The largest part of volume three. The times and conditions of the prayer, its parts and its faults, and the prayers beyond the obligatory ones.
Chapters
- 1. The Excellence of Prayer 13 hadith
- 2. The Salah (Prayer) Any Time 3 hadith
- 3. The Rare Ahadith 15 hadith
- 4. The Masjids in Kufa 3 hadith
- 5. Excellence of the Great Masjid of Kufah, Excellence of Performing Salah (prayer) and the Loveable places Therein 9 hadith
- 6. Al-Sahlah Masjid 3 hadith
- 7. Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) at the Time of Obligatory Salah (Prayer) and the Times Not to Perform Salah (Prayer) 9 hadith
- 8. One Who Goes to Sleep Before Performing Salah (Prayer) or Forgets 11 hadith
- 9. Construction of the Masjid of the Holy Prophet 3 hadith
- 10. Forming a Barrier between One Performing Salah (Prayer) and Those Passing in Front of Him 4 hadith
- 11. Women Performing Salah (Prayer) in Front of Men or Men Performing Salah (Prayer) With Women in Front (This chapter is best explained through the fatwas) 7 hadith
- 12. Humility during Salah (prayer) and the Contemptibility of Playfulness during Prayer 9 hadith
- 13. Weeping and Appealing for One’s Needs in Salah (prayer) 5 hadith
- 14. Commencement of Adhan, Iqamah, and the Excellence of Reading them 35 hadith
- 15. Words to Say When Entering and Leaving a Masjid 4 hadith
- 16. Those Who Preserve Salah (prayer) and Those Who Lose 16 hadith
- 17. The Opening Readings When Commencing Salah (prayer) 8 hadith
- 18. Recitations in Salah (prayer) 28 hadith
- 19. Reading Chapters of the Holy Quran Which Involve Obligatory Sajdah 6 hadith
- 20. Reading in the Last Two Rak‘at and Tasbih Therein 2 hadith
- 21. Ruku‘ (Kneeling) and Readings therein and When Standing up Straight Thereafter 9 hadith
- 22. Sajdah, Readings and Recitations therein in Obligatory Salah (prayer) and Optional Salah (prayer) and Readings between the Two Sajdah 25 hadith
- 23. Minimum and Maximum Tasbih in Ruku‘ and Sajdah 6 hadith
- 24. Objects on Which Sajdah Is Permissible and What Is Undesirable 14 hadith
- 25. Placing the Forehead on the Ground 9 hadith
- 26. Manners of Standing and Sitting Positions in Salah (prayer) 9 hadith
- 27. Salah (Prayer) Is Made Obligatory (Chapters 3-15, practical rules about prayer are best expressed in the form of fatwa.) 8 hadith
- 28. Tashahhud after the First Two Rak‘at and After the Fourth Rak‘at and Al-Taslim 11 hadith
- 29. Al-Qunut in Obligatory and Optional Salah (prayer) 15 hadith
- 30. Prayers after Salah (a special form of prayer) 28 hadith
- 31. The Case of One Whose Wudu’ Is Invalidated Before Al-Taslim 2 hadith
- 32. Mistake in Opening of Salah (Prayer) 3 hadith
- 33. Mistake in Recitation 3 hadith
- 34. Mistake in Ruku‘ 3 hadith
- 35. Mistake in Sujud (prostrations) 4 hadith
- 36. Mistake in the First Two Rak‘at 4 hadith
- 37. Mistake in the Morning, al-Maghrib and Friday Salah (Prayer) 4 hadith
- 38. The Timing of Salah (Prayer), the Beginning, the End and the Outstanding Phases 9 hadith
- 39. Mistakes in Salah (Prayer) of Three or Four Rak‘at 9 hadith
- 40. Mistake about Four or Five Rak‘at 6 hadith
- 41. Speaking During Salah (Prayer), or Turning Away Before Completion 9 hadith
- 42. Facing Doubts about Salah (Prayer) As a Whole, Not Knowing if It Is Increased or Decreased, One Facing Mistakes Very Often, Mistakes in Optional Salah (prayer) and Mistakes of an Imam and Those behind Him 9 hadith
- 43. Matters Accepted From Salah (Prayer) of a Forgetful Person 5 hadith
- 44. Things That Invalidate Salah (Prayer) Like Laughing, Invalidating Wudu’, Making a Gesture, Forgetting and So on 12 hadith
- 45. Offering greeting of peace to a Person Performing Salah (Prayer) and Sneezing in Salah (prayer) 3 hadith
- 46. Killing Insects, and So on during Salah (Prayer) 6 hadith
- 47. Building a Masjid, Items Taken from It, Invalidating Wudu’ and Sleeping in Masjid and So On 16 hadith
- 48. Excellence of Salah (prayer) in Congregation 9 hadith
- 49. The Time of Noon and Afternoon Salah (Prayer) 8 hadith
- 50. Performing Salah (prayer) behind one Who Is not Qualified to Lead Others 7 hadith
- 51. Who Is an Undesirable Leader in Salah (prayer)? Can a Slave Lead Salah (prayer)? Who Is Most Rightful to Lead Salah (prayer) 6 hadith
- 52. Men Lead Salah (Prayer) for Women and Women Lead Salah (Prayer) for Women 3 hadith
- 53. Performing Salah (Prayer) Behind a Qualified Person, Recitation behind Him and His Responsibilities 6 hadith
- 54. A Prayer Leader Whose Wudu’ Is Invalid or Is without al-Qiblah (al-Ka‘bah) 4 hadith
- 55. One Who Has Performed Salah (Prayer) but Wants to Join a Congregation or Has Led a People and Wants to Perform Again 8 hadith
- 56. One Performing Salah (Prayer) Partially behind an Imam Who then Asks Him to Lead because of Losing his Wudu’ 14 hadith
- 57. One Joining a Row, Alone in One Row or Away From the Prayer Leader More Than One Step 10 hadith
- 58. Performing Salah (Prayer) Inside Ka’bah, on its Top, al-Biya 4, Churches and Places where Performing Salah (prayer) Is Undesirable 27 hadith
- 59. Performing Salah (Prayer) In One Piece of Cloth, How Much clothing a woman Needs, Salah (prayer) of Naked People and Putting One’s Clothes in a Certain Manner, Garb with a Sash 16 hadith
- 60. The Times of Maghrib and ‘Isha’ Salah (Prayer) 16 hadith
- 61. Kinds of Clothes in Which It Is Undesirable to Perform Salah (Prayer) As Well As Otherwise 35 hadith
- 62. Rules about Performing Salah (Prayer) in an Unclean Cloth Regardless One Knows it or Not 16 hadith
- 63. Rules about Performing Salah (Prayer) With a Mask on One’s Face, with Dyes, Does not Take out One’s Hands from Under One’s Clothes during Salah (prayer) 5 hadith
- 64. Salah (Prayer) of Children and When Should They Begin Salah (Prayer) 3 hadith
- 65. Rules about the Very Old or One with an Illness 13 hadith
- 66. Rules about Salah (Prayer) of Fainted or Persons 7 hadith
- 67. The Excellence of Friday and its Night 14 hadith
- 68. Sprucing up on Fridays 10 hadith
- 69. Obligation of Friday Salah (prayer) 7 hadith
- 70. The Time for Friday and ‘Asr Salah (prayer) 4 hadith
- 71. The Time of Morning Salah (Prayer) 6 hadith
- 72. Friday Prayer Leader’s Getting ready for Friday Prayer, His Sermon and Quietly Listening 9 hadith
- 73. Recitations on Friday and Night 7 hadith
- 74. Qunut (Supplication after Recitation in Second Rak‘at) in Friday Salah (Prayer) 3 hadith
- 75. One Who Misses Friday Salah (Prayer) With Imam 1 hadith
- 76. Optional Salah (Prayer) On Friday 3 hadith
- 77. The Rare Ahadith about Friday 10 hadith
- 78. Times of Salah (Prayer) on a Journey and Performing Two Salah (prayer) Soon one after the Other 5 hadith
- 79. Required Length of Distance of a Journey for Shortened Salah (Prayer) 5 hadith
- 80. Where to Apply Rules about Salah (Prayer) on a Journey 8 hadith
- 81. How a Home Coming Traveler Applies Applicable Rules 3 hadith
- 82. The Time of Salah (Prayer) In a Cloudy Day, Windy and One Who Has Performed Salah (Prayer) Without Facing the Direction of Qiblah 12 hadith
- 83. Rules about Sailors and People Traveling Very often 11 hadith
- 84. Salah (Prayer) of a Traveler Person behind a Non-Traveler 2 hadith
- 85. Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) on a Journey 12 hadith
- 86. Salah (Prayer) on a Ship 5 hadith
- 87. The Optional Salah (prayer) 35 hadith
- 88. Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) before or after, Compensatory prayer for them and Salah (prayer) of al-Duha’ 20 hadith
- 89. Performing Salah (Prayer) in Dangerous Conditions 6 hadith
- 90. Performing Salah (Prayer) in Battlefield 7 hadith
- 91. Salah (Prayer) of Both ‘Id and the Sermon for it 11 hadith
- 92. Salah (prayer) for Rain 4 hadith
- 93. Performing Two Salah (Prayer) Soon After the Other 6 hadith
- 94. Salah (Prayer) For Eclipses 7 hadith
- 95. Salah (prayer) with Tasbih 7 hadith
- 96. Salah (prayer) of Fatimah al-Zahra’, ‘Alayha al-Salam, and other Salawat (prayers) to build up Interests 7 hadith
- 97. Salah (prayer) for Istikharah (asking Allah to Choose for One What Is Good) 8 hadith
- 98. Salah (prayer) when Asking for Increase in One’s Sustenance 7 hadith
- 99. Salah (prayer) for one’s Needs 11 hadith
- 100. Salah (prayer) of One Who Is Afraid 2 hadith
- 101. Salah (prayer) of One Who Likes to Travel 1 hadith
- 102. Salah (prayer) for Thanksgiving 1 hadith
- 103. Salah (prayer) of One who Wants to Get Married or Go to Bed with His Wife 3 hadith