Preconds of Solah (27/1/08)

Munyatul Musolli 27 Jan 2008

Continuing preconditions of solah:

• 8. Not adding any number of rukun fi'li (movements) to the existing ones.

Example: sujud (prostrate) 3 times would nullify the solah. This could happen if you sujud and your forehead falls on a sharp stone, therefore you raise your head a bit and put it down towards the side. This counts as 2 sujuds.
Said Ustaz Zakaria: Should you need to move, drag your forehead sideways, make sure you don't lift it.

Another category is moving any of the major limbs 3 times intentionally, such as swinging the hands after rising from ruku' (bowing), moving towards the front row in 3 consecutive steps. All would nullify the solah.

Said Ustaz Zakaria:

• Moving 2 major limbs simultaneously would count as 2 movements.
• Major limbs include the head, shoulders, hands, legs, the whole body.
• Minor limbs include the fingers, lip, eyelids, ears.
• 3 or more movements of minor limbs would NOT nullify the solah.
  

The last precondition:

• 9. Do not do anything that would nullify fasting (saum).

Such as eating, drinking, inserting objects into open bodily cavity.

Wallahu a'lam

Preconds of Solah (20/1/08)

Munyatul Musolli 20 Jan 2008

Said Ustaz Zakaria:

• When washing clothes, make sure they're clean (according to syara') by sprinkling them last with running water. Washing machines are not good because they contain water less than 2 kolahs.
• Little amount of najis e.g blood from bodily cut or laceration or from tick; pus; soil from the roadside are permissible in solah. Little = "no bigger than tip of the thumb".
• Najis located on the roof overhead or praying mat is permissible as long as there's no physical contact.
• Physical contact with a child not yet circumcised is permissible as long as he/she is not carrying that child.
  

Continuing with preconditions of solah:

• 7. No talking except ayat al-Quran or zikr or du'a. Saying a word with 2 arabic letters will nullify the solah regardless wether it has meaning or not.
• ..to be continued with preconditions 8 and 9.
  

Wallahu a'lam

Preconds of Solah (6/1/08)

Munyatul Musolli 6 Jan 2008

A hadith as reported by Ubaidah bin Samit (ra) can be understood as follows:

The 5 daily solah has been obligated by Allah upon all His servants. Whoever performs them as commanded, without taking away any of its rights, unto him a promise that Allah will enter him into Heaven. And whoever skips it and takes it lightly, there will be no such promise, if Allah wills He will give mercy, and if Allah wills, he will torture that person.

The 9 preconditions to solah:

• 1. Within the prescribed time
• 2. Facing the qiblah
• 3. Aurah is covered
• 4. Knowledge of kaifiyah of the solah
• 5. Clean from hadath both major and minor
• 6. Clean from najis
• 7..8..9..…to be continued

Said Ustaz Zakaria: the aurah can be covered with tree bark, animal hide, or gunny sack (not necessarily with cloth). If a cloth is used, make sure it is not transparent such that you can see the skin color. The aurah should not be visible from the above or sides, but is permissible if seen from below (as in the case of sarong - where a person walking underneath the raised wooden planks might look up!).

Wallahu a'lam