Ibadaat (Worships)

Two Important Aspects of Islam

1. Faith (Iman)
2. Aamal (Deeds or Actions)

First and Foremost is

Salat/Namaz/Prayer
Pillars of Islam
2nd Pillar
Meaning : To pray or Bless
Mentioned 76 times in Quran

Importance of Salaat
Obligation to every Muslim man and woman.
Not to postpone
Journey, Battle field, Death bed
Proper time

Importance of Salaat
Holy Quran
1. Establish Salaat, pay Zakat and bow
your heads with those who bow 2:43
2. Establish Salaat at the two ends fo the
day and in some watches of the night.
Surely ! Good deeds annul ill deeds. This
is a reminder for the mindful 11:114

Importance of Salaat
3. Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly
it is hard except for the humble-minded, 2:45
4. Successful: are indeed the believers who
are humble in their Salaat 23: 1,2

Importance of
Salaat
Al-Hadith
1. Discarding of Salaat is only partition

between Imaan an Kuffar

2. He who does not guard Salaat shall
meet the fate of Pharaoh, Haman and
Ubayy-ibn-Khalaf

surah-tulIt is He who perform the Salat over you, as

do His angels, that He may bring you out

from the depths of Darkness into Light: and
He is Full of Mercy to the Believers.

Surah Nur

Have you not seen that every one in

the Heavens and the earth glorifies God,

and the birds (of the air) with wings
outspread? Each one knows its salat
and its glorification And Allah knows
well all that they do.

surah-tul-Anbhia
And We made them leaders, guiding

(men) by Our Command, and We sent

them inspiration to do good deeds, to
establish regular prayers, and to practise
regular charity; and they constantly
served Us (and Us only).

Types of Salaat
Required
Recommended

Required Salaat
Fard, Obligatory
Types of Fard
1. Fard-ul-Ayn- sitting, laying, traveling
Qada
2. Fard-Kafayah
It is the Fard, that if performed by some (a
sufficient number), the obligation falls from the
rest e.g.

Required Salaat
2nd Pillar
5 times a day (N)
Certain Cycles (Raka)
Each cycle involves no of specific movements

and recitations
Friday Prayer----Congregational prayer

2. Recommended
Salaat
Recommended on all sorts of occasion
Mustahab/ Nafal Prayer
Tahajjud
Ishrak
Awabeen
Salat-e- Kasoof

Eid Prayers
It

is considered by tradition to be an
obligatory [Wajib - prayer, though technically
it is an optional prayer with the injunction that
it is preferable to offer even if optional
(Sunnat-e-Muvakkadah)].
wajib (strongly recommended, just short of
obligatory)

Taharah/ Ritual Purity

Truly Allah loves those who turn to Him and
those who care for cleanliness
Cleanliness of mind , of body, and of
clothes is called Purification

Types of Cleanliness
Minor Ablution Al-Wudu
2. Major Ablution
Al-Ghusal
3. Dry Ablution replace both ablutions
(tayammum).
1.

How to Perform Salaat

Sincerity
Devotion
Punctuality
Perfectly
Saying of Holy Prophet S.A.W(Sunnah)

Benefits of Performing
Salaat
Physical Benefits
Individual Benefits---Punctuality , sense

of duty, responsibility, self discipline

Social Benefits Community Power
Protects from evil and vice
Strengthens our belief
Best investment for hereafter
Remembrance of God