SUMMARY: THE PILLARS OF ṢALĀH أركان الصلاة

1. STANDING (if one is able) FOR OBLIGATORY PRAYERS القيام مع القدرة في الفرض 2. THE OPENING TAKBĪR تكبيرة الإحرام 3. RECITING AL-FĀTIḤAH IN EVERY RAK’AH - قراءة الفاتحة للإمام والمأموم 4. BOWING الركوع 5. STANDING AFTER BOWING الرفع من الركوع 6. THE 1ST PROSTRATION السجدة الأولى 7. SITTING BETWEEN THE TWO PROSTRATIONS الجلسة بين السجدتين 8. THE 2ND PROSTRATION السجدة الثانية 9. TRANQUILITY IN EVERY PILLAR الطمأنينة في جميع الأركان 10. SAYING THE FINAL TASHAHHUD - التشهد الأخير 11. SITTING FOR THE FINAL TASHAHHUD الجلوس للتشهد الأخير 12. SAYING SALĀM ONCE التسليمة 13. DOING THE PILLARS IN ORDER - الترتيب بين الأركان FINAL NOTE: From these 13 pillars; 4 are utterances while the remaining 9 are physical actions. With respect to the utterances, a person is required to move their tongue and lips, because without this, it is not considered an utterance, but merely a contemplation/ thought in one's mind, and the Prophet ﷺ distinguished between the two: ٠ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ((إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لأُمَّتِي مَا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا مَا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا أَوْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهِ)).‏ [متفق عليه] Narrated Abu Huraira: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Verily Allah forgave my people the evil promptings which arise within their hearts as long as they do not speak about them or did not act upon them.”