Daily Prayers
Virtues
100
How many total rakas are we OBLIGATED to pray everyday?
5
100
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The Prophet ﷺ says: “The first thing that the servant of Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) will be called to account for on the Day of Judgement will be ________; and if it was good the person's deeds will have been good, but if it was bad, the person's deeds will have been bad”
(Reported by Imam Bukhari).
Prayer
200
Praying 5 times a day at their proper times is what pillar of Islam?
The second pillar
200
True or False:
Prayer keeps us from committing sins.
True.
Surat Al-Ankabut: 45
Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.
300
Which prayer(s) has a total of 2 rakas (units) of sunnah, either before or after?
Fajr (before), Maghrib (after), & Isha (after)
300
What is the event in the seerah (the biography of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) called in which Muhammad PBUH took a journey & ascended to the heavens & was given the gift of the obligation of prayer?
الإسراء والمعراج
Al-Israa' wal-Mi'raaj
400
Which two prayers were mentioned in this hadith:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "No Salat is more burdensome to the hypocrites than the _________ prayer and the _________ prayer; and if they knew their merits, they would come to them even if they had to crawl to do so." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
1. Fajr (dawn)
2. 'Isha' (night)
400
In a Hadith, the prophet sallalahu alayhi wa salam says, "Whoever prays twelve rakahs during the night and day, a house will be built for him in Paradise..."
How are these rakahs split up according to other part of this hadith?
12 rak'as:
2 before Fajr prayer
4 before dhuhr
2 after dhuhr
2 after Maghrib
2 after isha
500
There are 5 conditions (something that MUST be completed before an action, without which the action is invalid) of prayer. Name 3.
1. The beginning of prayer time - cant pray duhur at fajr time
2. Covering the ‘awrah
3. Taharah - being in a state of purity
4. Facing towards the qiblah
5. Intention (niyyah) - sincerely for the sake of Allah alone
500
Name 5 benefits of salah as it was obligated on us as Muslims.
Answers may vary. May include:
- Washes sins away
- Light for the one who performs it-Both in this life and the next
- Raises your status in the Sight of the Allah
- Fastest way to gain Allah's love
- Teaches you punctuality
- Teaches you discipline
- Teaches community cohesion, unity (jama'ah)
- Teaches you humility
- Teaches you brotherhood/sisterhood
- It is a means of attaining yaqeen (certainty & expelling doubts)
- Regular exercise that reduces the cholesterol level
- Protects us from the fire of Jahannam