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[[File:TaipeiNovember13,2013 - Muharram 9,1435 - Grand Mosque -of TarawihNishapur 22.JPG|thumb|SalatIslamic prayers in [[Nishapur]], [[Iran]]]]

'''Ṣalāt''' ({{lang-ar|صلاة}}, ''{{transl|ar|ṣalāẗ}}'') also known as '''{{transliteration|fa|namāz}}''' ({{lang-fa|نماز}}) and also spelled '''{{transliteration|ar|salah}}''', is the practice of [[prayer]] in [[Islam]]. It is one of the [[Five Pillars of Islam|five most important duties]] for Sunni Muslims. To perform Salat, a person's mind must be inritually a state of ritual puritypure, which comes from [[Wudu|ritual ablution]], ''wuḍūʾ'', or the washing and cleansing of his or her body. The salat is 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 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author = Edward E. Curtis IV |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 |date= 2009-10-01 |publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn= 978-0-19-974567-8 |language= en}}</ref><ref>Jafarli, Durdana. "The historical conditions for the emergence of the Quranist movement in Egypt in the 19th-20th centuries." МОВА І КУЛЬТУРА (2017): 91.</ref> or (most commonly) five times every day at prescribed times, depending on the [[Islamic schools and branches|sect]].

For [[Sunni Muslims]], salat must be performed at five periods each day. These periods are measured according to the movement of the [[Sun]]’s movement. The call to prayer is essential before every obligatory prayers. [[Muhammad]] said: "The one who responds to Azan out of faith and seeking Allah's pleasure will be admitted to paradise."{{fact|date=October 2018}}

In the ritual prayers each individual Muslim is in direct contact with Allah. There is no need of a priest as ana intermediary.middleman (While there is a prayer leader in the mosque - the imam - they are not a priest, but simply a person who knows a great deal about Islam.) Muslims can pray anywhere, but it is especially good to pray with others in a mosque. Praying together in a congregation helps Muslims to realise that all humanity is one, and all are equal in the sight of Allah. 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.<ref>Gruber, Christiane. "The Ilkhanid Mi‛ rājnāma as an illustrated Sunni prayer manual." The Prophet's Ascension. Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mirāj Tales, hrsg. v. ders. u. Frederick Colby, Bloomington/Indianapolis 2010b (2010): 27-49.</ref>

Quranist prayer is set three times a day. This is similar to the combined prayer into 3 by Shias. In Islamic countries, the public call to prayer from the mosques sets the rhythm of the day for the entire population, including non-Muslims. Carrying it out is not only highly spiritual, but connects each [[Muslim]] to all others around the world, and to all those who have uttered the same words and made the same movements at different times in Islamic history.

Prayer for a [[Quranists|Quranist]] involves uniting mind, soul, and body in worship; so a Muslim carrying out these prayers will perform a whole series of set movements that go with the prayers’ words of the prayer. [[Quranists]] make sure that they are in the right frame of mind before they pray; they put aside all everyday cares and thoughts so that they can concentratefocus exclusivelyonly on God. If a [[Quranist]] prays without the right attitude of mind, it is as if they had not bothered to pray at all.<ref>Jafarli, Durdana. "The historical conditions for the emergence of the Quranist movement in Egypt in the 19th-20th centuries." МОВА І КУЛЬТУРА (2017): 91.</ref>

''Muslims must be clean before they pray.'' They make sure of this by performing ritual washing, called wudhu. Mosques have washing facilities for Muslims to clean their body before they begin prayer.