- Characteristics required of the Muadheen
- The importance of trustworthiness and honesty in the Muadheen
- Etiquettes and requirements of making the adhan
- Explanation of Bida’ (innovations)
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 1
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Prayer – Conditions of Prayer (Part 1)
- 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
Prayer – Conditions of Prayer (Part 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
Prayer – Conditions of Prayer (Part 3)
- 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
Prayer – Etiquettes of Walking to Prayer
- 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
Prayer – Description of the Prayer (Part 1)
- 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
Prayer – Description of the Prayer (Part 2)
- What is recited after al-Fatiha
- Surahs recited during different prayers according to the Sunnah
- Description of the perfect Ruku and its supplication
- Description of the I’tidaal (rising from the ruku) and its supplications
- Description of the perfect sujood
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 4
Prayer – Description of the Prayer (Part 3)
- 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
Prayer – Pillars of the Prayer
- Pillars of the Prayer
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 5
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Prayer – Prostration of Forgetfulness
- Addition of an action
- Omission of an action
- Doubt
Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 6
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