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| Official name | صلاة الظهر، صلاة الزوال |
| Also called | Zenith prayer |
| Observed by | Muslims |
| Type | Islamic |
| Significance | A Muslim prayer offered to God at the noon hour of the morning |
| Observances | Sunnah prayers |
| Begins | Zenith - Noon |
| Ends | Afternoon |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Related to | Salah, Siesta, Nap, Five Pillars of Islam |
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The Zuhr prayer (Arabic: صَلَاة ٱلظُّهْر ṣalāt aẓ-ẓuhr, "noon prayer") is the second of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer).[1][2]
It contains four units (rakaʿāt) and begins after the sun reaches its zenith.[3]
On Friday, the Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer which is obligatory for Muslim men who are above the age of puberty and meet certain requirements[4] to pray in congregation either in a mosque or with a group of Muslims.[citation needed]
The khutbah (sermon) is delivered by the imam.
It is also transliterated Dhuhr, Duhr, Thuhr or Luhar.
The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Ancillaries of the Faith (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam.
