Salah:
It is Arabic word for prayer (namaz). It means: To turn attention towards Allah, proceed towards Allah, pray to Allah, and to be near to Allah.

The purpose of Salah:
To remember Allah, seek His pleasure, and to live in obedience to His will.

The essence of Salah:
The Salah performed with full attention, concentration and devotion.

The pre-requisits of Salah:
1. The body being clean,
2. The clothes being clean,
3. The place being clean,
4. The satr (parts of the body ordained to be covered) being covered,
5. It being a permissible time for Salah,
6. To perform Wudu (Ablution)
7. The face being turned towards Qiblah, and
8. There being intention to pray.

The obligatory prayers:
1. Fajr: in the early morning before dawn,
2. Zohr: in the afternoon after mid-day,
3. Asr: in the late afternoon before sunset,
4. Maghrib: after sunset,
5. Isha: at night.

The Wajib (ordained) Prayers:
1. Salatul Witr (three rakahs, everyday after Isha Prayers)
2. Eid-ul-Fitr Salah (1st Shawwal, at the end of Ramadan, every year) and
3. Eid-ul-Azha Salah (10th of Zul hijjah, every year.

The Wajibat (ordained acts) of Salah:
The Wajibat are those acts that are compulsory to be performed in Salah. They are:
1. To recite a portion of the Quran in the first two rakahs of the Fard Prayers.
2. To recite Al-Fatiha in the first two rakahs of the Fard Prayer and in all the rakahs of the other Prayers.
3. To recite another Surah or a passage containing one long verse or three short verses after Al-Fatiha in the first two rakahs of the Fard Prayers and in all the rakahs of the other Prayers.
4. To observe the sequence in recitation, Ruku, Sajdah and the rakahs.
5. To observe Qaumah, i.e, to stand upright after Ruku.
6. To observe Jalsah, i.e, to sit upright between the two Sajdahs.
7. To perform Ruku and Sajdahs peacefully and with perfect tranquillity.
8. To observe Qadah Ulaa, first sitting, for Tashahhud after two rakahs in the Prayers consisting of three or four rakahs.
9. To recite Tashahhud in the two Qadahs.
10. To bring the Prayer to completion with salutation: (As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.)
11. To raise hands with Takbir for the Qunut and to recite the Qunut in the last rakah of the Witr Prayer.

The Arkan (constituents) of Salah:
The things commanded in Salah are known as arkan (constituents) of Salah. Arkan is plural form of rukn. Rukn means a command or obligation. There are six commanded acts in Salah:
1. Saying Takbir e Tahrima,
2. Qiyam (standing),
3. Qirat (reciting the Holy Quran),
4. Ruku (making a bow),
5. Two Sajdahs (falling prostrate),
6. Qaida (sitting) that is, sitting sufficiently long to enable one to say Tashahhud. But the Takbir e Tahrima is a pre-condition not a constituent of Salah.

The Makruhat (undesirable acts) in ablution:
1. Performing ablution at an unclean spot,
2. Blowing ones nose with the right hand,
3. Performing ablution against the norms of sunnah.