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                   The Pillars/Arkans of Salah



In this section, we will teach you how to perform salah by learning the pillars of Salah. There are 5 pillars and 15 Obligations (Waajibaath) that you must know to perform Salah correctly. Before learning those pillars, you will know what all the conditions are to be fulfilled before you perform the Salah.

Conditions of Salah:
  • State of being pure:
A. To be clean from small impurities and large impurities.
B. To keep the body clean.
C. To wear clean clothes.
D. To keep the place clean.
  • To hide nudity or Awrah:
It is not Saheeh (right) to perform the Salah leaving any of the prescribed body parts uncovered.
  • To face the Qibla
  • To be sure that the time for Salah is on
  • To do the Niyyah (the intention that you are performing the Salah)
Below, you will learn what the Pillars of Salah are:
1. To perform the Salah in standing
2. Reciting at least one Ayah from the holy Qur’an.
3. Ruku’ or bowing
4. Sujood or prostration
5. The last sitting is as much as reciting the last tashahhud

Obligatory duties in Salah:

1.  The opening of the prayer regarding the saying: “الله اكبر.”
2-  Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha in the first two rak’ahs of the obligatory prayer.
3-  Adding a short surah, or three short verses, to Al-Fatiha in the first two rak’ahs of the obligatory prayer.
4-  Reciting Surah Al-Fatiha before the Surah.
5-  Performing the second prostration after the first one without leaving any considerable time gap.
6-  Performing all the pillars in moderation and calmness.
7-  The first sitting is as much as reciting the tashahhud.
8-  Reciting the tashahhud in the first sitting, as well as reciting the tashahhud in the last sitting.
9- Standing up for the third rak’ah immediately without slackening after completing the tashahhud.
10- Leaving the prayer by saying Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmathullaah twice.
11- Reciting the supplication of Qunoot in the third rak’ah of al-witr after completing al-Fatihah and the surah




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