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What does it mean?
Prayer is the face of religion; damaging it harms the religion itself.
In plain terms
Prayer is the outward face of faith.
What can you take from it?
Protect the integrity of prayer.

Where it applies

  • religious leadership
  • personal conduct

Putting it to work

  • avoid neglecting prayer
  • educate others about its value

Questions to consider

  • How does neglecting prayer affect a community?
  • What does ‘face of religion’ imply?

Another view

Metaphor may not capture all aspects of a religion.

More from Holy Prophet Muhammad

  1. 'The prayer is the standard of Islam. Whosoever loves prayers, and observes their limits, timings and methods, is a true believer.'

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  2. 'Whenever the time of each prayer arrives, an Angel announces to the people: (O' People!) Stand up and extinguish, with prayers, the fire which you have set al…

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  3. 'The prayer is one of the (primary) dictates of religion, in it lies the pleasure of the Lord, the Mighty and the Glorious, and it is the conduct of the Prophe…

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