auwliya[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Fajr prayer (Arabic: الفجر صلاة, “dawn prayer”) is one of the five mandatory salah. The Fajr prayer is mentioned by name in the Al-Quran at Surah An-Nur, Verse 58. The worth of the Fajr daily prayer is explained as being God’s most-favoured prayer since others are asleep. During the holy… Read More
[ 2 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Al-Duha prayer (Arabic: صَلَاة الضحى “the time of sunrise”) is a voluntary prayer between the obligatory routine prayers of Fajr and Zuhr. The time for the prayer begins when the sun has risen to the height of a spear, which is fifteen or twenty minutes after sunrise, until just before… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, lit. ’direction’) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca – Saudi Arabia, which Muslims use in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. The Kaaba is a sacred site built by the prophets Abraham a.s. and Ishmael a.s, and… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Salah (Arabic: صَلاة, lit. ‘prayer’), also known as namāz (Persian: نماز) and also spelt salat, solat, sholat; are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba for those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting from the Al-Quran and glorifying… Read More