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Emphasized Sunnahs (Mu’akkadah)

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  1. Before the taḥrīmah, for a man to raise his hands parallel to the ears, and for a woman to raise her hands parallel to the shoulders
  2. To keep the fingers [slightly] spaced apart for the taḥrīmah
  3. For a man to place the right hand over the left hand under the navel; for a woman to do so on her chest [underneath the breasts]
  4. To pronounce the opening supplication of the prayer (thanā’)
  5. To pronounce the ta’awwudh (in the first rak’ah only) for the sake of recitation of the Qur’ān
  6. To pronounce the basmalah before the Fātiḥah, in every rak’ah [except for the follower]
  7. To say “Amīn” after the Fātiḥah, as well as “Rabbana wa lakal hamd” [tahmīd after rising from bowing]
  8. To say the above (thanā, ta’awwudh, basmalah, amīn, and tahmīd) silently
  9. For the imām, to say the takbīrs out loud
  10. To say the takbīrs of going into bowing and prostration, as well as when rising from prostration
  11. To recite the tasbeeh three times [in both bowing and prostration]
  12. To recite the Fātiḥah in the last two rak’āt [of a four rak’ah prayer], and in the third rak’ah of Maghrib
  13. To send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ in the final sitting
  14. To supplicate afterwards, using words that do not resemble normal human speech [so as not to invalidate the prayer]; namely, a du’ā that is not found in the Qur’ān or Sunnah
  15. To turn [one’s head right and left] when making the closing salāms
  16. To intend to greet the congregation, guardian angels, and imām when making the closing salāms

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