salah

daily obligatory prayers in Islam
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salah
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Summary

salah is a worship in Islam[1]. salah draws 6,447 Wikipedia views per month (worship in islam category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: God in Islam[3]
  • Notable work: Salat al-Munfarid[4], Congregational prayer in Islam[5], Jumu'ah[6]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[7], Sufism[8]
  • Instance of: prayer[9]
  • Official language: Arabic[10]
  • Founder: Muhammad[11], companions of the Prophet[12], Salaf[13]
  • Item operated: Fard salat times[14], Nafl salat times[15], Prayer forbidden times[16]
  • Maintained by: God in Islam[17]
  • Named after: relation[18]
  • Based on: waḥy[19], Tanzil[20], Qur’an[21], Sunnah[22], hadith[23], prophetic biography[24]
  • Part of the series: Ahkam[25], Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah[26], Maqāṣid al-Qur'an[27]
  • Depicts: elements of Salat[28], Salah obligations[29], Corruption of prayer[30]
  • Made from material: Sutrah[31], prayer rug[32], Islamic clothing[33], hijab[34]
  • Location: world[35], worldwide[36]
  • Subclass of: prayer[37], types of prayer in Islam[38]
  • Part of: Five Pillars of Islam[39], Sabil Allah[40], Sirat al-Mustaqim[41]
  • Has use: dhikr[42], Dua[43], Tazkiah[44], Islamic exorcism[45], Medication in Islam[46]
  • Commons category: Salat[47]
  • Language of work or name: Arabic[48], multiple languages[49]
  • Country of origin: Hejaz[50], Palestine[51]
  • Has part(s): qiyam[52], Takbir[53], tasbih[54], Ruku'[55], sujud[56], sitting in salah[57], Tashahhud[58], Salawat[59], as-salamu alaykum[60], Raka'at[61], Sujud Sahwi[62], types of prayer in Islam[63], adhan[64], Iqama[65]
  • Significant event: Witr[66], Eid prayers[67], Tarawih[68]

Why It Matters

salah has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] salah is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [69] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [70] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Hejaz, Palestine
    Has pattern → Khuchu', gaze lowering in Islam, Sakina
    Created for → Hamd, worship in Islam, Huda
    Founded by → —
    + 61 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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