Salat

Some phenomena occurring in nature have uncommon characteristics which create fear among people, and at times, bring about superstitious and polytheistic ideas in the minds of the ignorant and heedless.

What is the reason that we pray Zuhr-Asr and Maghrib-Isha prayers together, whereas for every Prayer there is a special time and the great leaders of Islam used to pray on the particular times. That is they used to pray five prayers are…

Why should one perform Prayers of ayaat at during lunar and solar eclipse, earthquake, storms or thunder?Performing Prayers of ayaat during lunar and solar eclipse is due to two main reasons: (1) Usually the Sun, Moon and their working is…

The question some times is asked as to why should a Muslim pray only in Arabic language and not his mother tongue. It may first seem logical that every Muslim should pray through his own mother language, so that he may understand what he…

To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the presence of Allah.” In consideration of the above verse the question that comes to mind is: If Allah is present wherever we face, what then is the need to…

Omitting prayer intentionally is a greater sin. The traditions of Imam Taqi (a.s.), Imam Riďa (a.s.) Imam Mūsa Kadhim (a.s.) and Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) (mentioned in Abdul Azīm’s Sahifa) support this view. This fact is…

Importance of Salat Importance of Salat: For the introduction for the 40 ahadith on prayers, we could not think of anything that could be more complete, interesting and profound than what appears in the beginning of the chapter on prayers…

It is mustahabb for all Muslims to recite al-salat al-yawmiyyah in the form of salat al-jama'ah. The thawab (Allah's reward) for salat al-jama'ah is several thousand times more than the thawab for the salat recited individually.