Appendix 1: Prayers

The Night Prayer (Salatul Layl): The Night Prayer consists of eleven rakat . Time: Between the time of Isha prayer and Fajr prayer . There is no Adhan or Iqama required before this prayer . The first eight rakats are prayed in four sets of two, each set is identical to the morning prayer (Salatul Fajr) but with a different intention; Intention: I intend to pray the Night prayer to draw closer to the Face of Allah swt (Nawayto an osalli salatul layl qurbatan li wajh Allah taala) . The next two rakat are called Prayer of al-Shafa (Salatul Shafa) Intention: I intend to pray the prayer of al-Shafa to draw closer to the Face of Allah swt (Nawayto an osalli salatul shafa qurbatan li wajh Allah ta’ala) . In the first rakat of this prayer you recite: Surat al-Fatiha and Surat al-Falaq, or Surat al-Fatiha and Surat al-Ala . In the second rakat you recite: Surat al-Fatiha and Surat an-Nas or Surat al-Fatiha and Surat al-Kafiroon . There is no qunoot required in this prayer . The last rakat is called the Prayer of al-Witir (Salatul Witir) . Intention: I intend to pray the Prayer of al-Witir to draw closer to the face of Allah swt (Nawayto an osalli salatul witir qurbatan li wajh Allah ta’ala) . In this rakat you recite Surat al-Fatiha once, Surat al-Ikhlas 3 times, Surat al-Falaq three times and Surat an-Nas three times . After that you say the qunoot,^[1] and it is favored for it to be a dua for the believers . After that, there is the usual ruku, sujood, tashahud and salam .

Prayer of al-Ghufaylah (Salatul Ghufaylah): The Prayer of al-Ghufaylah consists of two rakat . Time: Between the time of Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer . There is no Adhan or Iqama required before this prayer . Intention: I intend to pray al-Ghufaylah prayer to draw closer to Allah swt (Nawayto an osalli salatul ghufaylah qurbatan li wajh Allah ta’ala) . In the first rakat, you recite sura al-Fatiha followed by the Quranic verse, ﴾87 And [mention] Thal Noon, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him . And he called out within the darknesses, “There is no deity except You; exalted are You . Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers .” 88 So We responded to him and saved him from the distress . And thus do We save the believers .﴿^[2] Transliteration: Watha annooni ith thahaba mughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira Alayhi fanada fee athulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka innee kuntu mina athalimeen . Fastajabna lahu wanajjaynahu minal ghammi wakathalika nunjee almumineen In the second rakat , you recite Surat al-Fatiha followed by the Quranic verse, ﴾And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him . And He knows what is on the land and in the sea . Not a leaf falls but that He knows it . And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record .﴿^[3] Transliteration: Wa indahu mafatihu alghaybi la yalamuha illa huwa wa yalamu ma fee albarri wal bahri wama tasqutu min waraqatin illa yalamuha wala habbatin fee thulumati al-arth wala ratbin wala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeen . •