How to Perform the Dhikr Prayer
Perform Wudu It is a ritual ablution before you pray or handle the Holy Quran., Walk into a perfectly clean place., Erase all worldly worries from your heart., Perform the voluntary prayer.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Perform Wudu It is a ritual ablution before you pray or handle the Holy Quran.
This step should be done because the names of God is pure.
Thus we have to speak of His name in a clean place.
Sit down on a prayer mat facing the Qiblah.
It is the direction of the Holy Kabah. , Make yourself calm.
If you are having trouble over someone else, ignore it.
Just think that nothing ever happened.
Try to be in the state of awareness.
Try to expel negative feeling or thought.
Lightly close your eyes and bring your attention to the region of your heart. , This is encouraged but not obligatory.
It contains 4 cycles of prayer.
This prayer will have you to extol Him 300 times in total.
Make sure you have read the article on how to Perform Salah first before you try to understand the procedures given below.
There is a slight difference in performing it in the day and in the night.
This will be noted below.
Make niyyah or the intention to perform this Zikr prayer.
After reciting the Al-Fatihah and before the ruku'
recite the phrase given below 15 times.
After ruku'
recite it for another 10 times.
After qauma, recite it for another 10 times.
After the first sujood, recite it for another 10 times.
After qu'ud, recite it for another 10 times.
After the second sudjood, recite it for another 10 times.
After that perform qu'ud again and recite it for another 10 times.
If you have counted, in total for one cycle of prayer, you would have recited it for 75 times.
Thus for four cycles, it would be
300.
Note that for the second and forth cycle, there is a need to recite the tashahhud.
So you will have to recite the phrase first before the tashahhud.
Also note that during the night, you will have to complete the prayer after two cycles.
And then continue with another two cycles of prayer. -
Step 2: Walk into a perfectly clean place.
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Step 3: Erase all worldly worries from your heart.
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Step 4: Perform the voluntary prayer.
Detailed Guide
This step should be done because the names of God is pure.
Thus we have to speak of His name in a clean place.
Sit down on a prayer mat facing the Qiblah.
It is the direction of the Holy Kabah. , Make yourself calm.
If you are having trouble over someone else, ignore it.
Just think that nothing ever happened.
Try to be in the state of awareness.
Try to expel negative feeling or thought.
Lightly close your eyes and bring your attention to the region of your heart. , This is encouraged but not obligatory.
It contains 4 cycles of prayer.
This prayer will have you to extol Him 300 times in total.
Make sure you have read the article on how to Perform Salah first before you try to understand the procedures given below.
There is a slight difference in performing it in the day and in the night.
This will be noted below.
Make niyyah or the intention to perform this Zikr prayer.
After reciting the Al-Fatihah and before the ruku'
recite the phrase given below 15 times.
After ruku'
recite it for another 10 times.
After qauma, recite it for another 10 times.
After the first sujood, recite it for another 10 times.
After qu'ud, recite it for another 10 times.
After the second sudjood, recite it for another 10 times.
After that perform qu'ud again and recite it for another 10 times.
If you have counted, in total for one cycle of prayer, you would have recited it for 75 times.
Thus for four cycles, it would be
300.
Note that for the second and forth cycle, there is a need to recite the tashahhud.
So you will have to recite the phrase first before the tashahhud.
Also note that during the night, you will have to complete the prayer after two cycles.
And then continue with another two cycles of prayer.
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