Prayer, Fasting and Worship

How to pray in Islam, step by step: wudu, the qibla, the five daily prayers, what to say in each position, and how to pray if you do not know Arabic yet.

What breaks your fast: eating, drinking, and intercourse by choice. Forgetting, brushing your teeth, eye drops, injections, and blood tests do not.

How to make wudu step by step, from the Quran (5:6) and the Sunnah, with wiping over socks, tayammum when there is no water, and wudu in the shower.

How to become Muslim: say the shahada with conviction. No witnesses, mosque, name change, or circumcision are required, and you keep your family close.

How zakat works: 2.5% of savings above the nisab held for a lunar year, paid to the eight groups named in Quran 9:60. A clear guide to calculating your zakat.

Ramadan is the month the Quran was revealed. Muslims fast from dawn to sunset to grow in taqwa, gratitude, and compassion, then celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

Missing a prayer on purpose is a serious matter, and the way back is always open. How to make up missed prayers and start praying again, one prayer at a time.

The five pillars of Islam are the shahada, the daily prayers, zakat, fasting in Ramadan, and Hajj: what each asks of a Muslim, and the ease built into it.

To pray istikhara, offer two voluntary rakʿas and then recite the Prophet's duʿāʾ naming your decision. No dream is needed: act, consult, and trust Allah.

You can combine prayers: Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha, when traveling and when there is a real need at home, as Ibn Abbas reported of the Prophet.

Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, the fifth pillar of Islam, due once in a lifetime on those able. What it means, who must go, and how its rites are performed.

What breaks wudu: using the toilet, passing wind, deep sleep, and losing consciousness. Bleeding, touch, and camel meat are disputed, and doubt never breaks it.

You may touch the Quran without wudu. Verse 56:79 describes the Book in heaven touched by angels, and Ibn Hazm and the Zahiris permitted touching the mushaf.

How to make dua: praise Allah, send blessings on the Prophet, then ask for anything in any language, at any time, trusting that every sincere dua is heard.

Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan and Eid al-Adha honors Abraham's sacrifice during Hajj: the two Muslim festivals of prayer, charity, food, and joy.

How to perform ghusl step by step, as the Prophet bathed: when it is required, the minimum that makes it valid, and ease for braided hair and the shower.

You can make dua in English or any language. In salah the recitation is in Arabic, and a new Muslim prays with what they know while learning gradually.

Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Decree, is better than a thousand months: the night the Quran was first revealed, sought in the odd nights of Ramadan's last ten.

To pray tahajjud, wake in the night after Isha, make wudu, pray two rakʿas at a time, and close with witr. The last third of the night is best.

Skipping Jummah out of indifference is a sin to repent of; illness, travel, rain and work you cannot leave are excuses. Pray Dhuhr and return next Friday.

Muslims may pray for non-Muslims: for guidance, health and forgiveness in life, and for Allah's mercy after death, as Abraham prayed for his father.

Converts to Islam do not have to change their name. The Companions kept their names, and the Prophet changed only a few names with bad meanings.

How to pray while traveling: shorten the four-unit prayers to two, combine Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha, and pray seated on a plane when you must.

A new Muslim fasts Ramadan from dawn to sunset with built-in ease: exemptions for illness and travel, days made up later, and a community to share iftar.

Zakat can reach non-Muslims in need through the Quran's category of those whose hearts are to be won (9:60), and voluntary charity may be given to anyone.

You can pray with shoes on: the Prophet prayed in his sandals and told worshipers to wipe off any dirt and pray in them. Remove them on mosque carpets.