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The fajr prayer, [a] alternatively transliterated as fadjr prayer, and also known as the subh prayer, [b] [c] is a salah (ritual prayer) offered in the early morning. Consisting of two rak'a (units), it is performed between the break of dawn and sunrise .
A Muslim is required to perform Wudu (ablution) before performing salah, [40] [41] [42] and making the niyyah (intention) is a prerequisite for all deeds in Islam, including salah. Some schools of Islamic jurisprudence hold that intending to pray suffices in the heart, and some require that the intention be spoken, usually under the breath. [43]
Shia Muslim girls studying the Quran placed atop folding lecterns during Ramadan in Qom, Iran. The topic of Islam and children includes Islamic principles of child development, the rights of children in Islam, the duties of children towards their parents, and the rights of parents over their children, both biological and foster children.
The word itself comes from the root f-t-ḥ ( ف ت ح ), which means "to open, explain, disclose, conquer", etc. [3] [4] Al-Fatiha is also known by several other names, such as Al-Hamd (The Praise), As-Salah (The Prayer), Umm al-Kitab (Mother of the Book), Umm al-Quran (Mother of the Quran), [5] [1] Sab'a min al-Mathani (Seven Repeated ...
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 ...
Asr salat is the third of the obligatory prayers that Muslims offer daily. [13] It is also known as “middle prayer." The Asr prayer starts when the shadow of an object is the same length as the object itself (or, according to Hanafi school, twice its length) [citation needed] plus the shadow length at Dhuhr, and lasts till the start of sunset ...
Muslim men prostrating in prayer, at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. Prayer in Islam, called as-salah or aṣ-ṣalāt (Arabic: الصلاة), is seen as a personal communication with God and consists of repeating units called rakat that include bowing and prostrating to God. There are five timed prayers each day that are considered duties.
The fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) is based on admonitions in the Quran for Muslims to be ritually clean whenever possible, [citation needed] as well as in hadith literature (words, actions, or habits of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). Cleanliness is an important part of Islam, including Quranic verses that teach how to achieve ritual cleanliness.