Editing Prayer (section)

===Islam===
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[[File:Mosque.jpg|thumb|Muslims in prostration at the [[Umayyad Mosque]] in Syria]]
The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for prayer is ''[[salah]]''. The daily obligatory prayers collectively form the second of the [[Five Pillars of Islam|five pillars]] in [[Islam]], observed three<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKenKtONX2MC&dq=muslims+pray+three+times+a+day&pg=PA238 | title=Islam and the Secular State | isbn=9780674033764 | last1=Na | first1=Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im | last2=Naʻīm | first2=ʻabd Allāh Aḥmad | date=30 June 2009 | publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIzC9N8-7Z0C&dq=some+muslims+pray+three+times+a+day&pg=PT23 | title=Muslims in America: A Short History | isbn=978-0-19-974567-8 | last1=Curtis Iv | first1=Edward E. | date=October 2009 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> or five times every day at [[Salah times|prescribed times]]. The command of ritual prayer repeatedly occurs in the [[Quran]]. The person performs the prayer while they are facing the [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]]. There is the "call for prayer" (''[[Adhan|the adhan]]''), where the ''[[muezzin]]'' calls for all the followers to stand together for the prayer. The prayer consists of actions such as glorifying and praising God (such as mentioning 'Allāhu Akbar' (God is Great)) while standing, recitation of chapters of the Quran (such as the opening chapter of the book (''[[Al-Fatiha]]'')), [[Ruku|bowing down]] then praising God, [[prostration|prostrating]] (''[[sujud]]'') then again praising God. It ends with the words: "Peace be with you and God's mercy." During the prayer, a Muslim cannot talk or do anything else besides pray. Once the prayer is complete, one can offer personal prayers or supplications to God for their needs, known as ''[[dua]]''. There are many standard invocations in [[Arabic]] to be recited at various times (''e.g.'' after the prayer) and for various occasions (''e.g.'' for one's parents) with manners and etiquette such as before eating. Muslims may also say ''dua'' in their own words and languages for any issue they wish to communicate with God in the hope that God will answer their prayers.<ref name=" Emerick" /> Certain [[Shi'a]] sects pray the five daily prayers divided into three separate parts of the day, providing several Hadith as supporting evidence;<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UlaBw3MUGBEC&dq=shia+pray+3+times&pg=PA91 Muslim cultures today: a reference guide] By Kathryn M. Coughlin, p. 91</ref> although according to [[Shi'a Islam]], it is also permissible to pray at five times.<ref>[http://www.islamquest.net/en/archive/question/fa2334 Why do we the Shia pray at three times while the Quran tells us to pray at five times?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019205642/http://www.islamquest.net/en/archive/question/fa2334 |date=2018-10-19 }} islamquest.net Retrieved 19 Oct 2018</ref>