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Ascent To Felicity: A Hanafi Manual of Worship - Part 1

This document provides information about various aspects of prayer (salaat) in Islam according to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, including: [1] Recommended prayer times throughout the day from dawn to nighttime. [2] Conditions that must be met for prayers to be valid, such as purity, covering of nakedness, and facing the Qibla direction. [3] Disliked times for praying that are to be avoided when possible, such as immediately after dawn or sunset. The document encourages adhering to the recommended timings and procedures for prayers.

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Ascent To Felicity: A Hanafi Manual of Worship - Part 1

This document provides information about various aspects of prayer (salaat) in Islam according to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, including: [1] Recommended prayer times throughout the day from dawn to nighttime. [2] Conditions that must be met for prayers to be valid, such as purity, covering of nakedness, and facing the Qibla direction. [3] Disliked times for praying that are to be avoided when possible, such as immediately after dawn or sunset. The document encourages adhering to the recommended timings and procedures for prayers.

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Ascent to Felicity

A Hanafi Manual of Worship - Part 1

Lesson 4

Ustadha Sawsan Mostafa


Questions
1. In regards to menstrual bleeding, does a woman need to do anything
in place of prayer (salaat) given that they should not pray?

2. Is it possible to provide a list of Qur'anic verses (if available) that


women can recite while menstruating, including those of "praise,
supplication, or protection" (p. 56)? Faraz Khan's translation of Al-
Shurunbulali's Maraqi 'l-Sa'adat includes Surat al-Fatiha and the last
three suras of the Qur'an (see footnote 126 on p. 56 as well); however,
I wonder if there's more, such as Ayat al-Kursi for protection?
Questions
3. In Faraz Khan's translation of Al-Shurunbulali's Maraqi 'l-Sa'adat he
notes that "If her [a woman's] period lasts within ten days [but after the
duration of her regular habit], she may not have intercourse... What
does "but after the duration of her regular habit" mean exactly, and how
is this duration and regular habit defined (i.e., how does a woman
come to understand this duration and habit)?

4. How does a woman know that she has "continuous bleeding" after
the age of puberty, in which she needs to establish a menstrual habit
(see p. 57, including footnote 131)?
Questions
5. Similar to question 3 above, how does a woman know what her
"regular habit" may be for postnatal bleeding (lochia) (i.e., how is it
defined, see p. 58)?

6. Is there a defining age for adolescence for a girl, and is it the same or
different from a boy (see. p. 58 as it talks about dysfunctional uterine
bleeding for "a girl that has not yet reached adolescence)?
Questions
7. To clarify, does madhy and wady require only wudu, while mani
requires ghusl (terms noted in footnote 141 on p. 60)? This footnote
also notes that blood from menstruation, postnatal bleeding, and
dysfunctional uterine bleeding (istihada) all require wudu?

8. Do (naturally-derived) cleaning agents count as a type of liquid


which can remove filth (see p. 62)?

9. How is a "small well of water"(p. 64) vs. a larger one defined?


Prayer
1. Prayer Times

2. The Call to Prayer and Its Commencement

3. Conditions of the Prayer


prayer times
Prayer Times
1- Time of morning prayer, from the appearance of true dawn, until
just before sunrise
Prayer Times
True Dawn False Dawn
Prayer Times

True D

Time ends
F
when sun rises
Prayer Times

F
Prayer Times
Prayer Times
2- Time for noon Prayer: from the time the sun crosses the meridian,
until the shadow of everything equals twice its length, or only its
length, minus the length of the noon time.
Prayer Times
2- Time for Noon Prayer: from the time the sun crosses the meridian,
until the shadow of everything equals twice its length, or only its
length, minus the length of the noon time

30 cms

10 cms
Prayer Times
2- Time for Noon Prayer: from the time the sun crosses the meridian,
until the shadow of everything equals twice its length, or only its
length, minus the length of the noon time

30 cms

10 cms 40 cms

70 cms
z F
Prayer Times
3- Time for asr prayer, from the time the shadow increases above
the “like” or the “twice as much” shadow, till sunset
Sun changes

A z F
Prayer Times
4- Time for magrib, from it till the disappearance of the red twilight, in
the opinion that is given in fatwas.
Prayer Times

White

Red
I M A z F
Prayer Times
5- Isha and witr from that point till fajr. Witr should not be prayed
before Isha, because order is required
Prayer Times
The following is recommended:
1- Waiting till light spreads before praying fajr.
2- Waiting till air cools down for zuhr, in summer, and hastening to it in
winter, except on a cloudy day, it should be delayed.
3- Delaying Asr, but not till the sun changes, and hastening to it on a cloudy
day.
4- Hastening to Maghrib except on a cloudy day, when it should be delayed.
5- Delaying ‘Isha till the third of the night, and hastening to it on a cloudy
night.
Prohibited Times
Three times in which any prayer that was obligatory before
these times is rendered invalid if performed in these times.

1- At sunrise
2- At midday
3- At sunset, except asr of that day
Disliked Times
1- The 3 times mentioned above
2- After Dawn, except for it own sunna
3- After Dawn prayer
4- After ‘Asr prayer
5- Before Maghrib prayer
6- When the Preacher (on Friday) comes out, until he finishes
prayer
Prayer Times
Two obligatory prayers may not be combined in the same time,
for any excuse, except [when one is]:
1- In ‘Arafah.
2- For a pilgrim.
One combines Dhuhr and Asr in advance, and Maghrib and ‘Isha
in Muzdalifah, and Maghrib is not permissble on the way to
Muzadlifah.
Call for adhan
- Adhan and Iqamah are emphasised sunnas: for obligatory
prayers, even if praying by oneself, for present and make up
prayer, whether resident or traveler, for men.
- They are disliked for women.
- It is disliked for someone in major ritual impurity to perform
either adhan or iqama or for someone in minor ritual impurity
to perform iqama
- Neither of the two may be recited except in Arabic
It is recommended that that the one who makes Adhan:

1- Righteous
2- Knowledgeable about sunna, and
3- The times of the prayers
4- In a state of Wudu
5- Facing the Qibla
6- To put his two fingers in his two ears
7- To turn his face right when saying “assalah”, and to turn it left
when saying “alfalah”
conditions
Conditions
1- Free from minor and major ritual impurity
2- Purity of the body,
3- and the dress,
4- and the place
from impurity that is not disregarded
Conditions
5- Covering one’s nakedness
6- Facing the qibla, for one who can see it in Maccah, he
has to face its building, and for one who can not see it, its
direction
7- The entrance of time and conviction it has entered
Conditions
9- Intention.
10- The first takbir “tahrimah”:
a- without separation.
b- not delaying intention till after tahrimah.
d- pronouncing tahrimah in a way that one hears one
self
- Some of the above are overlooked if there’s a valid excuse like:

Lack of water to remove filth


Lack of garment
Fear of enemy preventing one from facing the qibla or general
disability
- If one does not know the qibla he should make a reasonable
educated guess and pray in that direction

- Same thing if one had many water containers and is unsure of


which has purifying water

- Same thing if one has multiple garements and is unsure which of


thme is pure
Please post your questions from lesson 4 on the forum

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