Dhuhr (prayer)

Dhuhr (Arabic: صلاة الظهر, also transliterated as Zuhr, Duhr or Thuhr[1]) is one of the five daily mandatory Islamic prayers (salah).

[2] On Friday, the Zuhr prayer is replaced or preceded by Friday prayer (jum'a) which is obligatory for Muslim men who are above the age of puberty and meet certain requirements to pray in congregation either in a mosque or with a group of Muslims.

In addition, there is a voluntary Sunnah prayer, although the details of it vary by branch of Islam.

"Abdullah bin As-Sa'ib narrated: "Allah's Messenger would pray four (Rak'ah) after the Zawal of the sun before Dhuhr.

He said: 'It is an hour in which the gates of the heavens are opened, and I love that a righteous deed should be raised up for me in it.'"