Types of Salah

o Types of Salah

▪ Fard (obligatory)

There are three types of fard prayers:

1. The five daily prayers
2. Salat al Fajr (Morning prayer)
3. Salat al Dhuhr (Noon prayer)
4. Salat al Asr (Late afternoon prayer)
5. Salat al Maghrib (Sunset prayer)
6. Salat al Isha (Night prayer)
7. Salat al Jummah (Friday prayer)
8. Salat al Janazah (Funeral prayers)

▪ Sunnah

Sunnah prayers are the ones that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ regularly performed in  addition to the obligatory and wajib prayers. They are of two types:

1. Those that are linked to the fard salah
2. Sunnahs of the fard salah: those that are offered before or after the fard salah.
3. Sunnahs of the Jummah prayers: those that are offered before or after the fard of the Friday prayers.

2. Those that are not linked with the fard salah
3. Salat al Tahajjud (the night prayer): prayed between the isha prayer and the fajr (morning) prayer before the dawn.
4. Salat al Taraweeh (Taraweeh prayers): a prayer performed in the month of Ramadan after the Isha prayer.
5. Salat al Duha (the forenoon prayer): offered after sunrise and before the sun reaches its zenith.
6. Tahiyyat al Wudhu (prayer for entering into wudhu): a two rakah prayer made after a fresh ablution.
7. Tahiyyat al masjid (prayer for entering the mosque): a two rakah prayer made upon entering the mosque.

▪ Wajib (required)

1. Salat-al-Eidaien (the festival prayers): These are Salat of Eid al-Fitr and Salat of Eid al-Adha. They are offered in congregation, on the day of the festival.
2. Salat al Witr (odd-numbered prayer): It is offered after the isha prayer in odd number of rakah.