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Author: Keith Roper. Salat times are prayer times when Muslims perform salat. The term is primarily used for the five daily prayers including the Friday prayer, which takes the place of the Dhuhr prayer and must be performed in a group of aibadat. Muslims believe the salah times were revealed by Allah to Muhammad (SAW) .
Adhan. The athan[ a] ( [ʔaˈðaːn], Arabic: أَذَان, romanized : adhān) is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at five times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret. The adhan is also the first thing recited in the ear of a newborn baby. It is often the first thing recited in a new home.
The Asr prayer ( Arabic: صلاة العصر ṣalāt al-ʿaṣr, "afternoon prayer") is one of the mandatory five daily Islamic prayers . The Asr prayer consists of four obligatory cycles, rakat. An additional four rakat sunna prayer is recommended to be performed before the obligatory prayer. [1] As with Zuhr prayer, if it is performed in ...
The Fajr prayer ( Arabic: صَلَاةُ الْفَجْر, romanized : Ṣalāt al-Fajr) is the salah (daily Islamic prayer) offered in the early morning. Consisting of two rak'a, it is performed between the break of dawn and sunrise. It is one of two prayers mentioned by name in the Quran. Due to its timing, Islamic belief holds the Fajr ...
The Isha prayer ( Arabic: صلاة العشاء ṣalāt al-ʿišāʾ, "night prayer") is one of the mandatory five daily Islamic prayers, and contains four cycles . The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion ( Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam .
A mosque minaret in Hyderabad, Pakistan fitted with loudspeakers. Loudspeakers were invented in the early 20th century, and they were introduced in mosques in the 1930s, where they are used by a muezzin for the adhan ("call to prayer"), [1] and sometimes for khutbah in Islam. Outdoor loudspeakers, usually mounted on tall minarets, are used five ...
Eid al-Fitr ( / ˌiːd əl ˈfɪtər, - trə / EED əl FIT-ər, -rə; Arabic: عيد الفطر, romanized : ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, lit. 'Feast of Breaking the Fast', IPA: [ʕiːd al ˈfɪtˤr]) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha ).
The Day of Arafah ( Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized : Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [ 4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [ 5] At dawn of this day, Muslim pilgrims will make their way from Mina to a ...