Types of Salah (Prayers) 1. FARD PRAYERS – These are compulsory prayers that every Muslim must perform. One may be rendered as a non-Muslim or as a sinner if one fails to observe these prayers, and this has been agreed upon by all the Sunni schools. THE 5 DAILY PRAYERS – are fard prayers and they include: Fajr, Zohr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha 2. WAJIB PRAYERS – these are optional prayers WITR – is prayer is performed after the salah of isha’a (dusk). Witr is considered to be wajib by some muslims and considered to be optional by others. Witr is most commonly offered with three raka’ah. EID – Eid Salah is a prayer performed on the morning of the muslim festivals i.e. Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha. It comprises of two raka’at, with seven takbirs offered before the start of the first raka’ah and five before the second. The sermon (kutbah) is offered after the Salah is completed. It must be offered between the ...
Translation of Salah from Arabic to English As Muslims, we may offer Salah five times a day, every day, but do we actually understand the meaning of what we recite during our Salah? Do we know the significance of the words we are actually uttering? It is pertinent for every Muslim to not just know the Arabic recitations of Salah, but to understand what it means as well – you cannot connect with Allah (SWT) and be sincere in your prayer if you do not even know what it is that you are uttering in front of Him. Here are the translations of the recitations carried out during Salah to help you establish a deeper bond with Allah (SWT): Takbir “Allahu Akbar” Allah (SWT) is the Greatest. Al-Qayyam “Subhanaka Allahuma wa bihamdika wa tabarak asmuka wa ta ala jaduka wa la ilaha ghairuk” Glory be to You, O Allah (SWT), and all praises are due unto You, and blessed is Your name and high is Your majesty and none is worthy of worship but You. “Aodhobilah Audhu billahi minash shaita...