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Salaams, Regarding the leaf - that goes to what I was saying about Shia preferring to pray on a natural object or surface. If they do not have a prayer rug made out of a natural substance, a clay seal or a wood or earthen floor (e.g. the space, as is the case in many masajid, is carpeted) they...

Not praying to the stone Assalamualaikum Sister, 1) If the woman you saw praying is Shia - which is probably more likely than that the object you saw having been her pet rock - then she was not praying "to" the object, just "with" it. Shia believe that it is preferable to pray on a natural...

Confusion or simply diversity Salaam Sister, I'm not sure what you are asking about the salat. It's clear that this is a matter for which there is variation - not just in terms of what you might see at the masjid, but in terms of the fiqh and the rulings of the scholars. There is...