I seek refuge in GOD from Satan the rejected
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
I seek refuge in GOD from Satan the rejected
In the name
of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The Contact Prayer (Salat)
Contact Prayers are Obligatory
Importance of the Contact Prayers
Times of the Contact Prayers
Prohibitions When Performing the Contact Prayers
How to Perform the Contact Prayers
The Tone of the Contact Prayers
The Friday Prayer
The Congregational Prayer
Shortening the Contact Prayer while facing danger
Contact Prayers are Obligatory Top
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[20:14] "I am God; there is no other god beside Me. You shall worship Me alone, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) to remember Me.
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[14:31] Exhort My servants who believed to observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and to give (to charity) from our provisions to them, secretly and publicly, before a day comes where there is neither trade, nor nepotism.
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[20:132] You shall enjoin your family to observe the contact prayers (Salat), and steadfastly persevere in doing so. We do not ask you for any provisions; we are the ones who provide for you. The ultimate triumph belongs to the righteous.
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[22:78] You shall strive for the cause of God as you should strive for His cause. He has chosen you and has placed no hardship on you in practicing your religion-the religion of your father Abraham. He is the one who named you "Submitters" originally. Thus, the messenger shall serve as a witness among you, and you shall serve as witnesses among the people. Therefore, you shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and hold fast to God; He is your Lord, the best Lord and the best Supporter.
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Importance of the Contact Prayers Top
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[29:45] You shall recite what is revealed to you of the scripture, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), for the Contact Prayers prohibit evil and vice. But the remembrance of God (through Salat) is the most important objective. God knows everything you do.
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[2:45] You shall seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). This is difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent.
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Time of the Contact Prayers Top
The Contact Prayers must be performed at specific times:
[4:103] Once you complete your Contact Prayer (Salat), you shall remember God while standing, sitting, or lying down. Once the war is over, you shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat); the Contact Prayers (Salat) are decreed for the believers at specific times.
The specific time for the five daily Contact Prayers are mentioned in 2:238, 11:114, 17:78, & 24:58.
Morning Prayer (Fajr): performed after dawn but before sunrise.
Sunset Prayer (Maghrib): performed from sun set until before the complete darkness sets in.
Night Prayer (Esha): performed when total darkness has set in. It can be performed until before the Morning Prayer.
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[11:114] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) at both ends of the day, and during the night. The righteous works wipe out the evil works. This is a reminder for those who would take heed.
Noon Prayer (Zuhr): performed after the sun declines from its highest point at noon.
[17:78] You shall observe the Contact Prayer (Salat) when the sun declines from its highest point at noon, as it moves towards sunset. You shall also observe (the recitation of) the Quran at dawn. (Reciting) the Quran at dawn is witnessed.
Afternoon Prayer (Asr, the Middle Prayer): Performed from halfway between the Noon and the Sunset prayer until before sunset.
[2:238] You shall consistently observe the Contact Prayers, especially the middle prayer, and devote yourselves totally to God.
[24:58] O you who believe, permission must be requested by your servants and the children who have not attained puberty (before entering your rooms). This is to be done in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer, at noon when you change your clothes to rest, and after the Night Prayer. These are three private times for you. At other times, it is not wrong for you or them to mingle with one another. God thus clarifies the revelations for you. God is Omniscient, Most Wise.
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Prohibitions When Performing the Contact Prayers Top
[4:43] O you who believe, do not observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) while intoxicated, so that you know what you are saying. Nor after sexual orgasm without bathing, unless you are on the road, traveling; if you are ill or traveling, or you had urinary or fecal-related excretion (such as gas), or contacted the women (sexually), and you cannot find water, you shall observe Tayammum (dry ablution) by touching clean dry soil, then wiping your faces and hands therewith. God is Pardoner, Forgiver.
[4:142] The hypocrites think that they are deceiving God, but He is the One who leads them on. When they get up for the Contact Prayer (Salat), they get up lazily. That is because they only show off in front of the people, and rarely do they think of God.
[9:54] What prevented the acceptance of their spending is that they disbelieved in God and His messenger, and when they observed the Contact Prayers (Salat)*, they observed them lazily, and when they gave to charity, they did so grudgingly.
[107:4] And woe to those who observe the contact prayers (Salat) -
[107:5] who are totally heedless of their prayers.
The 764th verse in the Quran (including the Basmalahs) is 5:91. This verse is directly connected with the Salat, our daily Contact Prayers.
The devil wants to provoke animosity and hatred among you through intoxicants and gambling, and to distract you from remembring God, and from observing the Contact Prayers (Salat). Will you then refrain?
The accursed Satan comes up with all kinds of schemes to create distraction in order to take us away from God. Gambling and intoxicants are the physical tools of the devil with which he throws his human victims off the track. Mentioning other names (Muhammad, Ali, and etc.) beside "God" in our Contact Prayers or upholding other teaching beside The Quran (Hadith, Sunna, Rashad's Salat Booklet and his tapes, and etc.) are just as destructive or even worse.
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How to Perform the Contact Prayers Top
The Intention: Our Contact Prayers (Salaat) must be absolutely devoted to God ALONE. Glory be to God, the following verse says it all. It is noteworthy that the verse number is 162, and 162 is gematrical value of the word "Al-Salaat," "The Contact Prayer," (1+30+90+30+6+5).
[6:162] Say, "My Contact Prayers (Salat), my worship practices, my life and my death, are all devoted absolutely to God alone, the Lord of the universe.
Ablution: The Quran states that before we start our contact prayers we must perform the ablution. It is absolutely essential to have the intention to dedicate our worship pratices to God ALONE. Verse 5:6 in the Quran clearly states how to do the ablution:
[5:6] O you who believe, when you observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), you shall: (1) wash your faces, (2) wash your arms to the elbows, (3) wipe your heads, and (4) wash your feet to the ankles. If you were unclean due to sexual orgasm, you shall bathe. If you are ill, or traveling, or had any digestive excretion (urinary, fecal, or gas), or had (sexual) contact with the women, and you cannot find water, you shall observe the dry ablution (Tayammum) by touching clean dry soil, then rubbing your faces and hands. God does not wish to make the religion difficult for you; He wishes to cleanse you and to perfect His blessing upon you, that you may be appreciative.
Facing the Direction of the Mecca: While performing our daily Contact Prayer, we must face the direction of Mecca (Kaaba).
[2:149] Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat) towards the Sacred Masjid. This is the truth from your Lord. God is never unaware of anything you all do.
[2:150] Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat) towards the Sacred Masjid; wherever you might be, you shall turn your faces (during Salat) towards it. Thus, the people will have no argument against you, except the transgressors among them. Do not fear them, and fear Me instead. I will then perfect My blessings upon you, that you may be guided.
In North America, the direction of the "Qiblah" is slightly south of East. It is not the distance that counts, it is the direction that must be correct and consistent.
Intention: Our intention must be resolute that our Contact Prayers are dedicated to God ALONE. We must also know the specific Prayer we are about to perform and the number of its units.
[6:162] Say, "My Contact Prayers (Salat), my worship practices, my life and my death, are all devoted absolutely to God alone, the Lord of the universe.
Takbeer: When we stand to perform our Contact Prayers we start by raising our hands to the sides of our face so that our thumbs touch our ears. As we go through the motion to drop our hands to our sides, we utter "ALLAHU AKBAR." These are the ultimate words with which we magnify God, our Only Lord and Savior. While performing our Contact Prayers (Salaat), we must remember that we are standing before Almighty God. Therefore, it is most important that we reverence the majesty of our Creator every second that we are in contact with Him.
Allahu Akbar
GOD is the Ultimate in Greatness.Recitation of the Sura, the Key (Fateha): In the standing position, we recite Sura 1, "The Key" in Arabic.
Besmel`laaher`Rahmaner`Raheem
[1:1] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Al`hamdu`lellahi Rab`bel Aalameen
[1:2] Praise be to God, Lord of the universe.
Ar`Rahmaner`Raheem
[1:3] Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Maleke Youmid`Deen
[1:4] Master of the Day of Judgment.
Ey`yaaka Na`boodoo Wa Ey`yaaka Nasta`een
[1:5] You alone we worship; You alone we ask for help.
Eh`denas`seraatal Mos`taqheem
[1:6] Guide us in the right path;
Seraatal`lazeena An`am`ta Alaihim Ghayrel`Magh`doobe Alaihim Wa`lad`daal`leen
[1:7] The path of those whom You blessed; not of those who have deserved wrath, nor of the strayers.
Allahu Akbar
Bowing (Rukoo'): During the contact prayers we bow down to our Most Gracious Lord. As we go through the motion to change our position from the standing to bowing, we must magnify God by saying, "ALLAHUAKBAR."
Sob`haana Rab`bial Azeem
Glorifying God in the Bowing Position (Rukoo'): While in bowing position we must glorify God by uttering three times "Sob'haana Rab`bial Azeem," which means "You be glorified my Lord, the Most Great."
Allahu Akbar
Standing upright from the bowing position (from Rukoo'): Without exception, every time we go through motion to change our position in our Contact Prayers, we must magnify God by uttering "AllahuAkar:"
Allahu Akbar
Glorifying God at the standing position: While we go through the motion again to change our position from standing to the prostration, we magnify God and say, "ALLAHUAKBAR."
Sob`haana Rab`bial A`alaa
First Prostration (The Sujood): In the prostration (Sujood) position three (3) times we say "Sob'haana Rabbial A'alaa " which means "You be glorified my Lord, the Most High."
Allahu Akbar
Sitting up from the First Prostration (Sajdah): As we go through motion to sit up from the prostration position we magnify God by saying, "ALLAHUAKBAR."
Allahu Akbar
Going to the Second Prostration (Sajdah): We magnify God again by saying, "ALLAHUAKBAR" while going to the second prostration.
Sob`haana Rab`bial A`alaa
Second Prostration (The sajdah): In the prostration (Sajdah) position, we say, " Sob'haana Rab`bial A'alaa " three (3) times:
Allahu Akbar
Rising from the Second Prostration (Sajdah): We magnify God by saying, "ALLAHUAKBAR" when rising from the second prostration to the standing position. We then repeat the above steps for the second unit of the contact prayer. When we rise from the second prostration at the second unit of the contact prayer we magnify God by saying "AllahuAkbar" but then instead of rising to standing position we remain at the sitting position and proceed to say the "Shahaadah," the proclamation of faith.
Ash`hadu An Laa Elaaha Ellal`laah, Wah`dahu Laa Sha`reeka`lah
The Shahaadah: While in the sitting position after the second prostration we say the words of Shahaadah in Arabic: "Ash'hadu an laa elaaha ella Allah, Wah'dahu la shareeka lah" (I witness that there is no other god beside GOD, He ALONE (is God) and He has no partner).
Salaamun Alaikum
The Salutation (Salaam): With salutation we end the contact prayer by saying the Arabic words "Salaamun Alaikum" twice, first when looking at the right and then looking at the left.
Please note that the Morning Prayer consists of 2 units. Therefore, at the end of the 2nd unit, we must declare the Shahaadah and then end the contact prayer by saying, "Salaamun Alaikum" two times, by looking first to the right and then to the left in the sitting position. The Noon prayer consists of 4 units. After we declare the Shahaadah at the end of the 2nd unit, we say, "ALLAHUAKBAR" to stand up for the 3rd unit. At the end of the 4th unit, we declare the Shahaadah and conclude the contact prayer by saying, "Salaamun Alaikum" twice while first looking to the right and then to the left in the sitting position. The Afternoon Prayer, consists of 4 units and thus we perform the contact prayer same as the Noon Prayer. The Sunset Prayer consists of 3 units. At the end of the 3rd unit, instead of standing up, at the sitting position after the second prostration, we declare the Shahaadah and then proceed to end the contact prayer by saying, "Salaamun Alaikum" twice by first looking towards the right and then to the left in the sitting position. The Night Prayer consists of 4 units and must be performed in the same manner as we perform the Noon and the Afternoon prayers.
The entire Contact Prayer is a coded communication between us and our Creator. It must be uttered in Arabic, the original language of the Quran. It is like dialing a telephone number. If we dial a wrong number, we wont be able to communicate with the person with whom we intend to communicate. Learning a few Arabic words should not pose much difficulty for those who sincerely wish to establish CONTACT with their Creator.
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The Tone of the Contact Prayers Top
[17:110] Say, "Call Him God, or call Him the Most Gracious; whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names." You shall not utter your Contact Prayers (Salaat) too loudly, nor secretly; use a moderate tone.
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The Friday Prayer Top
[62:9] O you who believe, when the Congregational Prayer (Salat Al-Jumu`ah) is announced on Friday, you shall hasten to the commemoration of God, and drop all business. This is better for you, if you only knew.
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The Congregational Prayer Top
[2:43] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and bow down with those who bow down.
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Shortening the Contact Prayer while being in danger Top
[4:101] When you travel, during war, you commit no error by shortening your Contact Prayers (Salat), if you fear that the disbelievers may attack you. Surely, the disbelievers are your ardent enemies.
God's messengers commissioned to Purify the Contact Prayers:
[Rashad Khalifa (505,725) -- Contact Prayers, Al-Salaat, (1+30+90+30+6+5 = 162) -- Keikhosrow Emami (896,92)]
505,725,162,896,92 = 19 x 2661711383668
For more information, please refer to the followings:
God willing, more proofs will be presented later. These proofs will cover every aspect of our daily Contact Prayers.
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