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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 prayer units remain the same.
A Muezzin will recite a specific chant called an Adhan to call the congregation to the mosque, then to line up to begin the service. [5] The imam will then get up and recite The Sermon for Necessities. The first call summons Muslims to enter the mosque and then a second call, known as the iqama, summons those already in the mosque to line up ...
It is observed after Fajr and before Asr prayers, between the zenith of noon and sunset, and contains 4 rak'a (units). [ 2 ] On Friday, the Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer ( jum'a ) which is obligatory for Muslim men who are above the age of puberty and meet certain requirements to pray in congregation either in a mosque or ...
(The Fajr sunnat is offered before Fajr prayers) 6 Rak'ats Sunnat for Zuhr. (The Zuhr sunnat is 4 rakats before Zuhr and 2 rakats after zuhur.) 2 Rak'ats Sunnat for Maghrib. (The sunnat for maghrib should be offered after Maghrib prayers.) 2 Rak'ats Sunnat for Isha. (The sunnat for Isha is 2 rakat after Isha and followed by 3 rakat of Witr.)
Muslims celebrating Jumuah in Dhaka. Jumu'ah Mubārak (Arabic: جمعة مباركة ), the holiest day of the week on which special congregational prayers are offered. The phrase translates into English as "happy Friday", [1] and can be paraphrased as "have a blessed Friday".
4 rakats after Zuhr (either by making the 2 confirmed sunna rakats 4, or separately), 4 or 2 rakats before Asr; 6 rakats (salat al-awwabin) after Maghrib, ideally in sets of two (the confirmed sunna can be included as part of the 6 if one chooses) 2 rakats before Isha; 4 rakats after isha (one can include the confirmed sunnas in this if one ...
[2] [3] [4] The direction of prayer is called the qibla; the early Muslims initially prayed in the direction of Jerusalem before this was changed to Mecca in 624 CE, about a year after Muhammad's migration to Medina. [5] [6] The timing of the five prayers are fixed intervals defined by daily astronomical phenomena.
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]