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.

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?
Night Prayer Negligence and Its 13 Losses

Night Prayer Negligence and Its 13 Losses

What are the merits attributed to those who regularly and properly perform the Night Prayer? And what is it really that a Muslim loses if s/he abandons, neglects the Night Prayer?
How to Make Hajj (1/3)

How to Make Hajj (1/3)

The first steps in Hajj are to put on the clothing of ihram and then to make the intention of ihram at the miqat. The intention of ihram varies according to the mode of Hajj you choose.
Hajj: It Is All About God’s Oneness

Hajj: It Is All About God’s Oneness

“Tawheed” (the Oneness of God) was the message with which all the messengers and prophets were sent to establish on earth. Click to read how this concept is reflected in the rituals of hajj.
The Rituals of Hajj by E-Da`wah Committee

The Rituals of Hajj by E-Da`wah Committee

Hajj is the journey of life-time. If conducted properly, it will erase all sins of the pilgrim. So, every Muslims intending to undertake this journey should first learn well its rituals and how to per
How to Make Hajj (2/3)

How to Make Hajj (2/3)

After you have made the necessary preparations - paid your debts, repented, absolved yourself of any wrongdoing toward others, etc. - you are ready to take the first step in the blessed journey: ihram
How to Make Hajj (3/3)

How to Make Hajj (3/3)

After finishing the rituals of the first day of `Eid, you are done with the major rituals of Hajj - the pillars of Hajj - and therefore you are totally absolved of the state of ihram.
Makkah Live

Makkah Live

Watch the rituals of Hajj live from Makkah.
Fruits of Hajj? (2/3)

Fruits of Hajj? (2/3)

Affiliation to Islam means to set your beliefs, aims, relationships, transactions, worship and hopes according to Islam, a simple meaning of being a Muslim as Islam means submission to the will of All