[188] From the account which follows it will be seen that the term Namáz expresses what we term a 'Service.' The word for prayer in the ordinary sense is 'Du'á.'
[189] It is taken from the Sirát-un-Naját, pp. 30-33.
[190] As the use of bells is unlawful a man is employed to call the people to prayers.
[191] "God is Great."
[192] The followers of Imám As-Sháfa'í and the women of all sects place the hands upon the breast. The feet should be about four inches apart; women stand with the feet close together.
[193] The second rak'at begins here: all that precedes is only repeated at the first rak'at.
[194] A fixed portion is said in each rak'at during the nights of Ramazán, which portion is then called a rukú'. (Ante. p. [57].)
[195] In a mosque the Imám says the first sentences alone; the people the second.
[196] Women in the Sijda keep all the limbs of the body close together, and put both feet at right angles to the body. If their face is Qibla-wards it is sufficient.
[197] Here the Shía'hs say:—"I rise and sit by the power of God."