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thumb|Fatihova Musalla [[File:Muslim prayer section of multifaith prayer room in HKIA.JPG|thumb|Muslim prayer section (musalla) at Hong Kong International Airport]]
A '''musalla''' ({{langx|ar|مصلى|muṣallā}}) is a space that is not a mosque, mainly used for prayer in Islam.<ref name="Hillenbrand1993">{{cite book |last1=Hillenbrand |first1=R. |editor1-last=Bosworth |editor1-first=C.E. |editor2-last=Van Donzel |editor2-first=E. |editor3-last=Heinrichs |editor3-first=W.P. |editor4-last=Pellat |editor4-first=C.H. |title=Encyclopedia of Islam |volume=VII |date=1993 |pages=658–659 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopedia-of-islam-volume-7/page/658/mode/2up}}</ref> The word is derived from the verb {{lang|ar|صلى}} (''ṣallā''), meaning "to pray". One use is for the twice-yearly Eid prayers (''ʿĪd al-Fiṭr'' and ''ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā)'' and sometimes for funeral prayers as per the Sunnah.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Sunnah |date=2014-01-01 |work=The Qur’an and the Sunnah |pages=27–75 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvkc66xg.4 |access-date=2024-12-27 |publisher=International Institute of Islamic Thought|doi=10.2307/j.ctvkc66xg.4 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Badawi |first=Dahir |date=2021 |title=Provisions Of Friday، Eid And Funerals Prayers For Expatriates |journal=Researcher Journal for Islamic Sciences |issue=2 |doi=10.37940/rjis.2021.2.1.2 |issn=2708-4000|doi-access=free }}</ref>
“Musalla” may also refer to a room, structure, or place for performing ''salah''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salat – The Muslim Prayer Book |url=https://www.alislam.org/book/salat/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Islam Ahmadiyya |language=en}}</ref> (canonical prayers), and this is also translated as a “prayer hall” when smaller than a mosque. It is often used for conducting the five mandatory daily prayers, or other prayers in (or without) a small congregation, but not for large congregational worship such as the Friday Prayers or the Eid Prayers (the latter is done in congregational mosques if there is no available musalla, in the original sense of an open space). Such musallas are usually present in airports, malls, universities, and other public places in Muslim-majority countries, as well as in some non-Muslim countries for the use of Muslims. A musalla will usually not contain a minbar.
==See also== *Eidgah *Mosque *Surau, equivalent structure in Malay-speaking countries *Jama'at Khana
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