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Pillars of prayer

Pillars of salah are obligatory acts and words within prayer — deliberately omitting one invalidates it.

Pillars of salah (arkan) are obligatory internal parts of prayer. A general Shafi'i summary:

  • Intention
  • Standing (if able)
  • Recitation of al-Fatihah
  • Bowing (ruku') with stillness
  • Standing after ruku'
  • Prostration with stillness
  • Sitting between two prostrations
  • Final sitting (last tashahhud)
  • Final tahiyyah recitation
  • Salam
  • Correct order throughout

Pillars differ from conditions (external prerequisites) and obligatory acts (which may require sujud sahwi if missed). For the full list, see JAKIM i-Fiqh — we do not reproduce complete fiqh text here.

Official references

Educational summary — verify with JAKIM/i-Fiqh for authoritative rulings.

Prayer time data is sourced from the official JAKIM e-Solat portal. If anything differs, check e-solat.gov.my directly.