- Difference between conditions of obligation and conditions of validity
- Definition of "conditions" versus "pillars" of prayer
- The six conditions of validity
- Determining the time of prayer
- Discussion of the disliked times of prayer
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 2
Condition: Covering the Awrah (Nakedness)
- How to cover and required qualities of the covering
- Rules that pertain to men
- Rules that pertain to women
- Rules that pertain to the bond woman
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 2
- Physical Purity of the body, garment, and place of prayer
- Places where prayer is forbidden
- Facing the Qibla
- Conditions under which not facing the qibla is permissible
- The Intention in Salat
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 2
- Walking with tranquility and dignity
- Importance of not hastening
- Taking short steps and not interlacing the fingers
- How to enter and leave the masjid
- Duaa for entering the masjid
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 3
- Saying the Takbeer
- Raising the hands
- Where to place the hands and where to look
- Supplication before Bismillah
- Controversy of saying Bismillah out loud
- Controversy of reciting Al-Fatiha
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 4
