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The third style of sitting is used during the final tashahhud while the index finger is pointed towards the qibla, which is the direction of Mecca. [1] [2] In the last raka’ah, the prayer is concluded in sitting position by saying the taslim or peace greeting first towards the right and then towards the left. [1] [2]
The Abuja National Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الوطني أبوجا), also known as the Nigerian National Mosque, is the national mosque of Nigeria. The mosque was built in 1984 [ 1 ] and is open to the non-Muslim public, except during congregational prayers.
Most of the reciting of the Quran that occurs during Islamic prayer is done while in qiyām.The first chapter of the Quran, Al-Fatiha, is recited while standing. [1] [2] Sahih Muslim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that Muhammad said, « مَنْ صَلَى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ثَلَاثًا ...
Attacks on mosques in Nigeria (1 C, 7 P) L. Mosques in Lagos (3 P) Pages in category "Mosques in Nigeria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Such a mosque is referred to as a masjid jami‘, that is, a "Friday Mosque" (or a "cathedral mosque"). These mosques were distinguished by their central location, large dimensions, monumental architecture, symbolic furnishings indicative of its exalted stature, and, the most demonstrative of all, the minbar (ritual pulpit).
The majority of the Muslim population in Nigeria live in the Northern, South western and Central states. [31] Islam was introduced to northern and central Nigeria in the Middle Ages as early as the 11th century and was well established in the major capitals of the region by the 16th century, spreading into the countryside and toward the Middle ...
Display showing salah times in a Turkish mosque. The word salah, when used to refer to the Sunni second pillar of Islam or the Shia ancillary of faith, refers to the five obligatory daily prayers. [51] Each of the five prayers has a prescribed time which depends on the position of the sun in the sky.
The 2014 Kano bombing [60] was a terrorist attack on November 28, 2014, at the Central Mosque in Kano, Northern Nigeria, during the Boko Haram insurgency. The mosque, situated near the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, was targeted shortly after the Emir had urged civilians to defend themselves against Boko Haram.