Mosque also known as Masjid in Arabic means any open area or house for praying in Islam. It is a holy place of worship for the followers of Islam and is also known as “place of prostration” to God. Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day, i.e. near dawn, midday, afternoon, around sunset and at the nightfall, preferably in Masjid. There is a place outside or inside every Mosque where Muslim worshipers are supposed to take off their shoes. There is another place where Muslims can carry out ritual of washing before praying in a Mosque. This ritual is known as Wudhu.
The Mosques are very often built with a domed roof and a tall tower known as a Minaret. Muslims are called for worship from the Minaret, and the man who calls to worship is called Muezzin. No pictures or statues are allowed inside a Mosque. Many mosques are decorated with the patterns and words that shows versus of the Quran. Muslims don’t put or use much furniture in mosques but most of the time Muslims use praying mats.
In a Mosque, there is always a Quibla wall which faces Mecca (Makkah) which signifies direction and has an empty arch. The direction of Mecca is very important for Muslims, and it is very crucial that every Muslim should know it. Women and Men have separate places for prayers usually women pray in a screened off area in the Mosque which holds its services every day. Friday is a special day for prayer so on Friday noon all Muslims go to the Mosque.
Eid Al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are two Eids holidays in the Islamic Calendar on which special prayers are held at Mosques in the morning. In the month of Ramadan when Muslims fast during the day, Mosques host Iftar after sunset, after the fourth required prayer of the day, called Maghrib.
The third pillar of Islam states that Muslims are supposed to give approximately one-fortieth of their wealth to charity as Zakat. Since Mosques are the center of Muslim communities, so that is where Muslim give and, if necessary, collect Zakat. A special Zakat is collected by Mosques before Eid-Al-Fitr in order to help poor Muslims to attend the prayers and celebrations associated with the holiday.
Salat is the Islamic prayer in the Muslim world. Salat involves all 5 everyday prayers: Fajr (dawn), Dhuhr (noon), Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (evening), along with Isha’ (night). This Fajr prayer is carried out just before dawn. Dhuhr is carried out inside the midday following sun features surpassed its maximum level, Asr is the afternoon before sundown, Maghrib is the evening prayer following sundown along with Isha is the nighttime prayer. These types of prayers are usually recited whilst experiencing this Kaaba with Mecca.
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