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Encyclopedia > Rakaat

The Arabic word raka'ah (pl. rakaat) refers to one unit of Islamic prayer, or Salat. Each daily prayer is made up of a different number of rakaat: Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Islam ( Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen?) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Salah (other terms and spellings exist) (Arabic: صلاه , Old (Quran) Arabic: صلوة ) is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. ...

  • Fajr -- The dawn prayer: 2 rakaat
  • Dhuhr -- The noon prayer: 4 rakaat
  • Asr -- The afternoon prayer: 4 rakaat
  • Maghrib -- The sunset prayer: 3 rakaat
  • Isha -- The night prayer: 4 rakaat

The Friday prayer consists of 2 rakaat and is prayed in place of the Dhuhr prayer on Friday. In Islam the Fajr is the dawn prayer performed before sunrise, it is mentioned by name in Quran 24:58. ... The Dhuhr prayer (dh pronounced as th in Thou) is the mid-day prayer recited by practising Muslims. ... The Asr prayer is the afternoon prayer recited by practising Muslims. ... You may be looking for The Maghreb, a region covering most of North Africa. ... Isha is the nighttime prayer said by observant Muslims when the sun has completely set; it may be prayed on time until sunrise, but is preferably prayed before midnight. ... The Friday prayer is a congregational prayer that Muslims hold Fridays at noon or evening. ... The Dhuhr prayer (dh pronounced as th in Thou) is the mid-day prayer recited by practising Muslims. ...


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Sajda Sahu (The Prostration of Forgetfullness) (1806 words)
If he has not reached its place in the next rakaat, then it is obligatory upon him to return to the missed pillar and to perform it and whatever comes after it.
An example (of this) is the case of a person who forgets the second prostration in the first rakaat, but remembers this whilst sitting down between the two prostrations in the second rakaat.
An example of this is if a person is praying ‘Asr and doubts in a rakaat (as to) whether it is the second or the third, and neither its being the second nor its being the third is more weighty in his mind.
The Forgetfulness Prostration (Sajda Sahw) (2723 words)
If a person is offering four rakaats of nafl prayer and he forgets to sit down after the second rakaat, then as long as he remembers before making the sajdahs for the third rakaat, he should sit down.
However, he has to sit down after the first rakaat and recite the at-tahiyyaat, because it is possible that this is actually his second rakaat.
On completing the third rakaat, he should sit down again and recite at-tahiyyaat because it is possible that this is his fourth rakaat.
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