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Ṣalāh

صلاة

تكبير

Takbīr

Definition

Saying Allāhu Akbar — used to begin ṣalāh and to mark each change of posture.

Example

Takbīrat al-iḥrām opens the prayer; the following takbīrāt are sunnah except in the Ḥanafī view of the ʿīd prayer where they are wājib.

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