Muslim Call To Prayer Rug

Use of prayer rugs during islamic prayers worshippers bow kneel and prostrate on the ground in humility before god.

Muslim call to prayer rug.

When shiites prostrate their foreheads on the floor during prayer they want their forehead to be in contact. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab. Dusty rose prayer rug with islamic mihrab design child size 0 5 99. Ritual purity is extremely important for muslim prayers practices.

Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab. Prayer rugs are characterized by the prayer niche or mihrab an arch shaped design at one end of the carpet. Prayer rug arabic sajjāda persian namāzlik one of the major types of rug produced in central and western asia used by muslims primarily to cover the bare ground or floor while they pray. Muslims are often seen kneeling and prostrating on small embroidered rugs called prayer rugs for those unfamiliar with the use of these rugs they may look like small oriental carpets or simply nice pieces of embroidery.

Many prefer to call it a sajjada which comes from the arabic root word for prostration some call it a mussalla which means place of prayer and of course there is the straight english terms of prayer rug or prayer mat. Shiite muslims use a clay disk. As islamic studies scholar marion katz explains prayer carpets provide a protective layer between the worshiper and the ground. Prayer mats come from the cultures of individual muslims so the names for the prayer rug are as diverse as muslim cultures are.