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Ṣalāh

صلاة

جماعة

Jamāʿah

Definition

Congregational prayer — its reward is 27 times that of an individual prayer.

Example

Two people praying together form a jamāʿah; one leads as imām, the other stands to his right.

See also

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Imām

The one who leads the prayer — chosen by knowledge of the Qur'an, then sunnah, then age.

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Masbūq

A latecomer to jamāʿah — someone who missed one or more rakʿāt with the imām.

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