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54 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES THE PRESCRIBED DUTIES 55
and the next, and love me amongst those
Thou hast befriended. Increase Thy favour
on me. and preserve me from ill; for verily
Thou canst order at Thy will, and canst
not be ordered. Verily none are ruined that
Thou befriendest, nor are any made great
with whom Thou art at enmity,"
(xi) The recitation of six Takbirs in 'ld prayers.
(xii) In Farc;! prayers of four Rak'ats two Rak'ats to
be said with recitation.
(xiii) To observe the order of the Farc;! (Prescribed)
parts in Namaz.
(xiv) To observe the order of all the Obligatory
(Wajib) parts in a Namaz.
3. The Sunnat parts of a Namaz.
The following parts of a Namaz are called Sunnat-i­
Muwakkada. the Emphatic Sunnat; the omission of any of
these parts makes the prayer Makruh but not void, and
lessens its merit.
(i) To raise the hands so as to touch the lobes of
the ears at the opening Takblr.
(ii) Placing hands at the navel.
(iii) The recitation of the prayer called SubQ.an in
the first Rak'at.
(iv) The recitation of Ta'awwudh in first Rak'at.
(v) The recitation of Tasmiyyah in every Rak'at.
(vi) The recitation of the prayer "Praise be my Lord.
the exalted one and glory be to Him." three
or five or seven times in every Ruku', Bowing.
(vii) The recitation of Qiyam-i-Tasml'. "God hears
him who praises Him."
(viii) The recitation of the TasblQ.-i-Sijda. "Praise b...
to my Lord the most High," three or five or
seven times in every prostration.
(ix) The recitation of the Takblr of Transition
(Takblr-i-Intiqal) that is to say Allah-o­
Akbar while changing from one posture to
another.
(x) The recitation of Durud.
(xi) To recite a supplication after Durud.
(xii) To say Amln after the recitation of Sura FatiQ.a.
Things Prohihited In Namaz.
The following may be mentioned as some of the
things prohibited in Namaz:
(a) The raising of the foot in the Worship; (b) The
uniting of the two feet; (cl The lifting of one
of the feet; (d) Raising garment before or
behind; (el Turning round; (f) Wiping the
face; (g) Clearing away the pebbles; (h) Placing
the hands on the waist; (i) Interlacing
or cracking the fingers; (j) To cry or to
utter an exclamation of joy or sorrow;
(k) To laugh or smile; (I) To scratch;
(m) To wipe the dust from forehead; (n)
To be dressed in such clothes as have
figure~ of living creatures or are dyed red.
etc. etc. Such things are called Munhiyyat,
Prohibited Things. in prayer.