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  2. Isha prayer - Wikipedia

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    The time period within which the Isha prayer must be recited is the following: For Shia Muslims: Time begins: once Maghrib (evening prayer) has been recited and completed. Time ends: at midnight, the midpoint between shafak and dawn. However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins.

  3. Holy Du'a - Wikipedia

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    Holy Du'ā (archaically transliterated Doowa) [1] is the mandatory Nizari Isma'ili prayer recited three times a day: Fajr prayer at dawn, Maghrib prayer at sundown and Isha prayer in the evening. Each Holy Du'a consists of 6 rakat, totaling 18 per day, as opposed to the 17 of Sunni and Twelver salat (namaz).

  4. Sayeda Aisha Mosque - Wikipedia

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    When the new city walls of Cairo were built in the same era, the madrasa was separated from the tomb and a new gate was opened in the wall, called Bab Sayeda Aisha or Bab al-Qarafa. [3] [full citation needed] In 1762, a new mosque was attached to the shrine and madrasa by Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, a Mamluk emir during the time of Ali Bey al-Kabir ...

  5. Adhan - Wikipedia

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    The five prayer times are known in Arabic as fajr (فجر), dhuhr (ظهر), asr (عصر), maghrib (مغرب), and isha (عشاء). In Turkey , they are called sabah, öğle, ikindi, akşam , and yatsı ; the five calls to prayer are sung in different makams , corresponding to the time of day.

  6. Salah times - Wikipedia

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    To calculate prayer times two astronomical measures are necessary, the declination of the sun and the difference between clock time and sundial clock. This difference being the result of the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit and the inclination of its axis, it is called the equation of time. The declination of the sun is the angle between sun's ...

  7. Fixed prayer times - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of mosques in Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Cairo holds one of the greatest concentrations of historical monuments of Islamic architecture in the world, and includes mosques and Islamic religious complexes from diverse historical periods. Many buildings were primarily designated as madrasas , khanqahs or even mausoleums rather than mosques, but have nonetheless served as places of ...

  9. Rak'a - Wikipedia

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    The Isha prayer (night prayer) has 4 Rak'at. 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 ...