Cultural aspects in Christian and Islamic religions - unesdoc - Unesco
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130<br />
In Islam<br />
Salat al-Farida<br />
(Obligatory Prayer)<br />
Prayer for Muslims is a great bond between the<br />
Creator <strong>and</strong> the created, the Worshipped <strong>and</strong> the<br />
worshipper. Islam is not complete other than with<br />
prayer. It is one of the pillars of Islam <strong>in</strong> addition<br />
to fast<strong>in</strong>g, hajj (pilgrimage) <strong>and</strong> zakat (almsgiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the poor), after the tw<strong>in</strong> declaration of faith <strong>in</strong><br />
Islam (shahada). For whoever preserves prayer, it<br />
will be for him light <strong>and</strong> guide <strong>and</strong> save him on<br />
the Day of Resurrection.<br />
Muslims are comm<strong>and</strong>ed to perform salat five<br />
times a day as specified by Muslim law: dawn<br />
prayer is two rak’at before sunrise; noon prayer<br />
is four rak’at; afternoon is four rak’at; (right after)<br />
sunset is three rak’ats; dusk, or even<strong>in</strong>g prayer,<br />
is four rak’at. A rak’ah starts by st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g. The<br />
Open<strong>in</strong>g Sura is read as well as one of the short<br />
Sura (publicly for even<strong>in</strong>g prayer <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> one’s<br />
heart <strong>in</strong> day prayers). Then the one pray<strong>in</strong>g kneels
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