Isha prayer

Isha prayer
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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 Isha prayer (Arabic: صلاة العشاء ṣalāt al-ʿišāʾ, "night prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer), and contains 4 cycles (rakah).

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.