Category: Acts of Worship

This section gives details on the Islamic acts of worship (salah (prayer), zakah (charity), sawm (fasting), hajj (pilgrimage) and how they are performed.

How to Perform Wudu’

How to Perform Wudu’

No prayer is accepted without purification, as the Prophet said. So How should one perform wudu’ (ablution) properly according to the Sunnah?
A Beginners Guide to Prayer in Islam

A Beginners Guide to Prayer in Islam

Are you new to Islam and don’t not know how to pray and make your prayer valid? Do you know what is Istinja’, how to perform Ablution? This is a beginner’s step-by-step guide to prayer …
A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer in Islam

A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer in Islam

Are you new to Islam and don’t not know how to pray and make your prayer valid? Do you know what is Istinja’, how to perform Ablution? This is a beginner’s step-by-step guide to prayer …
Muslims Prayer Reduces Back Pain, Eliminates Stress: Study Finds

Muslims Prayer Reduces Back Pain, Eliminates Stress: Study Finds

Five times a day, roughly 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, bow, kneel, and place their foreheads to the ground in the direction of the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as part of the Islamic prayer rit
The Adhan: Its Virtues and History

The Adhan: Its Virtues and History

The adhan, although it has very few words, covers all essentials of the faith. How is that? What does it indicate, and how was it legislated?
What Did the Prophet say about Congregational Prayer?

What Did the Prophet say about Congregational Prayer?

That’s why the Prophet encouraged Muslims to attend the congregational prayer at the mosque, warning against staying away from it that it is fard kifayah (collective obligation)…
Prayer: Sayings and Acts of the Prophet

Prayer: Sayings and Acts of the Prophet

What does the Prophet’s Sunnah say and indicate about prayer, its importance, rules and reward? How was prayer established? How did the Prophet pray?
The Unforgivable Sin in Islam

The Unforgivable Sin in Islam

Allah is All-Merciful and Oft-Forgiving. Indeed, He may forgive all sins except for one. What is that sin? Why is it unforgivable?
Prayer: Between Worship and Day-to-day Life

Prayer: Between Worship and Day-to-day Life

Why is prayer so important? What is its true meaning and significance? Why is it a lifelong worship? What’s the wisdom behind prayer being incorporated into our day to day activities?
What Do You Know about the Adhan?

What Do You Know about the Adhan?

So, what do you know about the sound heard five times a day around the world; how was it introduced into Islam and who was the first to suggest the call?