What are the agreed-upon pillars, duties (wājibāt), obligatory acts (furūḍ), Sunnah acts, recommended acts (mustaḥabbāt), disliked acts (makrūhāt), forbidden acts (muḥarramāt), and permissible acts (mubāḥāt) in prayer and ablution?
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The imams are in agreement that the obligatory acts (furood) of prayer are seven: the intention (), the opening takbeer (takbeerat al-), standing () if one is able, recitation in the first two rak'ahs for the imam and the person praying alone, bowing (ruku'), prostration (sujood), and the final sitting for the duration of the salutation (tasleem). The agreed-upon pillars (arkan) of ablution (wudu') are mentioned in No. 31832.
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