the Permitted Limit

48. Prayer: Returning to One’s Home Town or Arriving for a Ten-Day Stay

49. Prayer: The Permitted Limit for Elevated or Depressed Towns and Roads

50. Prayer: Reaching the Permitted Limit During Prayer

51. Prayer: Reaching the Permitted Limit After Rukuʿ of the Third Rakʿah

52. Prayer: Mistakenly Believing One Has Reached the Permitted Limit

53. Prayer: The Permitted Limit for Someone with Abnormal Eyesight

54. Prayer: Doubt Regarding the Permitted Limit

55. Prayer: Passing Through One’s Home Town During a Journey

56. Prayer: Reaching One’s Home Town and Travelling Again

57. Prayer: Definition of a Home Town

58. Prayer: Temporary Residence Not Considered a Home Town

59. Prayer: Adopting a Residence Without Intending to Stay Permanently

60. Prayer: Having Multiple Home Towns

61. Prayer: Owning a Residential Home and Staying for Six Months

62. Prayer: Reaching a Disregarded Home Town

63. Prayer: Intending to Stay for Ten Consecutive Days

64. Prayer: Timing of the Intention for a Ten-Day Stay

65. Prayer: The Requirement of Staying in One Place for Ten Days

66. Prayer: Travelling to Surrounding Places During a Ten-Day Stay

67. Prayer: Conditional Intention for a Ten-Day Stay

68. Prayer: Probability of an Obstacle to a Ten-Day Stay

69. Prayer: Intending to Stay Until the End of the Month

70. Prayer: Abandoning the Intention for a Ten-Day Stay

71. Prayer: Changing the Intention to Stay After Zuhr While Fasting

72. Prayer: Doubt Regarding When the Intention to Stay Changed

73. Prayer: Changing Intention to a Ten-Day Stay During Prayer

74. Prayer: Changing the Intention to Stay During the First Four Rakʿah Prayer

75. Prayer: Staying for More Than Ten Days

76. Prayer: Fasting and Nafilah Prayers During a Ten-Day Stay

77. Prayer: Travelling Less Than Four Farsakhs and Returning

78. Prayer: Travelling to Another Place After Establishing a Ten-Day Stay

79. Prayer: Uncertainty About Returning or Staying After Travelling Less Than Eight Farsakhs

80. Prayer: Intending to Stay Based on the Supposed Intention of Friends

81. Prayer: Staying for Thirty Days While Undecided

82. Prayer: Repeatedly Intending to Stay for Nine Days or Less

83. Prayer: The Requirement of Staying in One Place for Thirty Days

MiscellaneousI Rulings On The Prayer Of a Traveller

1. Prayer: Performing Tamām Prayers in Specific Holy Places

2. Prayer: A Traveller Performing Tamām Prayers Intentionally or Forgetfully

3. Prayer: A Traveller Inadvertently Performing Tamam Prayers

4. Prayer: A Traveller Unaware of the Rule Performing Tamam Prayers

5. Prayer: A Traveller Unaware of the Details Performing Tamam Prayers

6. Prayer: A Traveller Mistaken About the Distance Performing Tamam Prayers

7. Prayer: Forgetting One is a Traveller and Performing Tamam Prayers

8. Prayer: Performing Qaṣr Prayers When Obligated to Perform Tamam Prayers

9. Prayer: Remembering One is a Traveller During Prayer

10. Prayer: Becoming Aware of the Ruling During Prayer

11. Prayer: Becoming Aware of the Obligation to Perform Tamam During Prayer

12. Prayer: Changing Travel Status During the Prescribed Time for Prayer

13. Prayer: Performing Qadaʾ Prayers Missed While Travelling or Resident

14. Prayer: Recommended Dhikr After Qasr Prayers

Lapsed (Qadaʾ) Prayers

1. Prayer: The Obligation of Making Up Missed Prayers

2. Prayer: Realising Performed Prayers Were Invalid After the Time Has Expired

3. Prayer: The Urgency of Performing Outstanding Qaḍāʾ Prayers

4. Prayer: Performing Recommended Prayers When Having Outstanding Qadaʾ Prayers

5. Prayer: Performing Qadaʾ Prayers as a Precaution

6. Prayer: The Order of Performing Qadaʾ Prayers

7. Prayer: The Order of Performing Qadaʾ for Non-Daily Prayers

8. Prayer: Uncertainty About Which Four Rakʿah Prayer Was Missed

9. Prayer: Uncertainty About the Number of Qadaʾ Prayers

10. Prayer: Performing Qadaʾ Prayers Before Adaʾ Prayers

11. Prayer: Changing Intention to Qadaʾ During Prayer

12. Prayer: Prioritising That Day’s Qadaʾ Prayers

13. Prayer: Performing Qadaʾ Prayers on Behalf of a Living Person

14. Prayer: Performing Qadaʾ Prayers in Congregation

15. Prayer: Habituating a Mumayyiz Child to Perform Prayers

Lapsed (Qadaʾ) Prayers Of A Father That Are Obligatory (Wajib) On The Eldest Son

1. Prayer: The Eldest Son’s Obligation for a Deceased Father’s Qadaʾ Prayers

2. Prayer: The Eldest Son’s Doubt About His Father’s Qadaʾ Prayers

3. Prayer: The Eldest Son’s Doubt About the Performance of His Father’s Qadaʾ Prayers

4. Prayer: Uncertainty About Who the Eldest Son Is

5. Prayer: A Will to Hire Someone for Qadaʾ Prayers

6. Prayer: The Eldest Son’s Recitation Rules for His Mother’s Qadaʾ Prayers

7. Prayer: The Order of Performing Personal and Parental Qadaʾ Prayers

8. Prayer: The Eldest Son Being Underage or Insane at the Time of His Father’s Death

9. Prayer: The Death of the Eldest Son Before Performing His Father’s Qadaʾ Prayers

Congregational Prayers (Salat Al‑Jama’ah)

1. Prayer: Performing Prayers in Congregation

2. Prayer: The Merit of Performing Prayers in Congregation

3. Prayer: Missing Congregational Prayers Without a Valid Excuse

4. Prayer: Delaying Prayer for Congregation

5. Prayer: Repeating Prayers in Congregation

6. Prayer: Repeating a Prayer Already Performed in Congregation

7. Prayer: Congregational Prayers for the Obsessively Doubtful Person (Muwaswis)

8. Prayer: Parents’ Command to Perform Prayers in Congregation

9. Prayer: Performing Recommended Prayers in Congregation

10. Prayer: Following the Imam for Any Daily Prayer

11. Prayer: Following an Imam Performing a Qadaʾ Prayer

12. Prayer: Uncertainty About the Status of the Imam’s Prayer

13. Prayer: Obstructions Between the Imam and the Follower

14. Prayer: Following from the Ends of Long Rows

15. Prayer: Rows Extending to the Mosque’s Door

16. Prayer: Standing Behind a Pillar

17. Prayer: The Height of the Imam’s Place

18. Prayer: The Height of the Follower’s Place

19. Prayer: A Mumayyiz Child or Non-Twelver Shia as the Link Person

20. Prayer: The Timing of Takbirat al-Ihram for Subsequent Rows

21. Prayer: Knowledge of an Invalid Front Row

22. Prayer: Knowledge of the Imam’s Invalid Prayer

23. Prayer: Realising the Imam’s Ineligibility or Invalid Prayer After Prayers

24. Prayer: Doubting Whether One Joined the Imam

25. Prayer: Making the Intention to Perform Prayer on One’s Own Without a Legitimate Excuse

26. Prayer: Making the Intention to Perform Prayer on One’s Own After the Imam’s Recitation

27. Prayer: Changing the Intention Back to Congregational Prayers

28. Prayer: Doubting the Intention to Perform Prayer on One’s Own

29. Prayer: Joining the Imam in Rukuʿ

30. Prayer: Doubting Whether One Joined the Imam in Rukuʿ

31. Prayer: The Imam Raising His Head from Rukuʿ Before the Follower Bows

32. Prayer: Joining from the Beginning or During Recitation

33. Prayer: Joining the Imam During the Final Tashahhud

34. Prayer: The Follower’s Position Relative to the Imam

35. Prayer: A Curtain Between a Male Imam and a Female Follower

36. Prayer: A Curtain Intervening After the Prayer Has Commenced

37. Prayer: The Gap Between the Follower and the Imam

38. Prayer: The Gap When Linked to the Imam from the Side

39. Prayer: A Gap Occurring During Prayers

40. Prayer: The First Row Completing Their Prayer

41. Prayer: Joining in the Second Rakʿah

42. Prayer: Joining in the Second Rakʿah of a Four Rakʿah Prayer

43. Prayer: Joining in the Third or Fourth Rakʿah Without Enough Time to Recite Surat al-Hamd

44. Prayer: Joining in the Qiyam of the Third or Fourth Rakʿah

45. Prayer: Intentionally Completing the Other Surah or Qunut and Missing Rukuʿ

46. Prayer: Being Confident of Joining the Imam in Rukuʿ

47. Prayer: Being Certain of Joining the Imam in Rukuʿ but Failing to Do So

48. Prayer: Joining Without Knowing Which Rakʿah It Is

49. Prayer: Mistakenly Thinking the Imam is in the First or Second Rakʿah

50. Prayer: Mistakenly Thinking the Imam is in the Third or Fourth Rakʿah

51. Prayer: Abandoning a Recommended Prayer to Join Congregational Prayers

52. Prayer: Completing a Three or Four Rakʿah Prayer as a Recommended Prayer to Join Congregational Prayers

53. Prayer: The Imam Completing the Prayer While the Follower is Saying Tashahhud or Salam

54. Prayer: Being One Rakʿah Behind the Imam

Conditions Of The Imam Of Congregational Prayers

1. Prayer: Qualifications of the Imam of Congregational Prayers

2. Prayer: Doubting the Dutifulness of the Imam

3. Prayer: Following Someone Who Performs Prayers Sitting or Lying Down

4. Prayer: A Person Who Performs Prayers Sitting or Lying Down

5. Prayer: Following an Imam with a Legitimate Excuse

6. Prayer: Following an Imam with Incontinence or a Mustahadah

7. Prayer: Following an Imam with Vitiligo, Leprosy, or Who Has Been Punished

Rules Of Congregational Prayers

1. Prayer: Specifying the Imam in the Intention

2. Prayer: What the Follower Must Recite

3. Prayer: Hearing the Imam in Subh, Maghrib, and ʿIshaʾ Prayers

4. Prayer: Hearing Some of the Words of Surat al-Hamd and the Other Surah

5. Prayer: Inadvertently Reciting Surat al-Hamd and the Other Surah

6. Prayer: Doubting Hearing the Voice of the Imam

7. Prayer: Reciting in the First and Second Rakʿah of Zuhr and ʿAsr Prayers

8. Prayer: Saying Takbirat al-Ihram Before the Imam

9. Prayer: Saying the Salam Before the Imam

10. Prayer: Saying Other Parts of the Prayer Before the Imam

11. Prayer: Performing Acts of the Prayer Before or After the Imam

12. Prayer: Inadvertently Raising the Head from Rukuʿ Before the Imam

13. Prayer: Inadvertently Raising the Head from Sajdah Before the Imam

14. Prayer: Going Back into Sajdah When the Imam Has Raised His Head

15. Prayer: Not Going Back into Rukuʿ or Sajdah

16. Prayer: Mistaking the First or Second Sajdah of the Imam

17. Prayer: Inadvertently Going into Rukuʿ Before the Imam

18. Prayer: Inadvertently Going into Sajdah Before the Imam

19. Prayer: Imam Mistakenly Performing Qunut or Tashahhud

Duties Of The Imam And The Follower In Congregational Prayers