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Q. When many people assemble and say salaah together, what do we call it? What name do we give to the person who leads the salaah? And what are the persons who pray salaah behind him called? A. Salaah which is offered, not individually, but along with other people is called salaah bil-jamaa’ah (namaaz ba jamaa’at or “prayer in congregation”). The person who leads the jamaa’ah is called the imaam. A person who says salaah behind the imaam is known as a muqtadi.
Q. What is the person called who says salaah alone? A. He is called munfarid (“solitary” or “isolated”).
Q. What is the house called that is specially built for salaah and where the people pray salaah in jamaa’ah? A. Such a place is called a masjid (mosque).
Q. What should one do in a masjid? A. One should offer salaah, read the Holy Qur’aan or wazeefa or sit silently and respectfully. It is very bad to play, jump, make noise or talk of worldly affairs in a masjid.
Q. What are the benefits of salaah? A. There are many benefits. Here we will tell you some of them:
The body and clothes of a namaazi (musalli or one who prays salaah ) are always neat and clean.
Allah, the Almighty, is pleased with one who says salaah.
Prophet Muhammad () is pleased with a musalli.
Allah, the Almighty, favours those who pray salaah.
Good men hold a musalli in high esteem.
A musalli is saved from many evil deeds.
Allah, the Almighty, keeps a musalli in peace and comfort after his death.
Q. What are the names of the expressions or phrases said in salaah? A. The names of the expressions said in salaah are:
- Takbeer
- Thana
- Ta-‘aw-wudh
- Tasmiyah
- Qiraa’at : Faatihah and another Surah or aayaat
- Tas-beeh of ruku’
Tas-mee’a of ruku’ ( )
Tahmeed of ruku’
Tasbeeh of sajdah ( )
- Tashah-hud
- Darood
- Du’a after darood
- Salaam
Q. What are the wordings of the above mentioned expressions? Please recite a few surah as well. A. The wordings of the expressions are:
Takbeer:
Allaahu akbar Allah is the Greatest
Thana:
Subhaanakal-laahum-ma wa bi hamdika wa tabaarakas-muka wa ta’aalaa jad-duka wa laa ilaaha ghairuk O Allah! Glory and Praise are for You, and blessed is Your name, and exalted is Your majesty; and there is no god except You.
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