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Tahajjud, (Arabic: تَهَجُّد) also known as the "night prayer" or "Qiyam-u-lail", is a voluntary prayer performed by followers of Islam.It is not one of the five obligatory prayers required of all Muslims, although the Islamic prophet Muhammad was recorded as performing the tahajjud prayer regularly himself and encouraging his companions.
Witr (Arabic: وتر) is an Islamic prayer (salat) that is performed at night after Isha (night-time prayer) or before fajr (dawn prayer). Witr has an odd number of raka'at prayed in pairs, with the final raka'ah prayed separately.
Wudu is an important part of ritual purity in Islam that is governed by fiqh, [1] which specifies hygienical jurisprudence and defines the rituals that constitute it. Ritual purity is called tahara. Wudu is typically performed before Salah or reading the Quran.
Because the Throne Verse is believed to grant spiritual and physical protection, it is often recited by Muslims before setting out on a journey and before going to sleep. [16] [6] [11] [17] Reciting the verse after every prayer is believed to grant quick entry to paradise without any delay. [18] [19]
The Second Pillar of Sunni Islam is Salah, or prayer. [17] Before a prayer is observed, ablutions are performed including washing one's hands, face and feet. [17] A caller (Muezzin in Arabic) chants aloud from a raised place in the mosque. [17] Verses from the Quran are recited either loudly or silently. [17]
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 ...
The adhan [a] ([ʔaˈðaːn], Arabic: أَذَان, romanized: ʔaḏān) is the Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin, traditionally from the minaret of a mosque, shortly before each of the five obligatory daily prayers. The adhan is also the first phrase said in the ear of a newborn baby, and often the first thing recited in a ...
Ghusl (Arabic: غسل ġusl, IPA:) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities and prayers. For any Muslim, it is performed after sexual intercourse (i.e. it is fardh), before Friday prayer [1] and prayers for Islamic holidays, [2] before entering the ...