SECOND REMINDER. Wednesday. HOW TO OFFER OUR SALAAT AFTER WUDUU. Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. 1.Intention (it is a determination in the heart that you are performing a particular salah not to be uttered). 2.Face the direction of the qiblah (Sacred House in Makkah Known as Ka'bah). 3. Raise your hands to the level of the shoulders, or earlobes, and say: Allahu Akbar with Raised Voice which means Allah is the greatest and the only who deserve my worship. 4. Place the right hand over the left on the chest or just below the chest. Looking at the place of prostration without lowering your head. 5. Recite the Opening Invocation (du'aa) for salah: ''Subhaanaka Allaahumma wa bihamdika watabaaraka ismuka wa ta'aalaa jadduka wa laa ilaaha ghairuk'' Meaning (O Allaah! I declare You far removed from above all imperfection, and that You deserve all Praise. Blessed is Your Name. Your Majesty (Glory and Might) is Exalted, and there is no true God Worthy of Worship Except You.) 6. Recitation of Suurat Al-Faatiha (Opening Chapter of the Qur'an): It Must be recited in every unit of prayer (Rak'ah). Begin by utter the following with a low voice: ''A'uudthu billahi minash-shaitanir-rajeem. Bismillaahir-Rahmannir-Raheem” (I seek Refuge with Allaah from Satan, the outcast. In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful, I begin). Then you Must recite the Faatihah in every rak'ah, pausing after each verse (aayah) and say Aameen at the end seeking Allah to answer your dua (prayers) in the verses of fatihah. 7. Next is to go on Rukuu (Bowing Down). (i) Raise the hands as described previously and say ALLAAHU AKBAR (Allaah is the Greater) while going into the bowing position. (ii) In bowing posture, put the hands on the knees and grab them with your elbows away from your sides, and your back straightened with the head levelled with your back. 8. Whilst in bowing position, say: Subhaana rabbiyal 'adheem 3 times which means 'Far removed from every imperfection is my Rabb (Lord), the Great). 9. Then stand up from Rukuu (bowing position) and say 'Sami'Allahu liman hamidah (Allaah hears the one who praises Him), and whilst standing upright until one's very parts take their positions and say: 'Rabbanaa walakal-hamd' (O our Rabb (Lord)! All the praise is due to You), then raise your hands as described previously and say ALLAAHU AKBAR on your way to Sujuud. 10. Reach the ground with the hand's first and then the knees or vise versa while saying ALLAAHU AKBAR (Allaah is the Greater), and rest on your palm's and place your forehead, nose, knees, and feet on the floor with your belly away from your thighs. Toes should be erected and directed to the Qiblah. Your arms should be away from the ground, saying: “Subhaana Rabiyyal-'Aalaa” (3 times) meaning 'Far removed is my Rabb, the Most High, from any Imperfection). 11. Then you raise your head while saying, “ALLAAHU AKBAR”, sit on your left leg while keeping your right foot upright with its fingers to the qiblah. Put your hands on your knees, and supplicate saying: “Rabbigh-fir lee (O my Rabb! Forgive me) twice is perfect. then go back to sujuud (forehead down) and repeat as above that is following the sitting position, you come up with a second prostration as you did before. Once done you have completed one full unit (rak'ah). Say, “Allaahu Akbar” and stand up for the second rak'ah. Do it in the same manner as you did the first one, but without reciting the opening supplication. To be continued in Shaa Allah. May Allah aid us and forgive us our shortcomings. Aameen. You can ask any questions please.