Kitaab us Salaat

CHAPTER 1

What is Prayer ??

The importance of Prayer

The sin of letting the Prayer lapse
The blessings of Prayer
The excellence of offering Prayer in congregation
The importance of reverence and humility
Prayer makes one pious
Being certain that the Prayer has been accepted
The Prayers of the pious

CHAPTER 2

Cleanliness (Taharat)

The water to be used

Ablution (Wuzu)

The obligations in ablution (Wuzu)

The Sunnah (Prophet’s traditions) in ablution
The method of performing ablution
Things that break the ablution

Excellence of using Miswaak
Bathing (Ghusl)

The obligations in bathing
Bathing according to Sunnah
Things that make bathing compulsory

Tayammum

The time for tayammum
Method and important rules regarding tayammum

Purifying impure clothes

CHAPTER 3

The call for Prayer (Azaan)

The number of rakaats in each Prayer

The conditions of Prayer

Times when Prayer is prohibited

CHAPTER 4

Offering Prayer according to Sunnah

Obligatory (Farz) acts in Prayer

The essentials (Wajibaat) of Prayer

Sajdah Shav

The Sunnah acts in Prayer

What invalidates the Prayer

Undesirable/Disliked acts (Makrooh) in Prayer

Rules regarding crossing someone involved in Prayer

Etiquettes of the Mosque

Rules of congregational prayer

The Witr Prayer and Qunoot supplication

The Friday Prayer

Prayer of the two Eids

Offering the Eid Prayer

The funeral Prayer

The method of funeral Prayer

The Taraweeh Prayer in Ramadan

CHAPTER 5

The lapsed (Qada) Prayer

Prayers of the sick

Prayers on a journey

CHAPTER 6

The voluntary Prayers

Tahiyyat-ul-Wuzu

Tahiyyat-ul-Masjid

The Tahajjud Prayer

The Ishraaq Prayer

The Chaasht Prayer

The Awwaabeen Prayer

The journey Prayer

The Prayer of repentance

The Tasbeeh Prayer

The need Prayer (Salaat-ul-Haajat)

The Istikharah Prayer (for knowing what is suitable).

CHAPTER 7

Recitation of the Quran

The prostration for Quran recitation.

CHAPTER 8

The night vigil

CHAPTER 9

The pure words (Kalemaat-e-Tayyebaat)

CHAPTER 10

Some Sunnah supplications