Conditions
This compulsory act of worship is obligatory for those who meet these three conditions:
- are Muslim
- are of sound mind
- have reached the age of 10 (beginning at age seven is recommended).
There are 6 elements that make Salah valid:
- Confidence of the time of worship.
- Facing the qibla, with the chest facing the direction of the Ka'ba. The ill and the old are allowed leniency with posture.
- Covering the awrah
- Clean clothes, body, place of prostration.
- Ritual purity (wudu, tayammum, ghusl)
- Praying in front of a sutrah is recommended.
The place of worship should be clean. In a few cases where blood is leaving the body, Salah is forbidden until a later time. Women are not allowed to pray during their menses nor for a period after childbirth, and this gave rise to a quote of Muhammad's "Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?"
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