Miftah-ul-Janna (Booklet for way to Paradise)

and to make a tayammum in want of water when one needs an
ablution and/or a ghusl. There are three requirements to be
fulfilled for the realization of a tahârat from hadeth:
Meticulous observance of istinjâ and istibrâ, (which will be
explained later in the text;) when doing the washings and when
making masah on the head, not to leave any spaces undone of the
areas that are farz.
There are three requirements to be fulfilled for the realization
of tahârat from najâsat: To purify the clothes to be worn during
namâz from najâsat. To clean one’s body when performing namâz.
To clean the place where one is to perform namâz. [Please see the
end of the chapter dealing with the fifty-four farzes!]
There are three requirements to be fulfilled for the realization
of satr-i-awrat: In the Hanafî Madhhab, for men to cover parts of
their bodies from immediately below their navels to immediately
below their knees. It is sunnat for men to cover their feet when
performing namâz.
For free women to cover, i.e. not to expose parts of their bodies
other than their faces and hands. According to a scholarly report
(riwâyat), their feet are included in the exception.
For women who are (in the category termed) jâriyas to cover
parts of their bodies from upper parts of their backs and breasts to
below their knees. [Women who go around with their heads, arms
and legs exposed or who wear tight and thin clothes and men who
look at them are sinful because they commit harâm by doing so. A
person who turns a deaf ear to the fact that it is harâm becomes a
kâfir, a murtadd.]
There are three requirements to be fulfilled for the realization
of istiqbâl-i-qibla: To turn towards the Qibla.
Not to let one’s chest deviate from the direction of Qibla till the
end of the namâz.
To humble oneself in the dîwân-i-ma’nawî of Allâhu ’adhîmush-shân.
There are three requirements to be fulfilled for the realization
of waqt (time of namâz): To know when the time of namâz begins
and the time when it ends. Not to postpone the namâz till the time
wherein it is makrûh to perform it begins.
Niyyat is realized by knowing and passing through your heart
whether the namâz you are to perform is farz or wâjib or sunnat or
mustahab, and to expell worldly interests from your heart. It is
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