Devotion in Various Acts in Prayer
What is the meaning of devotion in Prayer? How could you achieve khushu` in your prayer? How could one achieve devotion in recitation during prayer?
The `Isha’ Prayer
Enjoy listening to the verses recited with khushu’ and learn the movements made in each rak`ah including sujud and ruku`
Prayer’s Prerequisites and Essentials (1/2)
What is the ruling of the prayer? What is the significance of prayer in Islam? How could you prepare for the prayer? What are the exact times of the five-daily prayers?
Prayer’s Prerequisites and Essentials (2/2)
What do you know about the Prophet’s prayer? What is the rule if you do not recite Al-Fatihah during the prayer?
How Should a Woman Prostrate in Prayer?
Is there a difference in the way men and women perform prayer? Is it permissible for a woman to place her hands on the ground in prostration?
Can I Make Duaa in My Own Language in Sujud?
What are the comprehensive supplications that one could make during prayer?
What Is the Ruling of Praying behind the Masbuq?
If a person joined the congregational Prayer in last rak`ahs and then after Imam finishes the prayer he stands up, he is masbuq now, could he be an imam?
Ruku`: The Internal Component
When we go into sujud (prostration), we know that God answers our du`a’ (supplication), so we try hard to concentrate. Yet what do we feel when we go into ruku` (bowing)?
Merits of Prostration in Prayer
“Whenever a Muslim performs a prostration for God’s sake, God raises him one degree and absolves him of one offence.” Click to read more about the merits of prostration in Prayer.
Ruku`: Internal Actions
Remember that between almost every change of position we say, “Allahu Akbar.” This is to remind ourselves and to alert us that Allah is greater than anything—whatever our mind is distracted with and whatever worries plague us.