The Obligatory (wajib) Prayers

There are six obligatory prayers in the period of the Imam of the Time’s (ʿA) occultation (ghaybah):

1. the daily prayers;

2. the prayer of signs (ṣalāt al-āyāt);

3. the funeral prayer (ṣalāt al-mayyit);

4. the prayer for the obligatory circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the Kaʿbah;

5. the lapsed (qaḍāʾ) prayers of one’s father that, based on obligatory precaution (al-iḥtiyāṭ al-wājib), are obligatory for the eldest son to perform;

6. prayers that become obligatory on account of hire (ijārah), vow (nadhr), oath (qasam), and covenant (ʿahd).

The Friday prayer (ṣalāt al-jumuʿah) is regarded as one of the daily prayers.