Chapter on the Conditions of Prayer.

The Shaykh : He said: "Chapter on the Conditions of Prayer" "Conditions" is the plural of "condition," and a condition is that upon which the validity of a worship or a contract depends. This condition is that upon which the validity of the worship or the contract depends. This is if it is a condition for the worship. As for the condition in a contract, it is different. The condition in a contract is that upon which the binding nature of the contract depends. So we now have a condition for validity and a condition for binding force. The condition for validity is from the Shari'ah, and we have no say in it. The condition for binding force is from the servant. For example, if a man sells a house and conditions that he will live in it for a year, you say: Is this a condition for the sale, or is it in the sale? It is in the sale, so it is a condition for binding force. But if he sells after the second call to Friday prayer, the sale is not valid due to the presence of a preventer. So the conclusion is: The condition of a thing, whether it is a worship, a transaction, or a contract, is that upon which its validity depends. If someone asks: What are these conditions? What are these obligations? What are these pillars that the scholars mentioned? Do you find this in the Qur'an or the Sunnah? The answer is: No, we do not find this in the Book and the Sunnah. But the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) followed the texts and counted what is required for the worship or the transaction, then they gathered and organized them as the texts require, to make it easy for the student of knowledge. And at that point, it is not permissible to object to what the scholars have followed, because some people say: What do we have to do with conditions? What do we have to do with pillars? What do we have to do with obligations? These are descriptions for which Allah has not sent down any authority. It is said: Glory be to Allah! People do not worship Allah the Exalted with these descriptions, but they made them a means to bring the sciences closer to the student of knowledge. And means have the rulings of their ends. So do not be deceived by one who says: No, let people do the worships without knowing that it is a condition, an obligation, or a pillar. Do not engage with this. We say: Praise be to Allah, these are matters that the Muslims needed to distinguish scientific issues and make them easy for the student, and they are not intended in themselves such that we would say: We have innovated in the religion of Allah what is not part of it. The conditions of prayer, then, are that upon which the validity of the prayer depends.