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1 0. An abundant source of patience and courage, of hope
and confidence.
This is the Islamic Prayer, and that is what it can do for
man. The best testimony to this statement is to experience
the Prayer and avail oneself of its spiritual joys. Then one
will know what it realiy means.
Conditions of Prayer
The offering of Prayer i s obligatory upon every Muslim,
male or female, who is:
1
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Sane and responsible;
2. Relatively mature and in the age of puberty, normally
about fourteen. (Children should be advised by parents to
start practice at the age of seven and strongly urged by the
age of ten);
3. In the case of women, free from menstruation and
confinement due to child birth and nursing, The maximum
period of both is ten and forty days, respectively. In these
circumstances women are exempt from Prayers completely.
Prayer is not valid unless the following requirements are
fulfilled:
1. Performing the ablution (Wudu'), which will be ex-
plained later;