Her prayer ritual so abruptly interrupting our visit was in accordance to the dictates of islam which outline five pillars to be followed in submission to allah.
Praying and awning islam.
In islamic countries the public call to prayer or adhan from the mosques sets the rhythm of the day for the entire population including non muslims.
The second pillar consists of five daily canonical prayers.
During the call to prayer the muezzin recites the takbir and the kalimah.
A universal muslim ritual.
Before a prayer ablutions are performed.
A good muslim performs the ritual prayers the pillar of salat five times a day.
Salat is the obligatory muslim prayers performed five times each day by muslims.
It is the second pillar of islam.
In muslim communities people are reminded of the salat by the daily calls to prayer known as adhan.
On top of the garbage bags they unrolled a prayer rug.
Islam islam prayer.
In the lashing rain under the slim shelter of a gas station awning in rural ohio they knelt and folded themselves into the posture of muslim prayer.
Plural salawat is one of the five pillars of islam.
God ordered muslims to pray at five set times of day.
How to pray in islam.
The adhan are delivered from mosques by a muezzin the mosque s designated caller of prayer.
The first prayer is performed before sunrise the second just after noon the third in the late afternoon the fourth immediately after sunset and the fifth before retiring to bed.
I was close enough to see their clothes darken from the pelting rain the gingham shirt clinging to the young man s back.
The prayer ritual which is over 1400 years old is repeated five times a day by hundreds of millions of people all round the world.