How to Pray

How to Pray
Five times each day, Muslims bow down to Allah in prayer. If you are learning how to pray, or are just curious about what Muslims do during prayer, follow along with these general guidelines.

Here's How:

1.Make Wud'u as its mentioned in the first post.

2.Make sure your body and place of prayer are clean. Make the intention to perform your obligatory prayer.

3.Standing, raise hands up and say "Allahu Akbar" (God is Most Great).

4.Standing with hands folded over chest, recite the first chapter of the Qur'an(Surah Fathiha)in Arabic. Then recite any other verses of the Qur'an that you would like.

5.Raise hands up, saying "Allahu Akbar." Bow, reciting three times, "Subhana rabbiyal adheem" (Glory be to my Lord Almighty).

6.Rise to standing while reciting "Sam'i Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd" (God hears those who call upon Him; Our Lord, praise be to You).

7.Raise hands up, saying "Allahu Akbar." Prostrate on the ground, reciting three times "Subhana Rabbiyal A'ala" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High).

8.Rise to a sitting position, saying "Allahu Akbar." Prostrate again in the same manner.

9.Rise to a standing position, saying "Allahu Akbar."

10. This concludes one "rak'a" (cycle or unit of prayer). Begin again from Step 3 for the second rak'a.

11.After two rak'as, one remains sitting after the prostrations and recites the first part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.

12.If the prayer is to be longer than these two rak'as, one now stands up and begins again to complete the prayer, sitting again after all rak'as have been completed.

13.Recite the second part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.

14.Turn to the right and say "Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah" (Peace be upon you and God's blessings).When your saying the salam think that your saying this to the two aingles who is on your sholders.(Rakeeb and Atheed alaisalam)

15.Turn to the left and repeat the greeting.

Tips:

1. If Arabic is not your native tongue, learn the meanings in your language while trying to memorize the Arabic.
2. Software programs are available that can help you learn the correct positions and Arabic pronunciations. Better yet, pray with other Muslims to learn.
3. This is just a general outline; ask other muslims in your area for more infomation.If you dont have any known people mail me napster2hacker@gmail.com