Common Mistakes Regarding Prayer
Mashhur Hasan Salman
Formal prayer (salâh)
is the second pillar of Islam, and the most important of a Muslim’s
acts of worship. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
said:
«The
first of one’s actions for which a slave of Allah will be held
accountable on the Day of Judgement will be one’s prayers. If they are
correct and accounted for, then he (or she) will have succeeded (gained
paradise); and if they are lacking, then he (or she) will have failed
(lost paradise). If there is something defective in his (or her)
obligatory prayers, the Lord will say: See if My slave has any
supererogatory prayers with which the defective part of his (or her)
obligatory prayers may be completed. Then the rest of his (or her) deeds
will be judged in like manner.» (at-Tirmidhi and others)
Shaykh Mashhur Hasan Salman has compiled a list of the most common errors that we make when we pray, discussing and explaining each one. Common Mistakes Regarding Prayer
is a valuable aid to Muslims hoping to perfect their prayers, so that
their prayers may be free of defects and acceptable to Allah. This new
and revised edition of the English translation of his work presents the
text in a fluent, highly readable format.
