Islamic prayer schedule

1. IntentionFace the qiblah and intend in your heart to perform the prayer.
2. Opening and standingBegin with the opening takbīr. While standing, recite Sūrat al-Fātiḥah. In the first two rakʿahs, it is customary to follow it with another passage of Qurʾān.
3. Bow and riseBow in rukūʿ, then return fully to standing.
4. Two prostrationsProstrate, sit briefly, then prostrate again. This completes one rakʿah.
5. Continue or sitBegin the next rakʿah. After the second rakʿah, sit for tashahhud. If the prayer has three or four rakʿahs, rise afterward and continue.
6. Final sittingAfter the final rakʿah, sit for the final tashahhud and ṣalawāt, then conclude with salām.

This guide presents a commonly taught Sunni form of obligatory (farḍ) ṣalāh. Some details vary among recognized schools.