بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

“In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”

There are certain acts in salaah, that if they are left out unintentionally , salaah can be corrected by doing sajdah – e sahw , instead of repeating it all over again (the method of this will be explained further on) . These acts are called Waajib. They are:

1. To recite surah faatiha (besides the third & fourth rakaah of fardh salaah. In the third & fourth it will be sunnah not waajib.

2. To recite a surah or three short verses or one long ayah after surah faatihah in the first two rakaahs of  all the rakaahs of other salaahs.

3. To maintain order & sequence in qiraat, rukhu, sajdah etc.

4. Qawma (to stand up straight after ruku)

5. Jalsa (to sit between the two sajdahs)

6. Tadeel- Arkaan ( to perform every act calmly , without haste).

7. Qaadah-e – oola ( to sit for tashahhud after every two rakaats in a 3 or 4 rakaahs salaah).

8.  To read tashahhud in both the qaadahs (sittings)

9. To end salaah by doing salaam.

10. To say takbeer in the witr salaah before reciting dua – e qunoot.

11. To pray dua – e qunoot in the witr salaah.

12. To fix the first 2 rakaahs of fardh salaah for Qiraat.