A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric sometimes a pile carpet used by muslims and some christians during prayer.
Islamic carpet prayer.
In islam it placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of islamic prayer these involve prostration and sitting on the ground a muslim must perform wudu ablution before prayer and must pray in a clean place.
Prayer carpets in mosques have a row of arches.
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Prayer rugs are necessary for performing the five daily prayers that are required in the practice of islam.
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The only requirement in islam is that prayers be performed in an area that is clean.
Antique islamic and muslim prayer rugs represent a very special genre with the world of carpets.
The introduction of the islamic prayer rugs.
Prayer rugs are not universally used by muslims nor specifically required in islam.
Use of prayer rugs.
During islamic prayers worshippers bow kneel and prostrate on the ground in humility before god.
Still it seems that the prayer design rug as a specific type or genre emerged relatively early in the history of.
One of the most important introductions of designs in carpet weaving under muslim rule was the creation of islamic prayer rugs.