Important Note: The pronounciation of the SURAS and other recitations during the prayers must be the correct pronounciation in accordance with the Arabic language and its rules and must be letter perfect; so if even a letter is substituted for another letter then that word is void (BATEL) and if not repeated correctly, the prayer also becomes void. The recitation of the SURAS must also be correct and if one were to intentionally recite them with emphasis where there is no emphasis or add a letter or movement, one has made a mistake and one's prayer is invalidated. It is an obligatory precaution to avoid joining two verses together without pronouncing the vowel carried by the last letter of the first verse (WASL BI-S-SUKUN) or pronouncing the last vowel and then pausing (WAQF BI-L-HARAKA). If there is doubt about correct pronunciation as long as one has not passed the place, but once the place has been passed the doubt should be ignored. If the pronunciation has been assumed to have been correct at the time of reciting but later is it found to have been incorrect, the prayer should be repeated.

(All the MARAAJE-E-TAQLEED are in agreement with the above)

This prayer timetable has been reproduced with permission from www.jaffari.org. The Islamic Shia Ithna-Ashari Jamaat of Toronto conveys its gratitude to Hujjatul Islam Wal Muslimin Aga Haj Shaikh Abbas Mesbahzadeh for compiling this prayer time-table.