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Omar Suleiman

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The Most Beloved Prayer

So basically you say Allahu Akbar which means I'm going to kill you right? Or so they say. You start off with that an expression of God's greatness And then you recite the opening chapter of the Quran known as al-Fatiha. Prostration and prostration is at the heart of the prayer and It is the most beautiful portion of the prayer. When you're in suju when you're in prostration That's where you're really closest and most connected to God. So each prayer has a different number of units to it and some voluntary prayers that surround it.

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