Home›Devotional Practices›Islamic Devotional PracticesGroupIslamic Devotional PracticesDevotional practices belonging to Islam, including the Five Pillars, the five daily prayers Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha and their component acts such as Rak'a, Niyyah, Raf al-Yadayn and Sujud Sahwi, voluntary prayers such as Tahajjud, Tarawih, Witr, Qiyam al-Layl and Salatul Tasbih, Hajj and umrah rites such as Tawaf and Sai between Safa and Marwa, Sufi practices such as Dhikr and the veneration of saints' shrines, Shia practices such as the Mourning of Ashura, the heterodox Anatolian Cem ceremony of Alevism, Islamic calligraphic scripts such as Kufic, Naskh, Thuluth and Nastaliq, the Persian miniature painting tradition of the Persianate Islamic courts, and the modern Women's Mosque Movement. A practice such as Mehndi that the atlas's own live text names as shared across Islam and other South Asian traditions rather than Islam alone stays ungrouped instead of being placed here on a partial match.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCultural OriginWell-attestedArabic / Islamic World 1Browse ByAll Islamic Devotional PracticesIslamic Devotional Practices38 entriesIslamic Devotional PracticesFilter Results38 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-650 (1)500 (2)610 (12)634 (1)680 (1)700 (1)850 (1)900 (2)1100 (1)1400 (1)1500 (1)1970 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (8)Performed alone or together (8)Performed by a gathered group (10)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)TraditionAllAhmadiyya (1)Alevism (2)Ibadism (1)Shia (Twelver) (6)Sufism (5)Sunni (2)Zaidiyyah (1)Category of PracticeAllArtistic and literary (1)Devotional (5)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (19)Lay people (1)Trained or authorised specialists (7)Women only (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (23)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (38)CadenceAllAnnual (3)As the occasion requires (4)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (1)Daily (9)Weekly (3)ObligationAllObligatory (11)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (9)In GroupAllIslamic Devotional Practices (38)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38AsrDevotional Practices6 linksDhikr (remembrance of God)Devotional Practices6 linksDhuhrDevotional Practices7 linksFajrDevotional Practices6 linksHifzDevotional Practices1 linkIshaDevotional Practices6 linksIstikharaDevotional Practices7 linksIstisqaDevotional Practices6 linksKufic CalligraphyDevotional Practices1 linkMaghribDevotional Practices7 linksMourning of AshuraDevotional Practices2 linksNaskh CalligraphyDevotional Practices1 linkNastaliq CalligraphyDevotional Practices1 linkPersian MiniatureDevotional Practices3 linksQiyam al-LaylDevotional Practices6 linksSai between Safa and MarwaDevotional Practices6 linksSama (spiritual music and whirling)Devotional Practices3 linksTahajjudDevotional Practices6 linksTarawihDevotional Practices8 linksTawafDevotional Practices7 linksThe Cem ceremonyDevotional Practices1 linkThe Five PillarsDevotional Practices24 linksThuluth CalligraphyDevotional Practices1 linkVeneration of saints and their shrinesDevotional Practices4 linksWitrDevotional Practices6 linksWomen's Mosque MovementDevotional Practices1 linkChaand RaatDevotional PracticesFriday prayerDevotional PracticesKhutbahDevotional PracticesMut'ah of HajjDevotional PracticesNiyyahDevotional PracticesPrayer compensationDevotional PracticesQiyamDevotional PracticesRaf al-YadaynDevotional PracticesRak'aDevotional PracticesSalatul TasbihDevotional PracticesSitting in salahDevotional PracticesSujud SahwiDevotional PracticesSources1. Wikipedia: Islamtier 2WikipediaWikipedia Islam, body text, Islamic Devotional Practices groupQuote, Wikipedia Islam, body text, Islamic Devotional Practices groupIslam originated in Mecca c. 610 CE, when Muslims believe that Muhammad received his first revelation through Gabriel.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.