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  2. Islam in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    The cyclic nature of the lunar Islamic calendar, with months alternating between 29 and 30 days in length, shifts its start date approximately ten days earlier each year. [ 28 ] Preceding the commencement of fasting, Qataris engage in preparatory rituals and communal gatherings, exemplified by the observance of Sha'ban , the month prior to ...

  3. Salah times - Wikipedia

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    To calculate prayer times two astronomical measures are necessary, the declination of the sun and the difference between clock time and sundial clock. This difference being the result of the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit and the inclination of its axis, it is called the equation of time. The declination of the sun is the angle between sun's ...

  4. Fixed prayer times - Wikipedia

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    From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times has been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. [12] In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day, "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with ...

  5. Maghrib prayer - Wikipedia

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    Time ends. Most scholarly opinions follow the Hanafi school, that Isha'a begins when complete darkness has arrived and the yellow twilight in the sky has disappeared. According to a minority opinion in the Maliki school, the prescribed time for Maghrib prayer ends when the red thread has disappeared from the sky.

  6. Public holidays in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Date English name Local name Description Second Tuesday in February: National Sports Day: اليوم الوطني للرياضة: A public holiday. Started in 2012. [1] 18 December: Qatar National Day: اليوم الوطني لقطر: National Day of Qatar. [2] [3] 1st, 2nd, 3rd Shawwal: Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Commemorates end of ...

  7. Night of Power - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Abbas was aware of both the date and the day of the week. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Hence the Shia's have generally concluded that it is the 23rd [ 3 ] According to other hadiths , destinies are written on the night of Ramadan 19, are finalized on the night of Ramadan 21, and are ultimately confirmed on the night of Ramadan 23.

  8. Time in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Time in Qatar is given by Arabia Standard Time (AST) . Qatar does not currently [when?] observe daylight saving time. [1] References 2. https ...

  9. Iftar - Wikipedia

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    Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.