PRAYER TIME
Let's pray Dhuhr
4 rak'ahs of fard · recited silently
FIRST
Make your intention
Stand facing the qibla. In your heart, intend: "I am about to pray 4 rak'ahs of fard Dhuhr for the sake of Allah." The intention lives in the heart, you don't need to say it out loud.
PICK
A surah for rak'ah 1
After Fatihah in the first two rak'ahs you recite a second short surah. Pick one from the list below. Rak'ahs 3 and 4 are Fatihah only. The same surah twice is fine.
Tip: just starting out? Pick Al-Ikhlas, the most well-known and the easiest to memorise.
This is the beginner walkthrough of the fard only, no sunnah, no nafl. For the full madhab-aware reference visit /how-to-pray.