Knowledge card
The Ruling: Farḍ ʿAyn (Individual Obligation)
Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Legal Theory)Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah
The five prayers are classified farḍ ʿayn — a binding, personal obligation on every sane, adult Muslim; denying it denies a known necessity of the religion.
Also known as:Farḍ ʿAyn
Essence
S1The obligation is decisive (qaṭʿī), established by the Qurʾān, the Sunnah, and consensus together.
Dimension I
Definition
What it is — and what it is not
- What it is
- S2In the Sacred Law — A farḍ ʿayn: a personal obligation binding on every accountable Muslim, not discharged by others performing it. [1.1]
- What it is not
- S3Not farḍ kifāyah (a communal duty) and not merely recommended (mandūb).
Dimension II
In practice
How to deal with it
- Warnings
- S4Denying the obligation — as opposed to neglecting it out of laziness — contradicts the agreed creed.
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