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What is the mihrab?

ما المحراب؟

The mihrab is the recess in the qibla wall by which Muslims know the direction of prayer. It is among the oldest elements of mosque architecture and the most artistically inventive.

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The mihrab is the niche in the qibla wall by which Muslims know the direction of prayer. It is one of the oldest elements of mosque architecture and one of the most artistically inventive. 1

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Al-Sallabi quotes Ali: whoever does not pray is an unbeliever. He then reports from al-Nawawi the dispute over one who neglects prayer while believing it obligatory: the majority (Malik, al-Shafi'i) hold him a sinner to be asked to repent, others hold him an unbeliever, a view ascribed to Ali; Abu Hanifa and the Kufans hold him not an unbeliever but to be disciplined.