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Memorize small chapters (Surah) to use in Salah (prayer):
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Videos
learn how to recite Al Fatihah - Word by Word Transliteration - Memorisation made easy
Step By Step || How To Make Wudu Correctly From A-Z || Ustadh Abu Uthman Sadiq
How do Muslims Pray? (ALL 5 Prayers)
The Prophet's Prayer Described - Assim al-Hakeem
The Prophet's Prayer ﷺ according to authentic Ahadith - Assim al hakeem
Prayer Guide
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This is an essential condition as prayer offered before its time is rendered invalid.
Allah SWT said: Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times. (Surat An-Nisa:103)
There are 5 obligatory prayers that have been assigned to Muslims, in which each are at different times of the day.
Prayers were first assigned as 50 prayers, but Allah SWT reduced them to 5 prayers for the sake of ease for us:
Prophet SAW said: "...The prayers are five but (the reward) is fifty..." - Sahih Al Bukhari 342
You can use apps or websites to know prayer time
Or you can get prayer time from local mosques.
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Source
From→https://blog.muslimandquran.com/7-things-that-nullify-or-break-wudu/
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Qur'anic Reference: “O you who believe! When you intend to offer the prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles.” — Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:6)
Niyyah (Intention)
Intend in your heart to purify yourself for prayer.
Not to be spoken out loud.
🔹 Reference: “Actions are judged by intentions...” — Bukhari 1, Muslim 190
Say: Bismillah
Before starting, say: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (Bismillah).
🔹 Reference: Abu Dawud (101), Hasan by Al-Albani.
Wash Hands (3 times)
Wash both hands up to the wrists, starting with the right.
Ensure water reaches between the fingers.
Rinse Mouth (3 times)
Take water into the mouth with the right hand and rinse it.
Sunnah: Swish and spit water out.
Inhale Water into the Nose and Blow it Out (3 times)
Sniff water into the nostrils using the right hand.
Expel it with the left hand.
Wash the Face (3 times)
From the hairline to the chin and ear to ear.
Include the eyebrows, lips, and under the beard.
Wash Arms up to the Elbows (3 times)
Start with the right arm, then the left.
Make sure the entire forearm is washed including elbows.
🔹 Reference: Qur’an 5:6
Wipe the Head (1 time)
Wet hands and wipe from the front of the head to the back and return to the front.
🔹 Reference: Bukhari and Muslim
Wipe the Ears (1 time)
With the same wet hands:
Index fingers go inside the ears.
Thumbs wipe behind the ears.
Wash Feet up to the Ankles (3 times)
Start with the right foot, then the left.
Make sure to wash between the toes.
🔹 Reference: Qur’an 5:6, Sahih Bukhari
Dua After Wudu (Supplication), Transliteration:
“أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. اللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ.” Ashhadu alla ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluh. Allahumma aj‘alni min al-tawwabin waj‘alni min al-mutatahhirin. Meaning: “I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent and those who purify themselves.” Reference: Tirmidhi 55 (Sahih)
Notes: Order matters: Follow the prescribed order mentioned in Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:6). No gaps: Complete Wudu in one continuous sequence without drying limbs in between.
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