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THE OBLIGATORY DAILY PRAYERS → ← CHAPTER THREE » Prayer (Ṣalāh)

THE OBLIGATORY (WĀJIB) PRAYERS

There are six obligatory prayers in the period of the Imam of the Time’s (ʿA) occultation (ghaybah):

1.
the daily prayers;

2.
the prayer of signs (ṣalāt al‑āyāt);

3.
the funeral prayer (ṣalāt al‑mayyit);

4.
the prayer for the obligatory circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the Kaʿbah;

5.
the lapsed (qaḍāʾ) prayers of one’s father that, based on obligatory precaution (al‑iḥtiyāṭ al‑wājib), are obligatory for the eldest son to perform;

6.
prayers that become obligatory on account of hire (ijārah), vow (nadhr), oath (qasam), and covenant (ʿahd).

The Friday prayer (ṣalāt al‑jumuʿah) is regarded as one of the daily prayers.
THE OBLIGATORY DAILY PRAYERS → ← CHAPTER THREE » Prayer (Ṣalāh)
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