How to pray the five daily prayers?.

 The prayer is very simple, if you learned one rakhah and the tashahuod, then prayer will be easy, for example; if the prayer consists of three rakhahs you will pray two rakhahs and recite the tashahuod, then perform the third rakhah and recite the tashahuod again, this is for all of prayers whether it was obligatory prayers (five daily prayers) or supererogatory prayers.

     The prayer more than two rakhahs includes two tashahuod, if it was 3 or 4 rakhahs, here will be one tashahuod after the first two rakhahs and another after the third or the fourth one.

   Now you will learn an rakhah in Arabic and the tashahuod, then I will give an illustration for every prayer of the five daily prayers .

One rakhah:

    After performing ablution (wudu'), stand straight on your feet, turn to the Quibla, and raise your hands along your ears saying Allahu akbbar, then say a'ozo bellahi mina alshaytani alrajeem, besmi ellahi Alrahmani Alraheem, alhamdu lellahi rabbi alalameen, Alrahmani Alraheem, maliki yawmi eddin,, iyyaka na'budu wa iyyaka nasta'een, ihdina alsirata almustaqeem, sirata alladhina an'amta alayhim, ghayri elmaghdubi alayhim wa la addalin, amin. Then recite a short Surah such as Surat Alekhlas: "qul huwa Allahu ahad, Allahu alssamad, lam yaled wa lam yoolad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad", then say Allahu akbbar, and kneel down and put you hands on your knees, saying subhaana rabbiyal aladheem three times, then stand up again saying same'aa  Allahu  leman hamedah, rabana wa laka alhamdu hamdan katheeran tayyeban mubarakan feeh. Then say Allahu akbbar and prostrate saying subhaana rabbiyal ala'la three times, then say Allahu akbbar and sit with your hands on your knees saying rabbi eghferli rabbi eghferli, then prostrate again saying subhaana rabbiyal ala'la three times. 

The first rakhah finishes after the second prostration, then you will stand up for the second one, and the tashahuod will be after the second rakhah, if the prayer consists only of two rakhahs, the prayer will finish after the tashahuod, but if it was more than two rakhahs you will stand up for the third one.

The tashahuod:

     Now let us recite the tashahuod: "alttahyiaatu lellahi wa assalawatu attayibatu assalamu alayika ayyahu annabiyyu wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakkatuh, assalamu alayinna wa ala ebadi ellahi assaleheen, ashhadu anna la ellaha illa Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasouluh, Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala ali Muhammad kamma salytta ala Ibraheem wa ala ali Ibraheem, innaka hameedun majeed, Allahumma bareek ala Muhammad wa ala ali Muhammad kamma barakta ala Ibraheem wa ala ali Ibraheem, innaka hameedun majeed".

     Now if you want to pray the fajr prayer (dawn), you will perform the first rakhah, then stand up after the second prostration and perform the second rakhah , and after finishing the second prostration of the second rakhah set with your hands on your knees then recite the tashahuod, after that turn your head right saying assalamu alayikum wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh, then turn your head left saying assalamu alayikum wa rahmatu Allah.  

     But if you want to pray the maghrib prayer (sunset), it consists of three rakhahs, you will perform the first two rakhahs as the fajr prayer then stand up after tashahuod and perform the third rakhah reciting Alfatihah only, there is no short Surah after the second rakhah of any prayer whether it was 3 or 4 rakhahs. This is for all prayers, after reciting tashahuod after the second prostration (sojoud) turn your head right and left saying Alssalam as Alfajr prayer. 

    Aldhuhr prayer (noon), Alasr prayer (afternoon), and Alishaa prayer (night) each of these prayers consists of 4 rakhahs, here you will perform the third one as Almaghrib prayer, then stand up after the third rakhah without reciting Altashahoud  and perform the fourth one then recite Altashahoud after the second prostration, and turn your head right and left saying Alssalam as previous prayers.

     You must remember that the third and the fourth rakhahs must be without short Surah, with Alfatihah only.