five times a day, one direction
prayer.
Prayer is the heartbeat of Muslim practice. Five short meetings with God shape the day. Everything you need is here: wudu (the wash before prayer), how to pray step by step, what to do when travelling, and the questions every beginner quietly wonders about.
start with these.
Basics
Special cases
Can I combine prayers when traveling?
How do I pray seated? In curation
Common worries
I missed years of prayer. Where do I start? In curation
How do I perform wudu? key terms.
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