Solat

Conditions required for Solat

The timings are also important and candidates could say that the fard prayers should be offered at the prescribed times, again some candidates may give the names and timings of the five obligatory prayers.
It is prohibited to pray when the sun is in the Meridian or is rising or setting and this prohibition applies to both fard and nafl prayers and could be given in the answers and should be read as development of the answer.

Before any prayer is offered the believer needs to be in a state of purity by performing ghusl/wudu as necessary.
- Candidates could give an account of how both are performed and this should be read as development of the answer.
In the case of non-availability of water tayammum should be performed and again the good answers will give its method.
Answers could quote from the Qur’an to support the need to perform purification.
Candidates could quote Hadiths like ‘Allah does not accept any prayer that was not performed while in a state of purity’ (Agreed).
Besides the body, the clothes of the worshipper as well as the place where salat is to be performed should be clean of all impurities.
Performing Wudu

Sattar must be observed, for men this means that they should be covered from the naval to the knees and for women all the body besides her face and hands should be properly covered.

Finally, the worshipper needs to face the qiblah by making the effort to know the direction of the Ka’ba.

It is the second most important Pillar of Islam, that it has to be performed by all Muslims five times a day and that it is the first act of worship that was made obligatory by God.