“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

 

QIRAAYAT – MEANING TO PRAY THE HOLY QURAN–Qiraayat should be so loud that you can hear what you are praying yourself.

 

It is Sunnat to pray ‘Tawal-e-Mufassal’ (long Surats between Surah-e-Hijraat to Surah-e- Burooj are Tawal-e-Mufassal) in Fajr and Zohr, Awsat-e-Mufassal’ (medium Surats Surats between Surah-e-Burooj to Surah Lamyakunallazi) in Asr and Isha ‘Qasaar-e-Mufassal’ (short Surats from Lamyakun to the end are known as Qasaar-e-Mufassal) in Maghrib, whether you are an Imam or are praying on your own (Munfarid). If however, you are in a hurry then you can pray whatever is easier [Alamgiri].

 

Whilst praying the Sunnats of Fajr, there is a fear that the Jamaat for the Farz Namaz will be missed then you should only perform the Wajibs, you should miss Sana and Ta’awwuz and in Rukooh and Sijdah you should only pray the Tasbeeh once [Radd-ul-Mohtar].

 

In Witr Namaz the Holy Prophet prayed ‘Sabb-I-ismi Rabb’l’kal A’alaa’ in the first Rakaat and ‘QuI Yaa Ayyuhal Kaafiroon’ in the second Rakaat and ‘QuI Huwal Lah Ho Ahad in the third Rakaat. Therefore, as a gesture these Surats should be prayed and on occasions ‘Inna Anzalna’ instead of ‘Sabb-I-Ismi’.

 

It is Makrooh-e-Tahrimi to pray the Holy Quran backwards, for example, to pray ‘QuI Yaa Ayyuhal Kafiroon’ in the first Rakaat and ‘Alam Tara Kaifa’ in the second Rakaat is not allowed, however, if it is done by mistake then there is no harm.

 

It is preferable if the Qiraayat in Farz Namaz in the first Rakaat is slightly longer than the second Rakaat and in Fajr the Qiraayat should be two thirds and one third in the second Rakaat [Alamgiri].

 

It is Sunnat in Jum’a and Eid Namaz to pray ‘Sabb-l-lsmi’ in the first Rakaat and ‘Hal Ataaka’ in the second Rakaat [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Radd-ul-Mohtaar].

Pray equal size Surats in both Rakaats of Sunnat and Nafl Namaz [Muniya].

To pray the same Surat in both Rakaats in a Nafl Namaz or to repeat the same Surat many times in one Rakaat is perfectly allowed [Guniya].

 

If someone prays ‘Subhana Rabbi-al Azueem’ as ‘Subhana Rabbi-al-Ajeem’ (or uses a zeh instead of a zoi) then their Namaz will break.

If you talk between praying a verse and your conversation is of a worldly nature then pray Bismillah again, and if it is of a religious nature such as replying to a Salaam, or answering to the Azaan, or saying ‘Subhanallah’ or praying the Kalima then there is no need to say A’oozubillah again [Guniya etc.].

It is not good to finish the whole Quran in less than three days [Alamgiri].

When there is a Quran praying ceremony (Khatam) then it is better to pray ‘QuI Huwallaho Ahad’ three times.If a person is praying the Quran incorrectly then it is Wajib for the person listening to correct them, but the condition is that there is no jealously or hatred in doing so [Guniya, Bahar].

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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