The prayer and how to pray.

 The prayer and how to pray. 

Alhamdulillah, As solaah(The prayer) is the second most important pillar in islam. 

When one is about to pray should make intention to pray and intentions are made in the heart. 

When one is about to pray should make dua, that dua is dua istiftah saying, 

Subhanaka Allahumma wabihamdika wa tabarismuka wa ta'Ala jadduka wa laa ilaha ghairuk. 

Also it was reported in Hadith, 

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) started Salah, he would remain silent for a short while. I said: 'May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! What do you say when you remain silent between the Takbir and the recitation (in the Salah)?' He said: 'I say: Allahumma ba'id baini was baina khatayaya kama ba'adta baina al-mashriq wal-maghrib; Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas; Allahummaghsilni min khatayaya bith-thalji wal-mai wal-barad (O Allah, out a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West; O Allah, cleanse me of of sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth; Wash away my sins with snow, water, and hail)'."

Sunan An Nasa'i. 

Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 60.

Then one rak'ah surah fatiha and then any surah he can, 

One take time and recite the Quran with care and humility pondering upon the verses, then one make ruku', then recite the dua, 

Subhana rabbiya al'atheem three times and straighten the back and hold the knees. 

Then one take time and make qiyaam. 

One should make sure his postures are straight and all his body parts facing the qiblah. 

One then makes qiyaam saying, 

Sami Allahu liman hamd, 

Saying rabbana wala kal hamd. 

Hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaaraka fiih. 

Then one makes this dua, 

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that:

When the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears the one who praises Him),' he said: "Allahumma Rabbana wa lakal-hamd, mil'as-samawati wa mil'al-ardi wa mil'ama shi'ta min shai'inba'd ( O Allah, our Lord, to You be the Praise, filling the heavens, filling the Earth, and filling whatever else You will.)"

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1066.