The Five Pillars of Islam

  1. Shahadah – Profession of Faith
  2. Salah – Prayer
  3. Zakah – Alms
  4. Sawm – Fasting
  5. Hajj – Pilgrimage

The Five Pillars of Islam are described in the following videos.

Cleanliness

  1. Rulings concerning relieving oneself
  2. Prohibited acts when relieving oneself
  3. Recommended acts when relieving Oneself
  4. Things disliked when relieving oneself
  5. Al-Istinjaa and Al-Istijmar
  6. Al-Istinjaa – Removal of traces of urine or feces with clean water.
  7. Al-Istijmar – Removal of traces of urine or feces by wiping with stones or something similar.

You can find details on cleansing yourself on the following link.

Details about cleanliness following sexual intercourse can be found here.

Prerequisites of Salah (Prayer), wudu (ablution) and how to pray

  1. Introduction to Salah (Prayer)
  2. Prerequisites of Salah (Prayer)
  3. How to do the wadu (ablution)
  4. List of things which nullify wudu (ablution)
  5. How to pray

Please visit the following link for videos and further details on salah.

How to Pray Salah

The following are the steps to perform the salah (prayer):

  1. Standing
  2. Takbir
  3. Fatihah – Recitation
  4. Ruku – Bowing
  5. Sujood – Prostration
  6. Tashahud – Sitting

Please visit the following link for step by step videos demonstrating the how to perform the prayer.

Five daily prayers

  1. Fajr:
    • The Fajr prayer is the first of the five daily prayers offered by Muslims.
  2. Dhuhr:
    • The Dhuhr prayer is after midday but before the time for the Asr prayer.
  3. Asr:
    • The Asr prayer is the afternoon daily prayer.
  4. Maghrib:
    • The Maghrib prayer is prayed just after sunset.
  5. Isha:
    • The Isha prayer is the night-time daily prayer.

Further information can be found here and details on the different types of salah is described here.

Most common mistakes in prayer

How to correct mistakes in prayer