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Minaret is the part of a mosque that is used to call followers to prayer. Not any more, this was done before loudspeakers were introduced, but now it is done inside the Masjid.
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How do Muslims worship at their house?
Worship at home or work is no different from in a Mosque. The mosque is not a sacred place, it is an agreed place for prayer. Any clean part of a home may be used for prayer.
What is the most important part of jumu'ah?
The most important part to be done in a mosque, in congregation. It is accompanied by a sermon (Khutbah), and it replaces the normal Dhuhr prayer.
What is the name of a tower that is part of a mosque?
The tower is called a minaret. This is Arabic for beacon. The muezzin, or crier, calls the faithful to prayer five times a day from this area.
How do Muslim children do their Friday prayer?
Children (specifically) go to mosque for two purposes in addition to offering prayers: 1. Learning Arabic Reading 2. Learning Quran (The holy book of muslims) by heart
What is a function of the minaret on an Islamic mosque?
It is the same as the towers of traditional churches that indicates Christian architecture. For mosques, it is a matter of Islamic architecture and is symbolic indication of mosques. It not just a symbolic item. Everything created for purpose. As churches minaret used to locate the bell, minaret in mosques also use for the signal purpose. In more recent times, the main function of the minaret was to provide a vantage point from which the muezzin can call out the adhan, calling the faithful to prayer. In most modern Mosques, the adhan is called not in the minaret, but in the musallah, or prayer hall, via a microphone and speaker system. However, the minaret still a good place to locate the speaker.
What are the main parts of a mosque?
Well a mosque (most in America that I know of) have a section for guys to pray in and then a section for women to pray in. They are separate places where both genders cannot see each other. Other mosques in other countries have a part that the Imam goes to call the adhan and then there is the room for the men to pray in. Sometimes there is a room for the women to pray in. And there is a bathroom, either attached outside or inside.
Which religion has a place of worship called mosque?
Muslims worship in mosques but the religion is Islam
How did the Buddhist's pray?
Prayer was not a part of early Buddhism. In some cultures, Buddhism is combined with other religions in which prayer plays a part, but it is not Buddhist prayer.
What do you call the morning prayer said in the Catholic Church?
The service of morning prayer traditionally recited at daybreak is part of the Divine Office and is specifically called Matins - it is known as "the praising of God at the rising of the Sun".
A mihrab is an important part of the mosque. What is it's function?
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How many disciples were part of Jesus' closest followers?
There were 12 close followers.
What is Sunni Muslims holy city?
They have 3, and they are ordered:Masjid_al-Haram("The Sacred Mosque"), is a large Mosquein the city of Makkah, and the largest in Islam.Al-Masjid_al-Nabawi(Arabic: المسجد النبوي, or the Mosque of the Prophet, located in Medina, is the second holiest site in Islam.Al-Aqsa_Mosque(English: The Farthest mosque) is the general and oldest name for the compound of Islamic religious buildings in Jerusalem that includes al-Aqsa congregation mosque and the Dome_of_the_Rock. It is considered by some Sunni_Islamas the third holiest site in Islam.The Al-Aqsa Mosque is in Jerusalem, and is part of the reason the Palestinians want control of East Jerusalem...(?) Despite the fact that there was neither the Masjid al-Aqsa nor any other mosque was built in Jerusalem in Muhammad'slifetime, Abu al-Dardaa records him saying "the Prophet of Allah Muhammadsaid a prayer in the Masjid_al-Haram(in Mecca) is worth 100,000 prayers; a prayer in Al-Masjid_al-Nabawi(in Medina) is worth 1,000 prayers; and a prayer in al-Masjid al-Aqsa (inJerusalem) is worth 500 prayers more than in any other mosque. See also Sahih_al-Bukhari, 2:21:288.
