Method of Performing Tashahhud
Issue No.986- One should recite tashahhud in the second rak‘at of all prayers, and in the last rak‘at of maghrib, ‘ishā’, ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers; this is the way it should be performed: one should sit after the second sajdah and recite the prescribed dhikr while his body is still. It is sufficient to recite the following: “اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَريکَ لَهُ وَ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ اَللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلي مُحَمَّد وَ آلِ مُحَمَّد ”One should recite words of tashahhud sequentially and without leaving considerable [resting] breaks in between, and in correct Arabic.
