Book of Namaz
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Part Four<br />
TYPES OF NAMÂZ<br />
Namâz, commanded for Muslims are in three groups: Fard<br />
prayers, wâjib prayers and nâfile (supererogatory) prayers. They<br />
are:<br />
1- Fard prayers: The fards <strong>of</strong> five daily prayers, the two rak'at<br />
fard <strong>of</strong> Friday prayer, janâza prayer. (Performing janâza prayer is<br />
fard-i kifâya).<br />
2- Wâjib prayers: Witr prayer, Eid prayers, nazr prayers and<br />
those prayers which you had begun but did not complete. It is<br />
wâjib to make qadâ <strong>of</strong> the omitted witr prayers too.<br />
3- Nâfila prayers: The sunnats <strong>of</strong> five daily prayers, tarâwih<br />
prayer, and those namâz which are performed in order to attain<br />
rewards such as tahajjud, tahiyyat-ul-masjid, ishraq, awwâbîn,<br />
istihâra, tasbîh prayers. We are not commanded to perform them.<br />
Those who do not have any debt <strong>of</strong> fard or wâjib qadâ prayers will<br />
be given rewards for their supererogatory worships too.<br />
NAMÂZ, FIVE TIMES DAILY<br />
Namâz is a commandment <strong>of</strong> Allahu ta'âlâ. Allahu ta'âlâ<br />
commands “Perform namâz!” more than one hundred places in<br />
the Qur'ân al-karîm. For every Muslim who is discreet and has<br />
reached the age <strong>of</strong> puberty, performing namâz five times a day has<br />
been ordered in the Qur'ân al-karîm and Hadîth-i sherîfs.<br />
In the seventeenth and eighteenth âyat-i karîmas <strong>of</strong> Rûm Sûra,<br />
it is purported: “Make tesbîh (glorification; declaring to be far<br />
from defects and imperfections) <strong>of</strong> Allâhu ta’âlâ at evening and<br />
morning times. The hamd performed by heavenly and earthly<br />
beings and done in the afternoons and at noon time are for Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ.”. In the two hundred thirty ninth âyat <strong>of</strong> Baqara Sûra, it is<br />
purported: “Protect the salâts and the late afternoon salât!” [that<br />
is, never stop from performing namâz] The one hundred and<br />
fourteenth âyat <strong>of</strong> the Sûra <strong>of</strong> Hûd purports, (At two times <strong>of</strong> the<br />
day [early afternoon and late afternoon] and three times during<br />
the night [evening, night and morning] make namâz as it should be<br />
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