Book of Namaz

INDEX
PREFACE............................................................................................4
NAMÂZ IS A GREAT COMMANDMENT..............................12
OUR ÎMÂN and NAMÂZ..............................................................17
For all, Îmân is foremost ..................................................................17
Faith Must Be Correct ......................................................................18
THE CREED OF AHL AS-SUNNAT.........................................20
The Signs of Holding the Creed of Ahl As-Sunnat:.....................21
FUNDAMENTALS OF ÎMÂN.....................................................23
TO BELIEVE IN ALLAHU TA\'ÂLÂ........................................23
AS-SIFÂT [ATTRIBUTES] ADH-DHÂTIYYA ......................24
AS-SIFÂT [ATTRIBUTES] ATH-THUBÛTIYYA..................24
TO BELIEVE IN ANGELS...........................................................25
TO BELIEVE IN HEAVENLY BOOKS....................................26
TO BELIEVE IN PROPHETS......................................................27
Our Prophet MUHAMMAD ’alaihis-salâm.................................29
THE ASHÂB-I KIRÂM.................................................................32
The Imâms of the Four Madhhabs and Other Scholars ..............33
TO BELIEVE IN THE HEREAFTER........................................34
OUR WORSHIPS AND NAMAZ (RITUAL PRAYER) .......38
What is ibâdat (worship)? ................................................................38
Who Is Called Mukallaf?..................................................................39
Af’âl-i Mukallafîn (Ahkâm-i islâmiyya).........................................39
THE ENEMIES OF ISLAM...........................................................44
FUNDAMENTALS OF ISLAM ...................................................44
PERFORMING NAMÂZ...............................................................46
For whom is Namâz a Fard (Commandment)? ............................48
States of those who perform Namâz...............................................48
Story: The Namâz Which Freed One from Prison .......................48
Story: His home burned....................................................................50
Story: Water in Pot............................................................................50
Story: Arrow in his foot ....................................................................50
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Story: Anesthetic Medicine..............................................................51
Story: Sacrifices for Namâz ..............................................................52
TYPES OF NAMÂZ........................................................................53
NAMÂZ, FIVE TIMES DAILY ...................................................53
THE FARDS OF NAMÂZ ............................................................55
PRECONDITIONS OF NAMÂZ.................................................58
1- TAHÂRAT FROM HADAS
(Purification from the state of
being without ablution or ghusl): ....................................................58
PERFORMING ABLUTION [WUDÛ, ABDAST]: ................58
THE FARDS OF RITUAL ABLUTION....................................59
How to Perform a Ritual Ablution?...............................................59
The Sunnats of a Ritual Ablution...................................................62
The Adabs of the Ritual Ablution..................................................63
Prohibitions in Performing an Ablution ........................................65
USING MISWÂK:............................................................................66
Some Rules To Be Observed Regarding Ablution......................66
Things That Nullify An Ablution....................................................67
Things That Do Not Nullify An Ablution .....................................69
Facilities for Ablution (Masah Over Mests and Wounds) ..........70
GHUSL (Ritual Washing) ...............................................................72
The Fards of a Ghusl.........................................................................73
The Sunnats of a Ghusl.....................................................................73
How to Make a Ghusl?.....................................................................74
EXPLANATION (Regarding Crowned or Filled Teeth):..........74
Haid (menstruation) and Nifâs (puerperium)
States of Women................................................................................75
TAYAMMUM ..................................................................................78
The Fards of a Tayammum..............................................................78
The Sunnats of Tayammum.............................................................79
Additional Points To Be Given Attention
To Regarding Tayammum...............................................................79
How to Make Tayammum? .............................................................81
Things That Nullify A Tayammum.................................................82
The Benefits of Ablution, Ghusl and Tayammum.......................83
2- TAHÂRAT FROM NAJÂSAT ................................................84
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3- SATR-I AWRAT .........................................................................87
(Satr-i Awrat and Women\'s Covering Themselves).....................87
Relatives by Lineage.........................................................................89
Relatives by Milk (Breastfeeding) ..................................................90
Relatives by Marriage.......................................................................90
4- ISTIQBÂL-I QIBLA...................................................................90
(Turning Towards the Qibla)...........................................................90
5- PRAYER TIMES.........................................................................91
EXPLANATION
(Performing Namâz and Fast at the Poles):...................................93
THE AZÂN AND THE IQÂMAT...............................................94
When to Say the Azân and the Iqâmat? ........................................94
EXPLANATION
(Is it Permissible to Recite the azân through a loudspeaker?): ..95
The Reciting of Azân........................................................................96
Azân Supplications:...........................................................................97
The Meanings of the Words in Azân:.............................................97
6- NIYYAT (INTENTION)............................................................98
7- TAKBÎR OF TAHRÎMA...........................................................98
THE RUKNS OF NAMÂZ............................................................99
1- QIYÂM: .........................................................................................99
2- QIRÂAT........................................................................................99
3- RUKU’ .........................................................................................100
4- SAJDA.........................................................................................100
5- QA’DA-I-ÂKHIRA...................................................................101
HOW TO PERFORM NAMÂZ?................................................101
How a Man Performs a Namâz Individually: ..............................101
How a Woman Performs a Namâz Individually: ........................104
THE WÂJIBS OF NAMÂZ.........................................................105
SAJDA-I SAHW (Sajda made due to omissions and errors) ..106
SAJDA-I TILÂWAT .....................................................................106
THE SAJDA OF SHUKR............................................................107
THE SUNNATS OF NAMÂZ.....................................................108
THE MUSTAHABS OF NAMAZ..............................................109
THE MAKRÛHS OF NAMÂZ...................................................110
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THINGS THAT ARE MAKRÛH TO DO WHEN NOT
PERFORMING NAMÂZ:............................................................112
THINGS THAT NULLIFY A NAMÂZ....................................113
Things That Make It Permissible To Break A Namâz: .............114
Things That Make It Fard to Break A Namâz ...........................114
NAMÂZ IN JAMÂ’AT (CONGREGATION) ........................114
Preconditions to Become Imâm....................................................115
There are ten conditions to be
fulfilled to follow the imâm correctly: ..........................................117
Masbûk\'s Namâz..............................................................................119
THE VIRTUES OF THE TAKBÎR OF IFTİTÂH..................121
Story: Mosque built in the palace..................................................122
FRIDAY (JUM\'A) PRAYER......................................................123
Fards of Friday Prayer ....................................................................124
How to Perform Friday Prayer?....................................................125
Sunnats and Adabs of Friday:........................................................126
\'EID PRAYERS .............................................................................127
How to Perform \'Eid Prayer?........................................................127
Takbîrs of teshrîq:............................................................................128
PREPARATION FOR DEATH.................................................129
What is Death? ................................................................................130
Death is Inescapable .......................................................................130
THE NAMÂZ OF JANÂZA.......................................................131
The Fards of Janâza Namâz...........................................................131
The Sunnats of a Janâza Namâz....................................................131
How to Perform Janâza Namâz.....................................................132
THE NAMÂZ OF TARÂWÎH ...................................................133
How to Perform Tarâwîh ...............................................................133
NAMÂZ DURING LONG–DISTANCE JOURNEYS..........134
NAMÂZ DURING ILLNESS......................................................137
OMITTED PRAYERS..................................................................141
EXPLANATION:
(Is it permissible to perform qadâ
prayers in place of those that are sunnat?)..................................144
How To Perform Qadâ Namâzes?................................................145
THOSE WHO DO NOT PERFORM NAMÂZ.......................147
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THE VIRTUES OF THOSE WHO PERFORM NAMÂZ....149
TRUE NATURE OF NAMÂZ...................................................158
VIRTUES IN NAMÂZ.................................................................159
SECRETS OF NAMÂZ................................................................167
A SUPPLICATION TO BE RECITED AFTER
PERFORMING NAMÂZ.............................................................171
EXPLANATION:
(Conditions for supplications to be accepted):............................172
TEJDÎD-İ ÎMÂN PRAYER.........................................................173
HIDDEN CAUSES IN NAMÂZ (Namâz and Our Health)...173
ISQÂT OF NAMÂZ......................................................................175
Isqât and Dawr for the Deceased .................................................175
How to Make Isqât and Dawr .......................................................178
THIRTY TWO AND FIFTY FOUR FARDS
(COMMANDMENTS) ..................................................................184
THIRTY-TWO FARDS................................................................185
FIFTY-FOUR FARDS ..................................................................187
KUFR (DISBELIEF).....................................................................189
TO CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN AND NOT
LOSE OUR ÎMÂN.........................................................................206
THINGS THAT CAUSE BELIEVERS TO LOSE THEIR
EXISTING FAITH.........................................................................206
THERE ARE MANY GRAVE SINS:
[Seventy two of them are below.]..................................................208
TEN THINGS THAT CAUSE DISBELIEF
AT ONE\'S LAST BREATH: .......................................................212
IT IS NECESSARY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE
ISSUES FOR HOLDING THE CREED OF
AHL AS-SUNNAT: .......................................................................212
BAD MORALS: .............................................................................214
NAMÂZ SÛRAS AND PRAYERS ...........................................217
May the sûras and prayers be written with Latin letters? .........217
The Meanings of the Prayers in Namâz .......................................219
PRAYER OF ISTIGFÂR (ENTREATING FOR
FORGIVENESS)............................................................................236
PRAYER OF TAWHÎD...............................................................236
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