What are the pillars of Ṣalāt (Prayer)?

QUESTION

_What are the pillars of Ṣalāt (Prayer)?_

ANSWER

There are fourteen (14) pillars of Ṣalāt and they are:

⑴ Standing if there is ability.

⑵ The opening Takbīr.

⑶ Recitation of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.

⑷ Rukūʿ (Bowing).

⑸ Standing up straight after the Rukūʿ.

⑹ Sujūd (prostration) upon seven (7) parts of the body (2 palms, 2 knees, 2 toes and the forehead, which includes the nose)

⑺ Raising from the Sujūd (prostration).

⑻ Sitting between the two prostrations.

⑼ Tranquility in all the pillars (and actions of the Ṣalāt).

⑴⒪ Sequence (of all the parts of the Ṣalāt).

⑴⑴ The Last Tashahhud.

⑴⑵ Sitting for the Tashahhud.

⑴⑶ Salutation (of exaltation and blessings of Allāh) upon the Prophet ﷺ.

⑴⑷ The two Taslīm (at the end of the Ṣalāt).

📗 Irshād al-Anām Ilā Uṣūl wa Muhimmāt Deen al-Islām (Guiding the creatures towards the Fundamentals and Essentials of the religion of Islām) by Dr 'Umar Abdur-Raḥman al-'Umar

Arranged by:

Abū Sa'eed, Muḥammad bn Saheed.