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On the other hand, one should perform such acts which increase the reward like wearing an ‘Aqiq ring (a ring with a signet of agate), wearing clean clothes, combing the hair, pushing the teeth and using perfume. Obligatory prayers The following six prayers are opligatory: · DailySalats. · Salatt-ul-A yat (signs pryar). · Salatt-ul-Mayyit (funeral prayer). · Salatt for the obligatory I`awàf (circumambulation of the holy ka’bah).

· Salatt-ul-Qad a’ of father which is, as a precaution, obligatory upon his eldest son. · Salatt which becomes obligatory on account of hire, vow or oath. · Salatt-ul-jumu’ah (Friday prayer) is included the DailySalat. Obligatory DailySalats It is obligatory to perform the following five prayers during day night: · Dawn prayer (Fajr)- 2 Rak’ahs. · Midday (Tuhr) and Afternoon (‘A?r) prayers-each one consisting of 4 Rak’ahs. · Dusk prayer (Maghrib)- 3 Rak’ahs and Night prayer (‘Isha’)- 4 Rak’ahs.

382.While traveling, a traveller should reduce the prayers of 4 Rak’ahs to 2 Rak’ahs. The conditions under which the Rak’ahs are reduced will be mentioned later. Time for Tuhr and ‘Aar prayers The time for Tuhr and ‘A?r prayers is from when the sun starts declining (Ziwal)[^1] at midday till sunset. But, if a person intentionally offers ‘Aar prayer earlier than Tuhr prayer, his prayer is void.

However, if a person had not prayed Tuhr till the end of time, and the time left before the end allows only one Salat to be prayed, he will first offer ‘A?r prayer in time and then his Tuhr prayer will be Qaèà’. And if before that time a person offers complete ‘A?r prayer before Tuhr prayer by mistake, his prayer is valid and he or she should offer Tuhr prayer after it.

If a person begins offering ‘A?r prayer forgetfully before Tuhr prayer and during the prayer he realises that he has committed a mistake, he should revert his intention to Tuhr prayer, i.e. he should intend that those parts offered before and those offered from now onwards till the end of the prayer, would be Tuhr prayer After completing the prayer, he will offer ‘A?r prayer. Friday prayer Friday prayer consists of 2 Rak’ahs like Fajr prayer.

The difference between these two prayers is that Friday prayer has two sermons before it.Salat-ul-jumu’ah is obligatory in choice (Wajib-ut-takhyiri), and we have an option to offer jumu’ah prayer, if its necessary conditions are fulfilled, or to offer Tuhr prayer. Hence, ifSalat-ul-jumu’ah is offered then it is not necessary to offer Tuhr prayer.

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