Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Zuhr prayer [a] (also transliterated as Dhuhr, Duhr, Thuhr [1] or Luhar [citation needed]) is one of the five daily mandatory Islamic prayers (salah). It is observed after Fajr and before Asr prayers, between the zenith of noon and sunset , and contains 4 rak'a (units).
Salah, ritual Islamic prayer, prescribed five times daily: Fajr – the dawn prayer. It is a two Rakat Salaah. Dhuhr – the early afternoon prayer. It is a four Rakat Salaah. Asr – the late afternoon prayer. It is a four Rakat Salaah. Maghrib – the sunset prayer. It is a three Rakat Salaah. Isha'a – the night prayer. It is a four Rakat ...
The Asr prayer consists of four obligatory cycles, rakat. An additional four rakat sunna prayer is recommended to be performed before the obligatory prayer. [1] As with Zuhr prayer, if it is performed in congregation, the imam is silent except when announcing the takbir, [2] i'tidal, [3] and taslim. [4]
Compared to regular compulsory prayer. Sohaib Sultan states that the steps for Sunnah prayer (Takbir, al-Fatihah, etc.) are exactly the same as for five daily obligatory prayers, but varying depending on the prayer are the number of rakat [3] (also rakʿah (Arabic: ركعة rakʿah, pronounced; plural: ركعات rakaʿāt), which is a unit of prayer.
The Isha prayer (night prayer) has 4 Rak'at. There is a slight variation of the midday prayer on Fridays, Friday prayer has 2 Rak’at instead of the normal 4 of the Zuhr prayer, if it is read as part of a congregational prayer called the Friday prayer (Jummah prayer). [a] The Friday prayer is preceded by a sermon, usually delivered by the imam ...
The Maghrib prayer (Arabic: صلاة المغرب ṣalāt al-maġrib, "sunset prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayers), and contains three cycles . If counted from midnight, it is the fourth one.
The optional dawn prayer is a pair of rakats which are offered to God just before performing the obligatory Fajr prayer which is fard. [3] [4]This nafilah is considered by Muslim jurists to be a confirmed Sunnah [], and it represents the beginning of the daytime prayers of the Muslim day, while the Witr is the closing of the nighttime prayers just after the Chafa'a prayer.
The Duha prayer (Arabic: صَلَاة الضحى, Ṣalāt aḍ-Ḍuḥā) is the voluntary Islamic prayer between the obligatory Islamic prayers of Fajr and Dhuhr.The time for this prayer begins when the sun has risen to the height of a spear, which is fifteen or twenty minutes after sunrise until just before the sun passes its zenith (after which the time for the dhuhr prayer begins).