Rakaat

Pilgrims praying

Rakaa is a unit of Islamic prayer. The five daily prayers consist of the following numbers of rakaat:

Fajr - The dawn prayer: 2 rakaat

Zuhr - The noon prayer: 4 rakaat

Asr - The afternoon prayer: 4 rakaat

Maghrib - The sunset prayer: 3 rakaat

Isha' - The night prayer: 4 rakaat