Worship guides
Purification and the prayer, step by step. What all four schools agree on comes first; where they differ, each school's ruling is shown with its source, from islamweb's fatwas comparing the schools. These are practical rulings: when in doubt, ask a scholar you trust.
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Each step shows its ruling in each school: a pillar or condition (without it, the act is not valid), wajib (Hanafi and Hanbali only: left out by forgetting, it is made up), sunnah, or virtue (Maliki). The Maliki and Shafi'i schools have no wajib category. Pick your school to see its ruling picked out on every step; the others stay visible. islamweb notes that a layperson need not keep to one school, but should not pick the easiest view of each to suit himself (fatwa 165561).
- Wudu, step by stepHow to make wudu: what all four schools require, the Sunnah of it, and what breaks it, with each school’s view where they differ.Quran
- Ghusl, the full bathWhen the full bath is required, the minimum that makes it valid, and the complete way of the Sunnah.Quran
- Tayammum, purifying with earthPurifying with clean earth when there is no water, or when water cannot be used: when it is allowed, how it is done, and what ends it.Quran
- Wiping over khuffs and socksIn wudu, wiping over leather khuffs or socks instead of washing the feet: the conditions, the way, how long, and what ends it.Sahih
- The prayer, step by stepFrom the conditions before you begin to the closing salam: each act of the prayer, and what each school counts it.Quran
- The five prayers: rak'at and recitationHow many rak'at each prayer has, which are recited aloud, and the Sunnah prayers before and after them.Sahih
- Sujud as-sahw, the prostrations of forgetfulnessTwo prostrations that make up for a mistake in the prayer: when they are due, how they are done, and before or after the salam.Sahih
- Sujud at-tilawa, the prostration of recitationA single prostration when reciting or hearing one of the verses of prostration: its ruling, how it is done, and the places in the Quran.Quran
- The traveller's prayerShortening the four-rak'ah prayers and joining prayers on a journey: how far, for how long, and where the schools differ.Quran
- The Friday prayerWho must attend the Friday prayer, its time, where and with how many it is held, and its sermon.Quran
- The Eid prayerThe prayer of the two Eids: its ruling in each school, its time, the extra takbirs, and the sermon after it.Sahih
- The funeral prayerThe prayer over the dead: four takbirs, with what is said after each, and where the schools differ.Quran
- The witr prayerThe odd-numbered prayer that ends the night: its ruling, how many rak'ahs, and the Hanafi way.Sahih
- The prayer of istikharaAsking Allah to choose for you in a lawful matter: two rak'ahs, then the supplication the Prophet ﷺ taught.Sahih
- The prayer of the sickPraying as you are able: standing, then sitting, then on your side, then lying down; the prayer never falls while the mind is sound.Quran