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                      Six Pre-Conditions of Ṣalāĥ
           
                        (1) Ṭaĥārat (Purity)
(1)The body, clothes and place of Ṣalāĥ must be pure from all
types of impurities.


                      (2) Sitr-e-‘Awrat (Veiling)
1. Men’s body from navel to the knees (including knees)
must be covered whereas women’s whole body must be
covered except the following five parts: Face, both palms,
soles of both feet. However, according to a Muftā biĥī
Qawl (valid verdict), the Ṣalāĥ of a woman will be valid
even if her both hands, up to wrist, and feet, up to ankle,
are completely uncovered. (Durr-e-Mukhtār ma’ Rad-dul-
Muḥtār, V2, P93)
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2. If someone wears such thin clothing that exposes such a
part of the body which is Farḍ to be concealed in Ṣalāĥ, or
that exposes the colour of skin (of that part), the Ṣalāĥ
will not be valid. (Fatāwā-e-‘Alamgīrī, V1, P58)
3. Nowadays, the trend of wearing thin clothing is growing.
Wearing such thin clothes that expose any part of thigh or
Sitr is Ḥarām even when not offering Ṣalāĥ. (Baĥār-e-
Sharī’at, Part 3, P42, Madīna-tul-Murshid Bareilly Sharīf)
4. Wearing such thick skin-tight clothes that do not expose
the colour of the body but reveal the shape of Sitr will not
invalidate the Ṣalāĥ but it is not permissible for other
people to look at that part of the body. (Rad-dul-Muḥtār, V2,
P103) Coming in front of others wearing such skin-tight
clothes is prohibited and it is more strictly forbidden for
women. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, Part 3, P42, Madīna-tul-Murshid, Bareilly
Sharīf)
5. Some women wear such thin shawl made of muslin etc.
that reveals the blackness of their hair during Ṣalāĥ or
wear such dress through which the colour of body-parts is
visible; the Ṣalāĥ offered wearing such a dress will not be
valid.