How many Sunnat are there in Prayer? Prayers in Islam-Fiqh Islamic

         How many Sunnat are there in Prayer?                                                                                           

There are thirty Sunnat in prayer:

(1). To raise the hands for Takbeer-e-Tahreema.

(2). To keep the fingers of the hands in their natural condition i.e. open and the palms must face the Qiblah.

(3). Not to lower the head while saying Takbeer.

(4). To utter Takbeer before raising the hands. Similarly recite Takbeere-Qunoot and Takbeers in Eids' prayers after having lifted the hands upto the ears. It is no Sunnah to raise hands on any occasion in prayer besides these ones.

(5). Aloud utterance of “Al-Laahu Akbar”, “Sami Allaahu Liman Hamidah”, Salaam and other Takbeers by Imaam.

(6). To fold the hands below the navel immediately after saying Takbeer.

(7). To recite Sana i.e. Subhaana-kallaa-humma....

(8). To recite Ta'awuz i.e. Aa'oozu-Billahi....

(9). To say “Aameen” at the end of Surah Fatehah.

(10). To utter all these glorifications in low voice.

(11). To recite only Surah Fatehah in the second two Rakaats of Farz prayer.

(12). To say Allaah-o-Akbar while going into Rukoo.

(13). To utter Subhaana Rabbi-yal Azeem at least thrice in Rukoo.

(14). To hold fast to the knees with the fingers well-spread thereon in Rukoo.

(15). While rising from Rukoo, Imaam should say Tasmee i.e. Sami Allahu- liman-Hamida and Muqtadi (follower) should say Tahmeed i.e. Rabbanaa-Lakal-Hamd. Individual (he who offers prayer by himself) should say both Tasmee and Tahmeed.

(16). To keep the head and back at level with each other in Rukoo.

(17). To say Allaah-o-Akbar while going into Sajdah and rising from it.

(18). To place first the knees then the palms of the hands followed by nose and the forehead on the ground while performing

Sajdah and to raise first the forehead then the nose followed by the hands and the knees while rising from Sajdah.

(19). To recite “Subhaana Rabbi-yal 'Alaa” at least thrice in aloof in prostration.

(20). To keep the arms away from the sides, belly aloof from the thighs and elbows off the ground but not to keep the arms apart from the sides in Jama'at (congregation).

(21). To sit between two prostrations like that of sitting for “Tashah-hud” i.e. to sit with one's left foot under him and the right foot standing (insides of the toes firmly placed on the ground) and the

hands rest on the thighs.

(22). To keep the fingers of the hands joined up (pointing towards the Qiblah) and the insides of all the ten toes of the feet firmly placed on the ground facing the Qiblah during prostrations.

(23). To sit on the left foot (spreading it on the ground) with the right foot standing on the insides of the toes which should face the Qiblah and keep the hands on the thighs near the knees after having completed two prostrations of the second Rakaat.

(24). To indicate on the recitation of Kalimah-e-Shahaadat in Qa'adah i.e. to raise the forefinger of the right hand on the word “La” (coupling the middle finger with the thumb and the ring and little fingers are bent towards the palm and lower it on reaching the word “Ilia” and then let all the fingers free to rest on the thigh.

(25). To recite Durood Shareef (invocation of Allaah's blessings on the Holy Prophet) after having recited Tashah-hud in the second Qa'adah (Qa'ada-e-Akheera). Recitation of Durood Sharif in the first Qa'adah of Nafil prayer is commendable.

(26). To make Dua (supplication) in Arabic for oneself, parents, Muslim teachers and for all Muslims after having recited Durood Sharif.

(27). To say Salaam turning the face first towards the right side and then to the left.

(28). To say “Assalaam-o-Alaiekum wa Rahmatul Laah” twice.

(29). To intend “Salaam” for the worshipping believers, Karaaman Kaatibeen and those angels who are posted for one's protection on each side.