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Dhuhr (prayer)

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mid-day prayer recited by practising muslims”. Today it says “one of the five daily mandatory islamic prayers”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mid-day prayer recited by practising muslims”. Today it says “one of the five daily mandatory islamic prayers”.
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Dhuhr prayer ("dh" pronounced as "th" in "Thou") is the mid-day prayer recited by practising Muslims . It is the second of the five daily prayers ( salah ).1 The five daily prayers collectively are one of the Five Pillars of Islam of Sunni Islam and one of the ten Furoo-ul-deen of Shia Islam.2 It is a 4 raka'ah prayer and is prayed silently. When travelling, according to some madhhabs , it may be reduced to two raka'ahs . The Dhuhr prayer is mentioned by name in the Qur'an at 17:78.3

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mid-day prayer recited by practising muslims”. Today it says “one of the five daily mandatory islamic prayers”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mid-day prayer recited by practising muslims

Now

one of the five daily mandatory islamic prayers

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