This book of Prayer is called Al-Jami' li-ahkam is-salah], because I recorded in it all the issues of prayer addressed by the shar' texts, without including those subjects discussed by the jurists that relied upon analogy (qiyas), discretion (istihsan) and the like. This is because worships ('ibadat) particularly are tawqifi, which means they must be only deduced from the texts, namely: The Book (Qur'an) and the sunnah (traditions of the Prophet (saw)). Therefore, the ahkam (rules) in this book are considered jurisprudence of texts only. When referring to the sunnah texts I observed to take...