5-Recitation of Soorat Al-Faatiha (Opening Chapter of the Qur'an):
Must be recited in every unit of prayer (Rak'ah). Begin by utter the following with a low voice:
أعوذُ باللهِ منَ الشَّيطانِ الرَّجيم *** بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
A'oodthu billahi minash-shaitanir-rajeem.
(I seek
Refuge with Allaah from Satan, the outcast.)
Bismillaahir-Rahmannir-
Raheem
(In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most
Merciful, I begin-)
Then you
Must recite the Faatiha in every Rak'ah, pausing after each verse (aayah):
- All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
- The Most Beneficent, the Most
Merciful.
- The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)
- You (Alone) we
worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
- Guide us to the
Straight Way
- The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your
Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the
Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).
At the end, you
must say
Aameen .
Those who cannot recite the Faatiha
may say instead (Subhanah
Allah, Al-Hamdulillah, and la Illaah Illallaah, Allaahu
Akbar, and laa Hawlah wa Laa Quwata Illaa bil-laah) which means: I declare Allaah far removed from all imperfection, and deserving all the Praise, and that there is no true God other than Allaah).
Performance of Salah