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Mosque Greeting and Prayer Procedures
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Mosque Greeting and Prayer Procedures
Mosque Greeting and Prayer Procedures
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Question
What is the correct intention (niyyah) for greeting the mosque with Sunnah prayer?
Answer
Intend in your heart: “I intend to pray 2 rak‘āt Sunnah to greet the masjid for Allah’s sake.”
Question
What is the initial动作 when starting the prayer?
Answer
Raise hands and say: “Allāhu Akbar.”
Question
During the first rak‘ah, what is the recitation?
Answer
Recite Al-Fātiḥah: Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn, Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm, Māliki yawmi-d-dīn, Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn.
Question
What should you say if you haven’t learned another surah yet after Al-Fātiḥah?
Answer
Say: “SubḥānAllāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illAllāh, wa-Allāhu Akbar” (3 times).
Question
What phrase is recited during Rukūʿ (bowing)?
Answer
Say: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-ʿAẓīm” (3 times).
Question
What is the phrase said when standing up from Rukūʿ?
Answer
Say: “Samiʿallāhu liman ḥamidah” and then “Rabbanā lakal-ḥamd.”
Question
What is recited during Sujūd (prostration)?
Answer
Say: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-Aʿlā” (3 times).
Question
What optional phrase can be said between Sujūd?
Answer
Say: “Rabbi ighfir lī.”
Question
What do you say during the second Sujūd?
Answer
Say: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-Aʿlā” (3 times).
Question
In the second rak‘ah, what is the recitation after the first part of prayer?
Answer
Recite Al-Fātiḥah: Ihdināṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm, Ṣirāṭal-laḏīna anʿamta ʿalayhim, Ghayril-maġḍūbi ʿalayhim walā ḍ-ḍāllīn, Āmīn.
Question
What should be said if needed after the second Al-Fātiḥah?
Answer
Say: “SubḥānAllāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illAllāh, wa-Allāhu Akbar” (3 times).
Question
Describe the Rukūʿ and standing actions in the second rak‘ah.
Answer
Rukūʿ: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-ʿAẓīm” (3 times); Stand: “Samiʿallāhu liman ḥamidah” and “Rabbanā lakal-ḥamd.”
Question
What are the phrases recited during the two Sujūd and sitting between them in the second rak‘ah?
Answer
Sujūd: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-Aʿlā” (3 times); Sit: “Rabbi ighfir lī”; second Sujūd: “Subḥāna Rabbiyal-Aʿlā” (3 times).
Question
What is recited during the final sitting (tashahhud)?
Answer
At-taḥiyyātu lillāhi, waṣ-ṣalawātu, waṭ-ṭayyibāt; as-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuhan-nabiyyu wa raḥmatullāh; as-salāmu ʿalayna wa ʿalā ʿibādillāhiṣ-ṣāliḥīn; Ash-hadu allā ilāha illAllāh; wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.
Question
How do you conclude the prayer with Taslīm?
Answer
Turn head right: “As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāh”; turn head left: “As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāh.”