Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

Six actions are obligatory in ablution:

1- Intention just as one begins to wash the face

2- Washing the face

3- Washing the hands up to [and including] the elbows;

4- Wiping apportion of the head;

5- Washing the feet up to [and including] the ankles

6- Doing the above in the order they were mentioned.

Ten actions are recommended:

1- Saying bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim;

2- Washing the hands before putting them in the vessel containing water;

3- Rinsing the mouth and nose;

4- Wiping the head in its entirety;

5- Wiping the outer and inner parts of the ears using new water;

6- Combing a thick beard with one’s wet fingers;

7- Running wet fingers between the fingers and toes;

8- Washing the right [limb] before the left

9- Performing the actions three times ; and

10- Performing the actions consecutively.

There are eighteen integrals [arkan] for prayer [mentioned in their order of occurrence:

1- Intention

2- Standing when one is capable of doing so;

3- Saying the opening Allāhuakbar;

4- Reciting al-Fātiḥa and bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm is one of its verses;

5- bowing;

6- reposing therein;

7- rising and standing straight

8- reposing therein;

9- prostrating;

10- reposing therein;

11- sitting between the two prostrations;

12- reposing therein;

13- the final sitting;

14- saying the tashahhud therein;

15- saying the prayers upon the Prophet therein;

16- saying the firstal salāmuʿalaykum;

17- intending to exit from prayer

18- performing the integrals in this order.

There are fifteen lesser recommended actions:

1- raising the hands concurrently with saying the opening Allāhu akbar

2- bowing and rising [from it];

3- placing the right hand over the left;

4- saying the opening supplication;

5- seeking protection from Satan;

6- audible utterances when appropriate;

7- quiet utterances when appropriate;

8- sayingāmīn;

9- reciting a chapter[of the Qur’ān] after al-Fātiḥa;

10- saying Allāhu akbar when rising and descending;

11-saying samiʿa Allāhu li man ḥamidah [as one begins to rise from bowing], rabbanā laka al-ḥamd

12- saying subḥāna rabbi al-ʿaẓīm when bowing and subḥānarabbī al-ʿalā when prostrating;

13- placing one’s hands upon one’s thighs while sitting, extending the fingers of the left handand closing the right except for the index finger, with which one points during the tashahhud;

14- sitting in the manner of iftirāsh (A man is to plant his right foot on the ground and seat himself on his left foot.) in all places where in one sits, but sitting in the manner of tawarruk (the person is to lower himself on his buttocks toward the ground, with his right foot raised resting on the inside of its toes and his left leg bent under him and bend the left foot. ) in the final sitting;

15- and saying the second al-salāmuʿ

Allah Almighty knows best.