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at ease during your prostration, then sit with calmness until you
feel at ease [do not hurry], and do the.same in all your prayers."161
It is also reported that Prophet Muhammad jg said, "Whoever
does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid."162
Before reciting Al-Fatiha we make two statements, the first is, "I
seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed."163 The second is
"In the Name Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Compas-
sionate."164 In the first statement we ask for Allah's Help so that
Satan will not cause our prayer to be rejected by Allah by distrac-
ting our minds with worldly thoughts. The purpose of the second
phrase is to make us contemplate the boundless Gifts of Allah. It
appears before every chapter of the Holy Qur'an except the ninth,
and it is included twice in Chapter 27. Thus it is found 114 times in
the Holy Qur'an.
"Bismillah (In the Name Allah —In the Name of Allah)" is the
first phrase which a Muslim child should learn, and a believer
should commence every act with it. We should never be absent
minded when it comes to Allah. When we say, "With the Name
feel at ease [do not hurry], and do the.same in all your prayers."161
It is also reported that Prophet Muhammad jg said, "Whoever
does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid."162
Before reciting Al-Fatiha we make two statements, the first is, "I
seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed."163 The second is
"In the Name Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Compas-
sionate."164 In the first statement we ask for Allah's Help so that
Satan will not cause our prayer to be rejected by Allah by distrac-
ting our minds with worldly thoughts. The purpose of the second
phrase is to make us contemplate the boundless Gifts of Allah. It
appears before every chapter of the Holy Qur'an except the ninth,
and it is included twice in Chapter 27. Thus it is found 114 times in
the Holy Qur'an.
"Bismillah (In the Name Allah —In the Name of Allah)" is the
first phrase which a Muslim child should learn, and a believer
should commence every act with it. We should never be absent
minded when it comes to Allah. When we say, "With the Name