List of all Actions During Conducting Salah
Pillar : Arkan As-Salah (The essential components of the Salah)
Salah is invalid if any of these actions are missed during Salah. Missed actions can not compensated using prostrate for Sahw (forgetfulness). Salah Must be repeated to include the missing action.
Obligation : Wajibat As-Salah (The obligatory elements of the Salah)
Salah becomes invalid if any of these actions are are intentionally skipped during Salah. However,in case of forgetfulness Missed actions can be compensated using prostrate for Sahw (forgetfulness) and Salah does not have be repeated if compensated using prostrate for Sahw.
Strongly Recommneded : Sunnan As-Salah (the recommended acts of the Salah)
Recommended actions in the Salah. Absence of these actions does not invalidate Salah, however they are highly recommended actions with clear evidences that those were practiced by the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلّم) . Actions in Salah based on evidences from the practice of the prophet are not Arkan (singular: Rukun) or Waajib.
Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Pray as you have seen me praying.’ (Bukhari)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘The key to Salaah is purification, it is entered by the Takbeer (saying AllahuAkbar) and exited by the Tasleem (saying Assalamu’alykum…).’ (AbiDawood and Tirmidhi)
Following is the list of actions and their importance in performing Salah :
| General Rules | |
| Perform steps in the salah in the order | Pillar |
| Complete each step I nit's entireity (do not rush) | Pillar |
| Detail Steps In Salah and their sequence: | |
| Standing for prayer | pillar |
| The opening Takbeer | pillar |
| Raising Hands up to the shoulders or up to the ears | sunnah |
| Opening Supplication | sunnah |
| Saying: the tsti'aazah | sunnah |
| Rciting the Fatihah | pillar |
| Reciting a part of Quran | sunnah |
| Announcing takbir for rukuu | Obligation |
| Raising Hands up to the shoulders or up to the ears | sunnah |
| Making Rukuu | pillar |
| saying: "Subhaana rab-biyal-Aziim" at least once | Obligation |
| saying: "Subhaana rab-biyal-Aziim" more than once | sunnah |
| Rising from Rukuu | pillar |
| Saying: Samia-llahu liman hamidah" and "rabbana walaka alhamd" | pillar |
| Raising the hands up to the shoulder | sunnah |
| saying: Hamdan Kasiran Tayeban mubarrakan… | sunnah |
| Announcing takbir for Sujuud | Obligation |
| Performing Sujud | pillar |
| Saying: 'Subhana Rabbyal Aala' at least once | Obligation |
| Saying: 'Subhana Rabbyal Aala' at more than once | sunnah |
| Announcing takbiir to rise from Sujuud | Obligation |
| Sitting after first sujuud | pillar |
| Saying: the du'aa between 2 sujuds | sunnah |
| Takbiir for the second Sujuud | Obligation |
| performing the second sujuud | pillar |
| Saying "Subhana Rabbiyal Aala' at least once | Obligation |
| Saying "Subhana Rabbiyal Aala' more than once | sunnah |
| Perfroming takbiir for transition to the second rakah | Obligation |
| End of the First Rakah. For the Second rakah, repeat the steps above step #1 to step #27 and then perfrom takbiir and sit for tashah-hud. | Obligation |
| Sitting for first Tashah-hud | Obligation |
| Reciting the Tashahud | Obligation |
| Moving Index Fingure while saying Tashahud | sunnah |
| Sitting on left leg and making the right foot upright | sunnah |
| Saying: Dua'aa after tashah-hud | sunnah |
| Performing the 1st tasliimah | pillar |
| Peforming the 2nd Taliimah | sunnah |