There are six obligatory prayers in the period of the Imam of the Time’s (ʿA) occultation (ghaybah):
1. The daily prayers;
2. The prayer of signs (salat al‑ayat);
3. The funeral prayer (salat al‑mayyit);
4. The prayer for the obligatory circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the Kaʿbah;
5. The lapsed (qada) prayers of one’s father that, based on obligatory precaution (al‑ihtiyat al‑wajib), are obligatory for the eldest son to perform;
6. Prayers that become obligatory on account of hire (ijārah), vow (nadhr), oath (qasam), and covenant (ʿahd).
The Friday prayer (ṣalāt al‑jumuʿah) is regarded as one of the daily prayers.