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- Definition of Wudhu as an act of worship
- Mandatory Acts in Wudhu
- Preferable Acts in Wudhu

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 1 Chapter 4

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- How to sit between sajda and during the first tashahhud
- Description of the tashahhud
- Discussion on when to point the shahada finger and its significance
- How to sit during the last tashahhud and description of the salawat
- The supplications of refuge before the tasleem
- Types of tasleem

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 4

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- 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

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- Menstruation of the beginner
- Determining what is abnormal bleeding (istihada)
- Using "habit" to determine what is the normal menstruation
- Using "distinction" to determine what is the menstruation
- Rules pertaining to nifaas

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 1 Chapter 9 and 10

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- 5 times when prayer is disliked
- Times when prayer is especially disliked
- Evidence from the sunnah distinguishing between the disliked and very disliked times
- Exceptions: Prayers that can be performed during disliked times

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 8

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