Salat ("Muslim prayer", صلاة or gen: ṣalāt; pl. صلوات ṣalawāt), called in some languages by the Persian-derived term namaz (Persian: نماز) is one of the Five Pillars in the faith of Islam and an obligatory religious duty for every Muslim.
Namaz (salat) is preceded by ritual ablution and usually performed five times a day. It consists of the repetition of a unit called a rakʿah consisting of prescribed actions and words. The number of obligatory (fard) rakaʿāt varies from two to four according to the time of day or other circumstances (such as Friday congregational worship, which has two rakats).
Five Daily Prayer
1) Fajr 2)Dhuhur 3)Asr 4)Maghrib 5)Isha
Prayer is obligatory for all Muslims except those who are prepubescent, menstruating, or are experiencing bleeding in the 40 days after childbirth.
According the Pew Research Center, "two-thirds [of Muslims] pray every day (including 48% who pray all five salah daily)." Salat is preceded by ritual ablution. Salat consists of the repetition of a unit called a rakʿah (pl. rakaʿāt) consisting of prescribed actions and words. The number of obligatory (fard) rakaʿāt varies from two to four according to the time of day or other circumstances (such as Friday congregational worship, which has two rakats). Prayer is obligatory for all Muslims except those who are prepubescent, menstruating, or are experiencing bleeding in the 40 days after childbirth.[2] Every movement in the salat is accompanied by the takbir except the standing between the ruku and sujud, and the ending which has a derivation of the Muslim greeting As-salamu alaykum.
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