Lesson No 60

PROPHET’S PRECEPTS (SUN-NAHS)

IN SALAT

Q. What do we mean by the Sun-nahs (Mas-nun acts) in Salat?

Ans. Sun-nahs are acts which are confirmed to have been practiced by the Holy Prophet (peace be on him) but which are not so much emphasized upon as to assume the status of command (fard) or ordained (Wajib) acts. If a person omits anyone of these acts by mistake, neither his Salat gets disturbed nor the remedial sijdah becomes essential for him nor is it a sin. If omitted deliberately, the defaulter is liable to be punished by Al-lah.

Q. How many precepts of the Prophet (masnun acts) are there in Salat?

Ans. Twenty-one acts are Masnun in Salat;

1. Raising two hands up to the ears before saying Takbir tahrima;
2. Keeping fingers of both hands straight, as they are, facing the Qiblah in saying takbir;
3. Abstain from lowering the head in saying Takbir;
4. Uttering of takbir tahrima and all other takbirs by the Imam while making movement from one position to another on required pitch;
5. Gripping the left hand with the right hand below the navel;
6. Reciting thana;
7. Reciting Ta’aw-wuz:



A’UZU BIL-LAH^…… till the end

8. reciting complete bismil-lah;
9. reciting only Al-Fatiha in the third and fourth rak’ahs of Fard Salat;
10. saying ‘amen’;
11. reciting Thana, ta’aw-wuz and bismil-lah and ‘amen’ on a low pitch;
12. reciting text from the holy Qur-an to the extent practiced by the Prophet in various Salats;
13. reciting tasbih thrice in each one of the ruku’s and sijdahs;
14. keeping the head and waist level with each other in ruku’ and gripping the two knees with the two scooped palms;
15. for Imam to say;



‘SAMI’ AL-LAHU LI-MAN HAMIDAH’

and for the followers to say:



RAB-BANA LAKAL-HAMD’

And for the individual to say both the ‘tasmi’ and the tahmid.

16. resting first the knees, then the palms finally the forehead on the ground while going in for sijdah;
17. folding the left leg, keeping it on the ground and sitting on it in jalsah and qa’da and keeping the right foot vertical in a way that the tips of the toes are turned towards Qiblah and place the palms of both hands on the thighs;
18. pointing with the first finger of the right hand in Tashah-hud at the point of:



ASHHADU A(N)L-LA ILAHA

19. reciting the holy darud after tashahud;
20. pronouncing invocation (du’a) after the holy darud;
21. turning the face in Salaam first to the right, then to the left.

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