Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

Some Instruction about Salaah

1. Hadrat Umar (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAH’s Messenger as saying, Should anyone falls asleep and fails to the perform supplication such as prayers which he normally made in the night, if he performs it between the dawn and the noon Salaah (Zuhar Salaah) it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night. [Muslim]

2. Bismillah should be said if a (complete) surah is recited after surah al-Fatihah in the Salaah and if only a ruku (part of a surah) is recited, Bismillah need not be said. [Bahishti Zewar]

3. Hadrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH said, ‘Say Aameen when the reciter (the lmam) says it, for the angels do so, and if any one’s utterance of Aameen synchronises with that of the angels, he will be forgiven his past sins. [Bukhari]

4. In the first rakah of Fajr Salaah the surah to be recited (after surah Al-Fatihah should be longer than that to be recited in the second rakah. [Bahishti Zewar]

5. While making a du’a (supplication) the hands should be raised to the level of the chest and spread.[Bihishti Zewar]

6. Saltuation (tasleem) on the right side should be loud and on the left side it should be comparatively low. [Imam Ahmad - Madârijun Nubuwah}

7. According to Imam Azam (Abu Hanifa) moderation is necessary in ruku and sajood and this is also necessary in the interval between two sajdahs. [Madarij -un- Nubuwah]