Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up prayer surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do. Salaah is a spiritual activity where the person performing it is totally immersed, mentally and physically, in the remembrance of God. The salaah and patience (sabr) are the best of deeds.вЂќ вЂњThe good deeds wipe out the evil deeds of a man. вЂњSalaah is the spiritual ascension of the faithful where he communes with Allah.вЂќ He prays for and in the name of all beings.вЂќДЄmongst the many sayings of the Prophet on the subject are: вЂњIn the canonical prayers man stands before God as the representative of all creatures. Seyyid Hossein Nasr writes in his Ideals and Realities of Islam: In the event of a person having died without having said any of his lapsed prayers, the eldest son, or if the deceased is not survived by a son, his heir must say or pay someone to say the lapsed prayers of the deceased. Lapsed prayers constitute a debt to God and are a first charge on a MuslimвЂ™s time and conscience. It is the most important form of Ibaadah and sickness (other than insanity), age or infirmity is no excuse for not performing prayers. Salaah is regarded as not only a ritual act of worship but a communion with the Maker. Salutations are offered to the Prophet, all the righteous souls and all who are engaged in prayers. The prayers are ended by affirmation that Allah is one and has no partners and that Muhammad (saws) is His servant and messenger.

The morning prayers, to be performed between the dawn and sunrise, have two rakaahs, the mid-day prayers four rakaahs, the sunset three and the evening four. Two Prostrations each called a Sajda in which again God is glorified. The bowing down ( ruku) and glorifying God in that position andДЈ. Recitation of the opening chapter and one other chapter of the QurвЂ™an while in the standing position.Дў. With this declaration he enters the formal state of salaah in which he remains until the completion of his prayers.ДЄ Salaah consists of a number of units called rakaahs. Then he stands facing Mecca and declares his intention to pray for gaining proximity to Allah. A person has to be clean to perform the ablution (wudhu). The object is symbolic preparation for the salaah and not, as often believed cleanliness.

Except for a woman in menstruation, no person is excused from this act of worship.Д«efore a person begins his salaah he must perform the ritual ablution in the prescribed form. Salaah (The Daily Prayers)Д®very Muslim, from the time he or she attains puberty must perform the salaah. The mandatory acts of worship accepted by both the Sunnis and the ShiвЂ™as are: 1. The term would include all acts of piety as well as the mandatory acts of worship. To serve God in the manner in which He has commanded his creatures to serve Him is Ibaadah. The Arabic term used for Acts of worship is Ibaadah.

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