Salat (Prayer)

The five daily prayers are obligatory and must be performed at the prescribed times.

There are eleven other obligatory prayers which should also be performed when the occasions call for it. For example, the funeral prayer before a burial.

The Qur’an has repeatedly enjoined upon every Muslim the offering of prayers.

“Verily! I am Allah; there is no god but I, therefore submit to Me and maintain the prayer for My remembrance”. (20:14)

“Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book, and maintain the prayer! Indeed the prayer prevents indecencies and wrongs… and Allah knows what you do”. (29:45)

“O my son! Maintain the prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and be patient in whatever befalls thee: for this is firmness in the conduct of affairs”. (31 17)