Raka'ah

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The word rakaʿah (Arabic: ركعة‎, pl. ركعات rakaʿāt) refers to one unit of Islamic prayer, or Salah. Each daily prayer is made up of a different number of raka'at:

  • Fajr — The dawn prayer: 2 raka'at
  • Dhuhr — The noon prayer: 4 raka'at
  • Asr — The afternoon prayer: 4 raka'at
  • Maghrib — The sunset prayer: 3 raka'at
  • Isha'a — The night prayer: 4 raka'at

The Friday prayer consists of 2 raka'at and is prayed in place of the Dhuhr prayer on Friday.

[edit] What constitutes a Rak'ah

  • Takbir
  • Supplications 1
  • Recitation of Sura Fatiha
  • Recitation of another sura
  • Ruk'u (Bowing)
  • Straightening up from Ruk'u
  • Sujudun (The prostration)
  • Rising from Sajdah
  • The second Sajdah
  • Tashahhud 2
  • Tasleem (The salutation) 3

1 Only performed in the first raka'ah of the prayer.
2 Only first half of it is performed in the second raka'ah in a 3/4-Raka'ah prayer like Al-zuhr(4) or Al Maghreb(3), whereas all of it is performed in the final (last) raka'ah in any standard n-Raka'ah prayer (Salah).
3 Only performed in the final raka'ah of the prayer.