Isha prayer
The Isha prayer (Arabic: صلاة العشاء ṣalāt al-ʿišāʾ, "night prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer), and contains 4 cycles (rakah).
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| Official name | صلاة العشاء، صلاة العتمة |
| Also called | Night prayer |
| Observed by | Muslims |
| Type | Islamic |
| Significance | A Muslim service offered to God at the sunset and the beginning of night. |
| Observances | Sunnah prayers |
| Begins | After Maghrib prayer - Sunset |
| Ends | Nautical dusk |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Related to | Salah, Witr, Five Pillars of Islam |
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The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam.
In Persian it is known as نماز عشاء (Nemaze ʿišāʾ). In Kashmiri, it is known as Khoftan Nemaz. Likewise in Punjabi, it is called Khuftaan di namaz.
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