Entrance Into Prayer (Iqamah)

When this call is uttered, the worshippers get ready for prayer and inaugurate it with an announcement called ‘Iqamah’ . The sentences here are the same as those of the Adhan above with two differences:

(a) The Iqamah is said in a faster and less audible voice; part (1) to be reduced the same as part (6) being repeated only twice, while all the rest only once. However, the words “Qad Qamati-s-salah” should be said twice immediately following part (5) and before part (6) ‘Qad Qamati-s-salah’ (Prayer is ready).

قَدْ قَامَتْ اْلصَّلاةُ

Then part (6) and (7) should follow to the end as usual.

The Performance of Prayer

After the worshipper has done the ablution and after the ‘Adhan’ and ‘Iqamah’ are said, the prayer starts as follows.

The Early Morning Prayer (salatu-l-Fajr)

In this prayer two units (Rak’ ahs) are offered first as supererogatory (Sunnah). These are followed by two other units as obligatory (Fard). Both supererogatory and obligatory units are offered in the same manner except that, when declaring the intention, one has to distinguish between the two kinds. This is the description of performance:

Act 1. One stands in reverence and humility, facing the Qiblah, raising his hands up to the ears, and says his intention by heart “Nawaytu Osalli Sunnata Salati-Fajr or Farda Salati-Fajr (As the case may be);

نويت اصلي سنة صلاة الفجر

نويت اصلي فرض صلاة الفجر

This means: I declare my intention to offer the supererogatory or obligatory (as the case may be) prayer of morning.