dawn prayer

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dawn prayer

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Calque of Arabic صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ (ṣalātu l-fajri)

noun dawn prayers

fajr, the first of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet never omitted four raka'as before the noon prayer and two raka'as before the dawn Prayer.
Similar: fajr

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@misc{dawn_prayer_2026,
  title = {dawn prayer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dawn%20prayer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}