مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية المعتبرة.
You may now prepare yourself for performing the prayer. You must have heart presence and pay attention to your prayer, by considering the humiliation of your situation and the all-greatness and majesty of your Lord to whom you are talking in your prayer. Behave as if you can see Him in front of you and be ashamed of talking to Him with your tongue while your heart is preoccupied by another thing. You may then stand up with respect and reverence, putting your two hands on your thighs opposite to your knees. Separate between your two feet in an amount of three fingers up to one span. Cast your sight on the place of your prostration. You may then intend to perform this dawn (fajr) Prayer for seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted. Then, say the Takbirat al-Ihram statement (saying: Allahu-akbar 'Allah is the Greatest'; the introductory statement to prayer). It is recommended to add statements of Takbir (i.e. professing Almighty Allah being the Greatest) to it, at each one of which, you may raise your hands to reach the level of the lower part of your ear, turning the palms of your hand towards the kiblah direction. Try to make all your fingers, except the thumb, stick to one another, but not open. You may now say the supplications of the Takbir statements, which are as follows:
Sasa unaweza kujiandaa kwa ajili ya kutekeleza swala. Lazima uwe na uwepo wa moyo na uzingatie swala yako, kwa kufikiria uduni wa hali yako na ukuu na utukufu wote wa Mola wako ambaye unazungumza naye katika swala yako. Jiendeshe kana kwamba unamwona mbele yako na uone aibu kuzungumza naye kwa ulimi wako wakati moyo wako umeshughulishwa na kitu kingine. Kisha unaweza kusimama kwa heshima na unyenyekevu, ukiweka mikono yako miwili juu ya mapaja yako mkabala na magoti yako. Tenga miguu yako miwili kwa kiasi cha vidole vitatu hadi shubiri moja. Elekeza mtazamo wako kwenye sehemu ya kusujudia. Kisha unaweza kukusudia kutekeleza Swala hii ya alfajiri (fajr) kwa ajili ya kujikurubisha kwa Mwenyezi Mungu Aliyetukuka. Kisha, sema Takbirat al-Ihram (kusema: Allahu-akbar 'Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mkubwa zaidi'; tamko la utangulizi wa swala). Inapendekezwa kuongeza matamko ya Takbir (yaani kukiri Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu kuwa ndiye Mkubwa zaidi) kwayo, ambayo kwa kila moja, unaweza kuinua mikono yako kufikia kiwango cha sehemu ya chini ya sikio lako, ukigeuza viganja vya mikono yako kuelekea upande wa kibla. Jaribu kufanya vidole vyako vyote, isipokuwa kidole gumba, vishikane, lakini visiwe wazi. Sasa unaweza kusema dua za matamko ya Takbir, ambazo ni kama ifuatavyo:
اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِيْنُ
Allāhumma ʾanta al-maliku al-ḥaqqu al-mubīnu
O Allah, You are verily the King and the Manifest Truth.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu, hakika Wewe ndiye Mfalme na Ukweli ulio Dhahiri.
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ
Lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka
There is no god save You. All glory be to You.
Hapana mungu isipokuwa Wewe. Utukufu wote ni Wako.
