As islamic studies scholar marion katz explains prayer carpets provide a protective layer between the worshiper and the ground.
Muslim call to prayer rug.
Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab.
Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab 3 14 95.
Prayer rugs are characterized by the prayer niche or mihrab an arch shaped design at one end of the carpet.
Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab 1 14 95.
Ritual purity is extremely important for muslim prayers practices.
Prayer mats come from the cultures of individual muslims so the names for the prayer rug are as diverse as muslim cultures are.
Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab.
They often place the disk on top of a prayer carpet.
Many prefer to call it a sajjada which comes from the arabic root word for prostration some call it a mussalla which means place of prayer and of course there is the straight english terms of prayer rug or prayer mat.
Prayer rug arabic sajjāda persian namāzlik one of the major types of rug produced in central and western asia used by muslims primarily to cover the bare ground or floor while they pray.
When shiites prostrate their foreheads on the floor during prayer they want their forehead to be in contact.
Shiite muslims use a clay disk.