And then there is the delicate matter of using shared sinks to wash one's feet before prayer.

The courtyard also has a marble fountain for ablution before prayer with eight columns and a dome.

The quiet, tree-lined streets were empty, but that was nothing unusual for a Friday before prayer.

Muslims before prayer are required to cleanse themselves in an ablution process known as wudu.

It is the same ritual that every Muslim performs in life before prayer: washing the feet, hands and face.

These wells were typically built near Hindu temples for bathing before prayer.

Further down the steps, you pass two places reserved for ritual ablutions required before Islamic prayer.

Something to dry your face with after your ablutions before prayer.

In a mosque, the hashti is designed so as to guide the visitor through purification before prayer.

Third, he had no water with which to cleanse himself before prayer.