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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.
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 ...
An Ordnance QF 25-pounder used as the Iftar Cannon at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The Iftar Cannon (Madfa al-ifṭār, Arabic: مدفع الافطار, literally "cannon for breaking the fast") is a long-held tradition that began in Egypt and spread to several surrounding Muslim countries.
Given the Islamic day begins at sunset, the first prayer of the day would be Maghrib, performed directly after sunset. It is followed by the Isha salah that is performed during the night, the Fajr salah performed before sunrise, and the Zuhr and Asr prayers performed in the afternoon. The five daily prayers must be performed in their prescribed ...
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).
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Well is it with the one who reciteth it and fulfilleth God's precepts. Whichever prayer is read will suffice." [8] The text of the long obligatory prayer can be found in Baháʼu'lláh's Prayers and Meditations. [9] This prayer is known in Arabic as salat and as namaz in Persian, and is similar to the Islamic salat.
Plag Hamincha (פְּלַג הַמִּנְחָה, literally half of the Minchah) is the midpoint between Minchah Ketanah and sunset, i.e. one and one-quarter variable hours before sunset. If one prayed Minchah before this time, one may recite Maariv afterwards (at the conclusion of the Sabbath, this may only be done under extenuating ...