Salat
Praying to the Creator on a daily basis is the best way to cultivate in a man a sound personality and to actualize his aspiration. Allah (SWT) does not need man's prayer because He is free of all needs. Prayer is for our immeasurable benefit, and the blessings are beyond imagination.
prayer, every muscle of the body joins the soul and the mind in the worship and glorification of Allah (SWT). Prayer is an act of worship (Ibadah). It is a matchless and unprecedented formula of intellectual meditation and spiritual devotion, of moral elevation and physical exercise, all combined.
Offering of prayers is obligatory upon every Muslim male and female who is sane, mature and in the case of women free from menstruation and confinement due to child birth.
Obligatory prayers: Five daily prayers, the Friday's (Juma) noon congregation prayer, the funeral (Janazah) prayer.
Times of obligatory prayers:
Fajr
Fajr - Early morning: After dawn and before sunrise.
Dhohr
Dhohr - Noon: After the sun begins to decline from its zenith until it is about midway on its course to set.
Asr
Asr - Mid-afternoon: After the expiration of the noon prayer time until sunset.
Magreb
Magreb - Sunset: Immediately after sunset until the red glow in the western horizon disappears.
Isha
Isha - Evening: After the expiration of the sunset prayer until dawn.