What Do Prayer Rugs Look Like

On first look it s hard to distinguish an oriental rug from a prayer rug.

What do prayer rugs look like.

Some mihrabs on payer rugs look overtly architectural like this silk tabriz prayer rug with a pointed arch supported by columns to either side. The mihrab which probably. As i understand it is not necessary to even use one. But if one does does it need to look the part.

I m thinking of getting a rug so i can pray in the office but something that doesn t look like a prayer rug. For those unfamiliar with the use of these rugs they may look like small oriental carpets or simply nice pieces of embroidery. Should a prayer rug look islamic. Alternatively they may simply approximate the shape of such an arched door or the arch may become gable like or stepped like this decorative geometric turkish milas prayer rug.

This can be attributed to solid colors or geometric floral and arabesque patterns. Or would anything comfortable and clean and not un islamic be just as suitable. Prayer rugs are characterized by the prayer niche or mihrab an arch shaped design at one end of the carpet. In islam it placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of islamic prayer these involve prostration and sitting on the ground a muslim must perform wudu ablution before prayer and must pray in a clean place.

A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric sometimes a pile carpet used by muslims and some christians during prayer.