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   Obligatory And Sunnah In Prayers Author:  Edited by Adil Salahi Publication Date:  Sun, 2002-04-21 03:00 Q. Could you please explain what is obligatory and what is recommended or Sunnah in prayer. Is it permissible to recite surahs in prayer not observing their order in the Qur’an? M. I. M. Azard, Abha A. If we take a prayer from start to finish, we say that the iqamah, or the call to start the prayer is recommended when one is praying alone. The intention is obligatory, but the intention is not vocalized. It remains a matter of mind and thought. Reading the opening supplication is a Sunnah, while reading Al-Fatihah in every rakaah is obligatory. Reading additional verses or a surah of the Qur’an in the first two rakaahs is recommended, and it is recommended to recite them in the proper order as they occur in the Qur’an. Bowing, i.e. rukoo, rising after it, doing two prostrations, i.e. sujood, and a sitting in between in every rakaah are obligatory. What we say in each one of these

  How to Pray Salah, Step by Step Download a free PDF version of this guide You can read it at anytime, at your own convenience. Send me the PDF   Getting Started Now that our wudu has been properly made we can proceed and begin to pray salah. Here are the steps of the salah: Standing Takbir Fatihah – Recitation Ruku – Bowing Sujud – Prostration Tashahud – Sitting To understand the steps of the salah it is important to understand that the prayer is made up of  rakah , or units of prayer. Every rakah has the same basic steps within it. There will be a part when you are standing A part when you recite from the Quran A part when you bow down A part where you prostrate (make sujud) Depending on which prayer you are performing there will be slight differences in how these rakah are performed. Here is a summary of how each of the five daily prayers differ from one another: Fajr  – has two rakah, or two units Dhur  – has four rakah Asr  – has four rakah Maghrib  – has three rakah Isha  – has