Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Ritual purity before prayer

ritual_purity_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.

2 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5335-5393 confidence: high

    Jewish religion is described as requiring clean prayer places and garments; Jewish men and women pray apart, and eastern Christians are said to have imitated this separation.

    The passage describes care that the place of prayer and garments worn during prayer be clean.

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  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5335-5393 confidence: high

    Jewish precepts are described as requiring clean places and garments for prayer; men and women among Jews pray apart, a practice said to be imitated by eastern Christians; other conformities with Mohammedan worship are noted.

    Jewish religious precepts are described as requiring a clean prayer-place and clean garments for prayer.

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