Salah Quiz
Test what you know about prayer: the daily prayers, what to say in each position, and their rewards. Each answer comes with its source.
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1. How many obligatory prayers are there each day?
Answer: 5. The Prophet ﷺ told a man from Najd: “You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 46
2. Which direction do Muslims face in prayer?
Answer: The Kaaba in Makkah. “Turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you are, turn your faces toward it.” Source: Quran 2:144
3. What must you do before prayer, as commanded in Quran 5:6?
Answer: Wudu. “When you rise for prayer, wash your faces and your arms up to the elbows, wipe over your heads, and wash your feet.” Source: Quran 5:6
4. How many rak’ahs is the Maghrib prayer?
Answer: 3. Maghrib has 3 obligatory rak’ahs; Fajr has 2, and Dhuhr, Asr and Isha have 4. Source: AskUmmah: How to pray Salah
5. How many rak’ahs is the Fajr prayer?
Answer: 2. Fajr has 2 obligatory rak’ahs. Source: AskUmmah: How to pray Salah
6. Which surah is recited in every rak’ah of every prayer?
Answer: Al-Fatiha. “There is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 756
7. What do you say to begin the prayer?
Answer: Allahu Akbar. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Its opening (tahrim) is the takbir” (saying Allahu Akbar). Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3
8. How does the prayer end?
Answer: The taslim (Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah). The Prophet ﷺ said: “Its closing (tahlil) is the taslim.” Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3
9. What did the Prophet ﷺ say in ruku (bowing)?
Answer: Subhana Rabbiyal Azim. In ruku he said “Subhana Rabbiyal Azim” (Glory be to my Lord, the Most Great). Source: Sahih Muslim 772
10. What did the Prophet ﷺ say in sujud (prostration)?
Answer: Subhana Rabbiyal A’la. In sujud he said “Subhana Rabbiyal A’la” (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High). Source: Sahih Muslim 772
11. When is a servant nearest to their Lord?
Answer: While prostrating. “The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so make dua in that state.” Source: Sahih Muslim 482
12. Prayer in congregation is how many times better than praying alone?
Answer: 27. “The prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times superior to the prayer offered by a person alone.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 645
13. The two sunnah rak’ahs before Fajr are better than…?
Answer: This world and all it contains. “The two rak’ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.” Source: Sahih Muslim 725
14. Who should lead the prayer as imam, first of all?
Answer: The one who knows the Quran best. “The one who is most versed in Allah’s Book should lead the people in prayer.” Source: Sahih Muslim 673
15. Which surah tells believers to hurry to the prayer on Friday and leave trade?
Answer: Al-Jumu’ah. “When the call is made for the prayer on the day of Jumu’ah, proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade.” Source: Quran 62:9
16. Which prayer should be the last prayer of the night?
Answer: Witr. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Make Witr your last prayer at night.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 998
17. Whoever prays twelve voluntary rak‘ahs in a day and night, Allah builds for them…
Answer: A house in Paradise. Umm Habibah heard the Prophet ﷺ say a house is built in Paradise for whoever prays twelve voluntary rak‘ahs in a day and night. Source: Sahih Muslim 728a
18. Which prayer is enough as charity for every joint of the body each morning?
Answer: Two rak‘ahs of Duha. Charity is due on every joint each morning, and “two rak‘ahs which one prays in the forenoon (Duha) will suffice”. Source: Sahih Muslim 720
19. The Prophet ﷺ compared the five daily prayers to…
Answer: A river at your door you bathe in five times a day. “If there was a river at the door of one of you and he bathed in it five times a day, would any dirt remain on him?” So the five prayers wipe away sins. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 528
20. When travelling, the Prophet ﷺ shortened the four-rak‘ah prayers to…
Answer: 2. ‘Aishah said prayer was first made two rak‘ahs; the travel prayer stayed that way and the home prayer was made complete. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1090
21. How many prostrations are made for forgetfulness in prayer (sujud as-sahw)?
Answer: 2. When the Prophet ﷺ forgot to sit in a prayer, he made two prostrations while sitting before ending it. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1224
22. What did the Prophet ﷺ say is the best prayer after the obligatory prayers?
Answer: The prayer during the night. “The most excellent prayer after the obligatory prayer is the prayer during the night.” Source: Sahih Muslim 1163a
23. What should you say when you hear the muezzin calling the adhan?
Answer: Repeat what he says. “When you hear the adhan, say what the muezzin is saying.” At “Hayya ‘alas-salah” and “Hayya ‘alal-falah”, say “La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah” (Bukhari 613). Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 611
24. What did the Prophet ﷺ tell people to do before coming to Jumu‘ah?
Answer: Take a bath (ghusl). “Anyone of you attending the Friday prayer should take a bath.” Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 877
25. Whoever says the dua after the adhan (“Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da‘watit-tammah…”) will receive…
Answer: The Prophet’s ﷺ intercession. He ﷺ said whoever says this after the adhan, “my intercession for him will be allowed on the Day of Resurrection”. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 614
26. What does the imam say when rising from ruku (bowing)?
Answer: Sami‘ Allahu liman hamidah. The imam says “Sami‘ Allahu liman hamidah” (Allah hears whoever praises Him), and those behind him say “Rabbana wa lakal-hamd”. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 722
Questions are checked against quran.com and sunnah.com and only cover facts with one clear answer. Reviewed 19 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Let us know.
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