Conditions of the obligation of prayer

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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM

This part of the fiqh encyclopedia deals with the conditions of validity of prayer and its pillars. It examines, with the exact positions of the schools: the conditions of Islam, sanity and puberty, the covering of the awra and its limits, facing the qibla, knowing that the time has entered, then the pillars of prayer: the intention, the opening takbir, standing, reciting al-Fatiha, bowing, rising from bowing, prostration, sitting between the 2 prostrations, the closing salam and stillness.

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