Not every Christian knows what prayer is. It is understandable: it is the prerogative of Muslims. Every Muslim who accepts Islam is simply obliged to know what it is, and also to understand its whole essence. Let's talk about that.
What is prayer?
Prayer is the act of worshiping Allah five times. In other words, it is the daily obligatory prayer of Muslims, performed five times a day. Namaz is considered the second of the five pillars of Islam. It is believed that this is how a Muslim can get closer to Allah himself. This is the basic requirement of the Islamic religion, which must be strictly followed by a believing Muslim.
How is prayer performed?
As mentioned above, every Muslim should know this prayer: both a man and a woman are obliged to teach their children prayer when they turn 7 years old. So, what do you need to know before, during and after prayer?
- Muslim must have a mat.
- Know the exact time for your prayer.
- It's great to have knowledge of the rite being performed.
- A Muslim must have any device that allows him to navigate the terrain. It is necessaryin order to correctly position your face towards the black stone located in Mecca.
- The most important condition for performing this ritual is ablution. Only after that a Muslim has the right to start prayer.
- Pray in clean clothes. In women, it should cover absolutely all parts of the body, except for the hands and face.
- During prayer, you need to raise your arms bent at the elbows. The hands are on the same level as the ears.
- The corresponding text of the prayer is said.
- After praying, you need to roll up the rug and go about your business.
Important! Not a single devout Muslim should forget that he needs to do exactly five prayers throughout the day at a certain time allotted for each prayer. Only in this case, the duty to Allah can be considered fulfilled.
A strict prayer rule
What is prayer? This is an obligatory appeal to Allah at a specially allotted time for this. That is why it is necessary to perform this ritual always and regardless of the conditions in which the Muslim is currently located. It doesn't matter if it's a store or an airport or a street. It also happens that roads and highways are blocked by an uncounted number of believers who pray at the required time for this. This is very inconvenient for people of other faiths: they cannot get to work on time. They have to take detours.
Why should prayer be performed five times?
The fact is that those fiveThe time intervals allotted for performing this worship correspond to the five parts of the Muslim day: with dawn, with noon, with afternoon time, with the end of the day (evening) and with night.
In general, if you delve into this topic in detail, you can understand how scrupulously all Muslims relate to the performance of their religious rites and rituals. That is why both a woman and a man and a child from 7 years old need to know what prayer is and perform it with maximum accuracy so as not to anger Almighty Allah.
