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Requirement in Salaat  and prescribed Time of Salat

      

Before reciting Salaat, a person is required to pay due attention to the following :

I. Cleanliness of the body 

Once the person takes a bath, he must avoid any dirty stains of urine, stool (to observe Taharat)  on his body and clothes .

When he or she is clean, the very first thing to perform is Ablution (Wuzu)

 Ablution   

Surah No. 5, Al Maaeda, Ayat No. 6

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ فاغْسِلُواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى

الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُواْ بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَينِ

Translation :

O Believers ! When you prepare for prayer (Salat) wash your faces and your hands to the elbows ; Rub your head with water and wash your feet to the ankles .

Ablution (Wuzu) is required to be done when a person is going to perform salaat or recite Quran. It remains valid upto 24 hours but it is nullified  if one urinates, passes gas through anus or passes stool or falls into deep sleep.

How to perform the Wuzu is mentioned below in one of the Hadis :

Hadis No.1.142, Sahi Bukhari :

"Narrated `Ata bin Yasar: Ibn `Abbas (ra), "I saw Allahs Apostle (saws) performing ablution (wuzu) in this way."

He took handful of water, rinsed his mouth and washed his nose with it by putting water in and then blowing it out.

He then, took another handful of water and washed his face.

He took another handful of water and washed his right forearm. He again took another handful of water and washed his left forearm.

He then passed wet hands over his head.

He then took another handful of water and poured it over his right foot up to his ankles and washed it thoroughly and similarly took another handful of water and washed thoroughly his left foot up to the ankles.

What are the Obligatory things in Wuzu

1. Washing the face

2. Washing both hands to the elbows

3. Passing Wet hands over his head

4. Washing both feet to the anklesا 

 What are the sunnah (Sunnat) in Wuzu

     1. Say : Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim

     2. Brushing the teeth with Siwak (Miswak)

3. Cleaning the nose with water and blowing it

4. Washing each part twice or thrice

     II. Cleanliness of clothes

  

      No stains of urine, feces on the clothes

           

      III . Cleanliness of the place of Salaat (Namaz)

    IV . Covering of Satr

    For men: covering the body including the knees and for women covering the whole body from head to the  ankles excluding feet, hands upto wrists and face