The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) then said: ‘When you want to perform Sal?t, do wud?’ perfectly, then stand to the direction of the Qiblah and recite Takb?r. Then recite from the Qur’?n that which is easy for you. Then do Ruk?‘ till you achieve quiescence in it, then rise from it completely, then kneel down and do Suj?d till you feel calm, then rise from it till you sit completely, then do another Suj?d till you feel calm. Follow these steps in all your Sal?t’. (1)

This had?th indicates the obligation of being in a state of quiescence in Sal?t; whoever is not, has indeed failed to apply the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) order and Sal?t remains as a debt on his account. Pay heed to the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) order to be in a state of quiescence in Ruk?‘ and when rising from it. It is not enough just to raise oneself from Ruk?‘ but to stand completely after wards. (2)

Unfortunately, many muslims fall in this mistake especially when doing supererogatory Sal?t. Regarding this, Al-Qurtub? said: ‘A muslim should perform his Sal?t properly and perfectly be it an obligatory or optional one. The optional Sal?t would be an extra good deed that brings a muslim nearer to All?h ( - عز وجل -) as is narrated in the Quds? had?th that states: ‘My slave keeps coming nearer to Me by doing optional acts of worship till I love him ... ’.

The obligation of being in a state of quiescence in Sal?t applies also to the optional Sal?t especially when it is needed to compensate for the defects found in the obligatory one.

Those who fail to perform the obligatory Sal?t properly, would surely fail to perform the optional one properly too.

Unfortunately, many people -even those well known by their performance of supererogatory acts of worship- fail to perform the optional Sal?t properly due to their ignorance of its importance as if it is not of the acts for doing which one gains rewards!!