Motif
Ritual purification before prayer
ritual_purification_before_prayer
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
5 occurrences
1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 12614-12712 confidence: high
Believers are told not to pray while drunk; they must wash after impurity, or use clean sand on face and hands if sick, travelling, or without water.
Believers must avoid prayer while drunk, wash after impurity, and use clean sand when water is unavailable.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13631-13701 confidence: high
Believers preparing to pray wash faces and hands, rub heads and feet, and wash all over after sexual pollution.
The passage prescribes washing before prayer and a clean-sand substitute when water is unavailable.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 25848-25971 confidence: high
Believers addressing themselves to prayer are instructed to wash faces and hands to the elbow and wipe heads and feet to the ankles.
Believers are instructed to wash and wipe specified body parts when addressing themselves to prayer.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 25848-25971 confidence: high
When believers address themselves to prayer, they are told to wash faces and hands to the elbow, and wipe heads and feet to the ankles.
Believers are instructed to wash and wipe specified body parts before addressing themselves to prayer.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5169-5222 confidence: high
Mohammed is said to have declared that "the practice of religion is founded on cleanliness," and that cleanliness is half of faith and the key of prayer.
Cleanliness and purification are presented as necessary preparation for devotion and prayer.
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