Salah Guide

As-Salamu ʿAlaykum

How to pray, step by step.

A free, illustrated guide to the five daily Islamic prayers. Wudu through tasleem, with full Arabic, transliteration, English, and the evidences from the Quran and Sunnah.

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The full walkthrough, from the beginning.

Whether you're learning to pray for the first time or refreshing what you were taught. Introduction, prerequisites, wudu, qibla, then Fajr.

Wudu

Purification before prayer

The full Sunnah method, what breaks wudu, tayammum when water isn't available.

  • How to make wudu
  • What breaks wudu
  • Tayammum

The five prayers

Walk through each fard prayer

Step-by-step, alone or in congregation.

Fajr Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha

More prayers

Witr, sunnah, congregation

The night witr and qunoot, the 12 daily rawatib, what changes behind an imam.

After salah

The adhkar after tasleem

Istighfar, the tasbih (33/33/33+1), Ayat al-Kursi, the three Quls.

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  • Short surahs Fatiha, Ikhlas, Quls
  • Common mistakes Bidʿah to avoid
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