Islamic Fiqh > Prayer > The pillars and conditions of prayer > The body of prayer: standing, Fatiha, bowing, prostration
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Updated on 06 October 2026 at 10:50 PM
This second part of the sheets on the pillars of prayer continues the chapter's detailed treatment. It covers, with the exact positions of the schools and their classical references: the detail of the minimum stillness, the order of the pillars, clasping the hands in prayer (al-qabd) with its manner and placement, the opening supplication, its formulas and Malik's divergence, the ta'awwudh and its repetition in every rak'a, the basmala with its recitation and whether said aloud or quietly, the amin, the recitation after the Fatiha, the transition takbirs, the bowing with its glorifications and the praise upon rising, the raising of the hands, the descent into prostration, the prostrate posture, the sittings and the rest pause, the qunut of dawn, then the blinking of the eyes and the direction of the gaze in prayer.