Fajr prayer | |
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Official name | صلاة الفجر، صلاة الصبح، صلاة الغداة |
Also called | Dawn prayer |
Observed by | Muslims |
Type | Islamic |
Significance | A Muslim prayer offered to God at the dawn hour of the morning. |
Observances | Fajr nafl prayer (رغيبة الفجر) |
Begins | Astronomical Dawn |
Ends | Sunrise |
Frequency | Daily |
Related to | Salah, Qunut, Five Pillars of Islam |
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The Fajr prayer (Arabic: صلاة الفجر ṣalāt al-fajr, "dawn prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer), to be performed anytime starting from the moment of dawn, but not after sunrise. As an Islamic day starts at sunset, the Fajr prayer is technically the third prayer of the day.[1][better source needed] If counted from midnight, it is usually the first prayer of the day. The Isha prayer, the daily prayer directly before the Fajr prayer, usually does not take place after midnight (depending on location).[2][better source needed][3][better source needed]
The Fajr prayer is mentioned by name in the Quran at sura 24 (An-Nur) ayah.[4] Inspired by the tafsir of the two hadiths that were transmitted on behalf of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the worth of the Fajr daily prayer is explained as being God's most-favoured prayer since others are asleep.
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the start of Fajr prayer time marks the beginning of the obligatory daily fasting (sawm).
Al-Fajr is also the name of the eighty-ninth chapter (sura) of the Qur'an.
The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam.
Region/country | Language | Main |
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Arab World | Arabic | صلاة الفجر (Ṣalāt al-Fajr/Ṣalāt al-Sobh) |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan | Persian, Dari, Tajik | نماز بامداد, نماز صبح (Namâz-e Sobh/Namâz-e Bâmdâd) |
India, Pakistan | Urdu, Hindi | نمازِ فجر, فجر
फ़ज्र/नमाज़-ए फ़ज्र |
Pakistan | Punjabi | صحرگی دی نماز
نماز صحرگاہ (Sahargi/sahargah di namaz) |
Sous (Morocco) | Tashelhit | ⵜⴰⵥⴰⵍⵍⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵏⵣⵉⴽⴽ (Taẓallit n tinzikk), ⵜⴰⵥⴰⵍⵍⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵉⴼⴰⵡⵉⵏ (Taẓallit n tifawin) |
Rif (Morocco) | Tarifit | Řefjaa |
Kashmir | Kashmiri | صبحِچ نِماز |
Turkey | Turkish | Sabah namazı |
Azerbaijan | Azeri | Sübh namazı |
Albania, Kosovo | Albanian | Namazi i sabahut, Namaz i mëngjesit |
Balkans | Serbo-Croatian | Sabah-namaz |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | Sabah-namaz |
Bangladesh | Bengali | ফজরের নামাজ (Fojor er Namaj) |
Nigeria, Niger | Hausa | Sallar Fajr (Subhi) |
Poland | Polish | Fadżr |
Greater Somalia | Somali | Salaada Fajar, Salaada Subax |
Malay Archipelago | Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Sundanese | Salat subuh, Solat subuh |
Uzbekistan | Uzbek | Bômdôd namôzi |
Iraqi Kurdistan | Sorani | نوێژی بەیانی |
Kazakhstan | Kazakh | Таң намазы (Tań namazy) |
Russia | Russian | Фаджр (Fadzhr) |
The Fajr prayer consists of two rakat (prescribed movements). In a congregation, the leader of the prayer (imam) recites aloud. However, two sunnah rakaʿāt prior to the two Fard rakaʿāt are highly recommended, and named Fajr nafl prayer (Arabic: رغيبة الفجر).
The time period within which the Fajr daily prayer must be offered (with loud recitation of the quran) is from the beginning of dawn[5] to sunrise.[6]
The following quotations regarding Fajr, the Islamic dawn prayer, are from books of Sunni hadith. These books relate accounts taken from the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions. They were compiled by Islamic scholars after Muhammad's death. These quotations include information about those who related the accounts, as well as the accounts themselves.