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" They pray thrice instead of five times a day, and in praying hold their hands open by their sides instead of folding them below the breast. Except these and few other particulars the beliefs and customs of the rival sects are the same. "
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... - Page 126
1899
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pt. I. Introductory essay on caste. Articles on the religions and sects of ...

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...
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Gazetteer of the Baroda State, Volume 1

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...
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Maráthas and Dekhani Musalmáns

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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