| Robert Vane Russell - 1916 - 570 pages
...of their own. They count the month to begin from the full moon instead of the new moon, pray three instead of five times a day, and in praying hold their...open by their sides instead of folding them below the breast. The word Shiah means a follower, and Sunni one proceeding on the sunnah, the path or way, a... | |
| 1923 - 742 pages
...say that the time for change ceased with four Imams-Shafai, Abu Hanifah. Malik and Hambal. The Shiahs pray thrice instead of five times a day, and in praying...open by their sides instead of folding them below the breast. A peculiar sect called pirana has its followers both among the Hindus and Musalmans. It has... | |
| R. M. Betham - 1996 - 214 pages
...(8) Musi Raza, (9) Taki Abu Jaafar, (10) Abut Hasan Askari, (it) Abu Muhammad Askari, (12) Al-mendi. instead of five times a day, and in praying hold their...open by their sides instead of folding them below the breast. Except these and a few other particulars, the beliefs and customs of the rival sects are the... | |
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