Q.5) What are the essentials of Namaaz(prayer)?
Ans) Below are the essentials of Namaaz (prayer):

1. Standing (Qiyaam)
2. Initial Takbeer (Takbeer –e-Tahreema means saying Allahu-Akbar while starting prayer if not said then prayer will not start).
3. Reciting of Qirat (Qirat means reciting verses from Holy Quran).
4. Genuflexion (Ruku).
5. Performing two prostrations (Sajde).
6. Last sitting (Qayeda Akhira).
7. To end the prayer with “Salam”.

NOTE:If any one of the conditions essential is missed out then the prayer must be repeated again.

Q.6) What are the Obligations (Wajeebaat) of Namaaz (Prayer)?
Ans) The following are the Obligations of Namaz:

1. Reciting of Surah Fateha.
2. Combined Surah (means after reciting Surah Fateha, reciting aleast one big verse or three small verses from the Holy Quran).
3. Fixing of recitation of Surah Fateha and combined Surah in first two rakaats of Farz Namaaz.
4. Maintenance of Sequence (Ex: Standing , Genuflexion(Ruku), Prostrations … etc).
5. Correct performance of various postures (Performing the various postures with patience).
6. Sitting (Qaida) after every two Rakaats.
7. Reciting Tashahud(At-tahi-yatu……) in every sitting after two Rakaats.
8. Ending the prayer with the word “Salam”.
9. Reciting Dua-e-Khunoot after saying takbeer in the third Rakaat of Vitar Namaaz.
10. Reciting Qirat with voice in Fajr, Maghrib and Isha prayers.
11. Reciting Qirat with low voice in Zohr and Asr prayers.
12. Including six Takbeerat in the prayers of Eid(Eid-ul –Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha).

NOTE:If any one of the above is left out or is done after a long time then, performing compensatory prostration (Sajda Sahu) is mandatory, otherwise prayer must be repeated again.

Q.7) What are the things that ‘nullify’ the prayer?
Ans) The following things nullify the prayer:

1. Talking or answering anything during Namaaz.
2. Eating something in prayer either wantedly or unwantedly. (If anything from the teeth equivalent or more than the size of gram (chana) enters into the throat then the prayer is nullified).
3. Loud laughter by an adult person in the prayer of Genuflexion (Ruku) and prostration (Sajdah).
4. Performing big actions by a person in prayer when watched by another person understands that the performer is not in prayer.
5. Reciting the Quranic Verses by looking into the Holy Quran.
6. Prostration on dirty/impure place.
7. Without reason turning the chest from Qibla (Kaba).
8. Rising up both legs from the ground while in prostration.
9. Missing of any condition from the conditions of Namaaz.
10. Leaving any one of the various postures of Namaaz.

NOTE:Under all of the above circumstances repeating the prayer once again is mandatory.