Islamic Shari‘ah of the Prayer (2)
This is the second episode of
Mr Javed Ahmad Ghamidi’s article on the ritual prayer. It covers many topics of
utmost importance. Starting with the description of the timings of the prayer,
it discusses the number of obligatory rak‘at for each of the five prayers, words
of adhan, status of the mosques, the imam (the leader) and the muqtadis (the
followers) in the prayer are also spelled in addition to an explication of the
congregational prayer, and the concession in the prayer. Apart from the five
daily prayers, some other forms of the prayer have also been instituted among
the Muslims. In this article, these prayers are comprehensively discussed under
the headings like Friday Prayer, Funeral Prayer, and Id Prayers. A brief
description of the optional prayers then follows which ends with the prayer of
istikharah. |