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• Introduction
  
  • Reasons Behind The Compilation Of This Book
  • Methodology Of This Book
  • Sayings Of The Imaams Regarding Following The Sunnah And Ignoring Their Views Contradictory To It
    
    • Abu Haneefah - (رحمه الله)
    • Maalik Ibn Anas - (رحمه الله)
    • Shaafi'i - (رحمه الله)
    • Ahmad Ibn Hanbal - (رحمه الله)
    • The Imaams' Followers Leaving Their Views If These Contradicted The Sunnah
  • Misconceptions Cleared
    
    • Misconception One
    • Misconception Two
    • Misconception Three
    • Misconception Four
• The Prophet's Prayer Described
  
  • Facing The Ka'bah
  • Standing In Prayer
    
    • The Prayer Of A Sick Person In A Sitting Position
    • Prayer On A Ship
    • Sitting And Standing In The Night Prayer (Tahajjud)
    • Prayer Wearing Shoes And The Command To Do So
    • Prayer On The Pulpit (Minbar)
    • The Sutrah, And The Obligation To Have One
    • What Breaks The Prayer
    • Prohibition Of Prayer Facing The Grave
  • Intention
  • Takbeer
    
    • Raising The Hands
    • To Place The Right Arm On The Left Arm, And The Command For It
    • To Place The Hands On The Chest
  • To Look At The Place Of Prostration, And Humility
  • Opening Supplications (Du'aa's)
  • Recitation
    
    • Recitation Of One Verse At A Time
    • The Necessity Of Al-Faatihah, And Its Excellence
    • The Abrogation Of Recitation Behind The Imaam In The Loud Prayers
    • The Obligation To Recite In The Quiet Prayers
    • The Aameen, And The Imaam's Saying It Loudly
    • The Recitation After Al-Faatihah
    • Combining Similar Soorahs And Others In One Rak'ah
    • The Permissibility Of Reciting Al-Faatihah Only
    • Quiet And Loud Recitation In The Five Prayers And Others
    • Quiet And Loud Recitation In The Night Prayer (Tahajjud)
    • What He (صلى الله علیه وسلم) Used To Recite In The Different Prayers
      
      • Fajr Prayer
      • Recitation In The Sunnah Prayer Before Fajr
      • Zuhr Prayer
      • Recitation Of Aayaat After Al-Faatihah In The Last Two Rak'ahs
      • 'Asr Prayer
      • Maghrib Prayer
      • 'Ishaa' Prayer
      • Night Prayer (Tahajjud)
      • Witr Prayer
      • Friday Prayer
      • 'Eid Prayer
      • Funeral Prayer
    • Tarteel (Recitation In Slow, Rhythmic Tones), & Making The Voice Beautiful When Reciting
    • Correcting The Imaam
    • Seeking Refuge & Spitting Lightly During Prayer In Order To Repel Temptation
  • The Rukoo' (Bowing)
    
    • The Rukoo' Described
    • The Obligation Of Being At Ease In Rukoo'
    • The Adhkaar Of Rukoo'
    • Lengthening The Rukoo'
    • Forbiddance Of Reciting The Qur'aan In Rukoo'
    • Straightening Up From The Rukoo', & What Is To Be Said Then
    • Lengthening This Standing, & The Obligation To Beat Ease In It
  • The Sujood (Prostration)
    
    • Going Down Into The Sajdah On The Hands
    • The Sajdah Described
    • The Obligation To Be At Ease In Sujood
    • The Adhkaar Of Sujood
    • Forbiddance Of Reciting The Qur'aan In Sujood
    • Lengthening The Sajdah
    • The Excellence Of The Sajdah
    • Sajdah On The Ground, And On Mats
    • Rising From Sajdah
    • To Sit Muftarishan Between The Two Sajdahs
    • Iq'aa' Between The Two Sajdahs
    • The Obligation Of Being At Ease Between The Two Sajdahs
    • Lengthening The Sitting Between The Two Sajdahs
    • The Adhkaar Between The Two Sajdahs
    • The Second Sajdah
    • The Sitting Of Rest
    • Supporting Oneself With The Hands On Rising For The Next Rak'ah
  • The Second Rak'ah
    
    • The Obligation Of Reciting Soorah Al-Faatihah In Every Rak'ah
  • The First Tashahhud
    
    • Moving The Finger In Tashahhud
    • The Obligation Of The First Tashahhud, & The Validity Of Supplication During It
    • The Manner Of Tashahhud
    • As-Salaah 'alaa An-Nabiyy (Sending Prayers On The Prophet) - Its Place & Manner
    • Important Notes About As-Salaah 'alaa An-Nabiyy - Sending Prayers On The Prophet Of The Ummah
    • Du'aa' In The First Tashahhud
    • Standing Up For The Third, And Then The Fourth, Rak'ah
    • Qunoot In The Five Prayers Because Of A Calamity
    • Qunoot In Witr Prayer
  • The Final Tashahhud
    
    • The Obligation Of This Tashahhud
    • The Obligation Of Sending Prayers On The Prophet (صلى الله علیه وسلم) In This Tashahhud
    • The Obligation To Seek Refuge From Four Things Before Supplicating
    • Supplication Before The Salaam, & Its Various Types
  • The Tasleem (Salutation Of Peace)
    
    • The Obligation Of The Tasleem
  • Addendum
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
  • Appendix 5
  • Appendix 6
  • Appendix 7
  • Appendix 8
  • Glossary
  • Author's Bibliography

Note: the images on how to sit have been redrawn by hand (and not scanned) from The Reliance of the Traveller.