11. Determining the times fixed for Prayer:

a. Reliance on clocks is permissible in

determining the times for offering the Obligatory

Prayers.

b. In countries situated in the extreme north or

south, where the duration of days and nights

varies considerably, clocks and timepieces should

be relied upon, without reference to sunrise or

sunset.

12. In case of danger, whether when travelling or not,

for every Obligatory Prayer not offered a prostration

and the recital of a specific verse is enjoined, to be

followed by the repetition, eighteen times, of another

specific verse.

13. Congregational prayer is forbidden except the Prayer

for the Dead.

14. The recital, in its entirety, of the Prayer for the

Dead is prescribed except for those unable to read, who

are commanded to repeat the six specific passages in

that Prayer.

15. The Obligatory Prayer to be thrice repeated, three

times a day, at morn, noon and evening, has been

superseded by three Obligatory Prayers subsequently

revealed.

16. The Prayer of the Signs has been annulled, and a

specifically revealed verse substituted for it. The

recital of this verse is not however obligatory.

17. Hair, sable, bones and the like do not nullify one's

prayer.

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