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did you know?
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 11:05 am |
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That on this day in 1950, the call to prayer was legalized to be called in Arabic.
The Adhan
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 07:43 pm |
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Thought this might get everyone's juices flowing! 
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 07:49 pm |
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I have never heard this call to prayer, but would love to experience it one day. Five times a day huh...How long does this usually last, each prayer that is. Does everyone stop when their working etc..to prayer each time? Just curious... 
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 07:52 pm |
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Quoting teaschip: I have never heard this call to prayer, but would love to experience it one day. Five times a day huh...How long does this usually last, each prayer that is. Does everyone stop when their working etc..to prayer each time? Just curious... |
You have never heard the call? First one is about 5:00 ish. When I was in Istanbul I heard the call, five times a day, taxis stopped, shops closed and men troup across the road, wash their feet and enter the mosque. Yes they stop work and go and pray.
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 08:12 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting teaschip: I have never heard this call to prayer, but would love to experience it one day. Five times a day huh...How long does this usually last, each prayer that is. Does everyone stop when their working etc..to prayer each time? Just curious... |
You have never heard the call? First one is about 5:00 ish. When I was in Istanbul I heard the call, five times a day, taxis stopped, shops closed and men troup across the road, wash their feet and enter the mosque. Yes they stop work and go and pray. |
I guess I didn't realize everything stops? Wow, that's interesting. So if your a shop owner and you have a customer, you just tell them I'll be back? Sorry, I'm just trying to understand better.
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 08:58 pm |
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It's normally 'business as usual'. I've been here 3 years and have never seen people stop what they're doing when it's the call to prayer. I guess it depends which area of Turkey or a city you're in
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 09:04 pm |
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I was wondering about that too. I heard the prayers many times and I always stayed at the same hotel which is so near to the Blue Mosque. Yet I never saw the taxis stop, or business stop or anyone trying to stop to observe the prayer. Maybe those more responding muslims were already inside the mosque by the time of the prayers.
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 09:22 pm |
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The call for praying ( the adhan) is an announcement that the time of that prayer has begun
you can pray this prayer since you have heard the call till the next prayer call occur
so you have time to do it
so usually not all poeple pray in the same time
if you are a student and have a lecture for example you can wait till it finish then go with some of your friends to pray but this way teach muslims to arrange their life according to the prayer times .
but do you know why there is five calls in the day which are distributed through the whole day ??
why there is not only one call in the day for example at the end of the day when muslims can pray all what they have to pray ???
if you like we can discuss this 
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 03:01 am |
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Quoting libralady: When I was in Istanbul I heard the call, five times a day, taxis stopped, shops closed and men troup across the road, wash their feet and enter the mosque. Yes they stop work and go and pray. |
They do that in İstanbul ?!!!
İ would have never thought !
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 03:15 am |
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Quoting teaschip: I have never heard this call to prayer, but would love to experience it one day. Five times a day huh...How long does this usually last, each prayer that is. Does everyone stop when their working etc..to prayer each time? Just curious... |
İts different from a person to another
Normally at mosques it would take about 5-7 minutes
And its better for Muslims to pray together at mosques
But of course you also can pray alone,and on that time time or praying is different
Some people like to read small ayats of Kur'an in the pray,some like to read longer
But avarge it takes less than 5 minutes
And you can pray your pray from the time ezan has called for it till before the time for the next ezan of the next pray
But sooner is better
And as its been said,not necessary for people to pray together,so at a shop for example
When seller wants to pray,the other wont pray and work
İt will take few minutes and sometimes even customers join at the pray
And yes at Cuma Salat specially 'Cuma is kind of holly day for Muslims' many shops closed for Cuma salat 'pray of Cuma'
And have a sign,'closed for pray',but usually many people also are there at mosque
And Salat takes about mmmm well,if we are talking about what should,it wont take less than 30 mins to 1 hour
But many people now,come just at the actuall pray time and as i said it takes few minutes about 10 mints
At cuma Salat,its special,İmam talk with people,saying things like lessons about morals,about events ...ect
then praying,so its taking more time .
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