Obligatory acts of Namaz

There are eleven obligatory acts for prayers:

1. Niyyat (Intention)
2. Qiyam (Standing erect)
3. Takbiratul Ihram (Saying Allahu Akbar while commencing the prayers)

Mustahab prayers

772. There are many Mustahab prayers which are generally called Nafilah, but more stress has been laid on the daily Mustahab prayers. The number of the Rak’ats everyday excluding Friday, is 34. It is as follows:

• 8 Rak’ats Nafilah for Zuhr
• 8 Rak’ats Nafilah for ‘Asr
• 4 Rak’ats Nafilah for Maghrib
• 2 Rak’ats Nafilah for ‘Isha
• 11 Rak’ats Nafilah for Tahajjud (Namaz – e – Shab)

2 Rak’ats Nafilah for Fajr

Obligatory daily Namaz

There are five obligatory daily prayers (which one has to offer during the day and night:

Obligatory Namaz

The following six prayers are obligatory:

1. Daily Namaz.
2. Namaz – e – Aayaat.
3. Namaz – e – Mayyit.
4. Namaz for the obligatory Tawaf of the holy Ka’bah.
5. Qadha Namaz of father and mother, which are obligatory upon their eldest son.
6. Namaz which become obligatory on account of hire, vow or oath.