Istikhara – The guidance prayer
We all have had a time in our life when we’ve had to make a decision,
at times we’ve all felt a need to get guidance, or to be shown the correct way.
Making a decision will affect not just us but those around us, as a
consequence we may make a good or bad choice, what we
perceive [...]
Dhikr ~ Remembrance of God
Assalam alaikum
As new muslims we sometimes get bombarded with too much information and feel that we need to learn things instantly to be able to ‘pratice’ our religion correctly. Well, we are all human and things just do not work out that easily, we need time and patience to perform our prayers, to recite [...]
Short Quranic Verses
Short verses
In your Salah (daily prayers) you must recite portions of the Quran
There are several shorter surah’s (verses) that you may say after the recitation
of Al-Fatiha. These are a list of some of them in English as well as in transliteration.
Al-Ikhlas – The Purity (112:1-4)
Qul huwa Allahu ahad
Allahu assamad
Lam yalid walam yoolad
Walam yakun lahu [...]
Sunah – Nafilah & additional prayers
From the chart below, every Salah is made up of Fard, the obligatory prayers, Sunnah and Nafilah or additional prayers.
The Holy Prophet (pbuh) said these extra prayers before or after the prescribed Fard prayers.
These are recommended. The sequence of these additional prayers is as follows:
Name of Salah
Number of Sunnah before Fard
Number of Fard
Number of [...]
