Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . he intersperses his recitations fromthe Koran with certain prostrations performed in a given order. OnFridays the midday recital of prayer takes place three quarters of anhour earlier than usual, and is followed by a sermon, preached fromthe Mambar (p. 184) by a respectable, but unlearned layman,whose audience sits on the ground in rows before him. Friday is not, 10* 148 DOCTRINES OF EL-ISLAM. however, regarded as a day of rest, business being transacted as onother days. It has, however, of l
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . he intersperses his recitations fromthe Koran with certain prostrations performed in a given order. OnFridays the midday recital of prayer takes place three quarters of anhour earlier than usual, and is followed by a sermon, preached fromthe Mambar (p. 184) by a respectable, but unlearned layman,whose audience sits on the ground in rows before him. Friday is not, 10* 148 DOCTRINES OF EL-ISLAM. however, regarded as a day of rest, business being transacted as onother days. It has, however, of late become customary to close thecourts of justice in imitation of the Christian practice of keepingSunday. Tlu- .Muslims frequently recite as a prayer the first Siireh of theKoran, one of the shortest, which is used as we employ the Lordsprayer. It is called el-fatha (the commencing), and is to the follow-ing effect: — In the name of God, the merciful and gracious. Praisebe to Cod, the Lord of creatures, the merciful and gracious, thePrince of the day of judgment; we serve Thee, and we pray to. Thee for help; lead us in the right way of those to whom thou hastshown mercy, upon whom no wrath resteth, and who go notastray. Amen. Another important duty of the believer is to observe the Fastof the month ttamaddn. From daybreak to sunset throughout themonth eating and drinUing are absolutely prohibited, and the devouteven scrupulously avoid swallowing their saliva. The fast is for thea it ri porously observed, but prolonged repasts during the nightafford some compensation. Many shops and offices are entirely closedduring this month. As the Arabic year is lunar, and therefore elevendays shorter than ours, the fast of Ramadan runs through all theseasons In the course of thirty-three years, and its observance is mosty felt in summer, when much suffering is caused by thirst. The to Mecca t, which every Muslim is bound to t Thi of (I,,, caravan, with tlie gifts presen
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