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==Essentials of Prayer==
==Essentials of Prayer==
According to the majority of scholars, essentials of prayer consist in: intention, takbirat al-ihram (saying "Allahu Akbar"), standing (while reciting takbir and standing before the ruku'), ruku', and the two sajdas.
According to the majority of scholars, essentials of prayer consist in: intention, takbirat al-ihram (saying "Allahu Akbar"), standing (while reciting takbir and standing before the ruku'), ruku', and the two sajdas.<ref>Ḥillī, ''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa'', vol. 2, p. 139-140.</ref>


The standing (qiyam) in the prayer is of 4 types, two of which are essentials, while the other two are non-essential obligations. Standing while reciting takbirat al-ihram and the one before ruku' are essential to the prayer.
The standing (qiyam) in the prayer is of 4 types, two of which are essentials, while the other two are non-essential obligations. Standing while reciting takbirat al-ihram and the one before ruku' are essential to the prayer.<ref>Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā'', vol. 2, p. 473.</ref>


Some scholars believe that it is essential to be directed to the [[qibla]], and some early jurisprudents believed that [[qira'a]] (recitation) is also essential.
Some scholars believe that it is essential to be directed to the [[qibla]],<ref>Ibn Ḥamza al-Ṭūsī, ''al-Wasīla'', p. 93.</ref> and some early jurisprudents believed that [[qira'a]] (recitation) is also essential.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Mabsūṭ'', vol. 1, p. 105.</ref>


==Rulings==
==Rulings==
The majority of jurisprudents believe that intentional or unintentional skipping or overdoing of the essentials invalidate the prayer, but others believe that unintentional overdoing of the essentials does not invalidate it.
The majority of jurisprudents believe that intentional or unintentional skipping or overdoing of the essentials invalidate the prayer,<ref>Shahīd al-Thānī, ''al-Rawḍa al-bahīyya'', vol, 1. p. 644.</ref> but others believe that unintentional overdoing of the essentials does not invalidate it.<ref>Najafī, ''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol. 9, p. 239-241.</ref>


If the person unintentionally skips an essential, he or she should do it before going to another essential. Otherwise, the prayer will be invalidated.
If the person unintentionally skips an essential, he or she should do it before going to another essential. Otherwise, the prayer will be invalidated.<ref>Najafī, ''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol. 12, p. 238-239.</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
*Ḥillī, Ḥasan b. Yūsuf al-. ''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa fī aḥkām al-sharīʿa''. Edited by Markaz al-Abḥāth wa l-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyya. Qom: Daftar-i Tablīghāt-i Islāmī, 1412 AH.
*Ibn Ḥamza al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. ''Al-Wasīla ilā nayl al-faḍīla''. Edited by Muḥammad al-Ḥasūn. Qom: Maktabat Ayatollah al-Marʿashī al-Najafī, 1408 AH.
*Najafī, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥasan al-. ''Jawāhir al-kalām fī sharāyiʿ l-Islām''. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ l-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1362 AH.
*Shahīd al-Thānī, Zayn al-Dīn ʿAlī b. ʾAḥmad al- ʿĀmilī al-. ''Al-Rawḍa al-bahīyya fī sharḥ al-Lumʿa al-Dimashqīyya''. Tehran: Intishārāt al-ʿIlmīyya al-Islāmīyya, n.d.
*Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al- ''Al-Mabsūṭ fī fiqh al-Imāmīyya''. Edited by Muḥammad Bāqir Bihbūdī. Tehran: Maktabat al-Murteḍawīyya, n.d.
*Yazdī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. ''Al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā''. Qom: Ismāʿīlīyān, 1419 AH.


==References==
*The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/ارکان_نماز {{ia|ارکان نماز}}] in Farsi WikiShia.


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