RITES

Arabic mansak , mansik ( منسك‎ ), pl. manāsik . The rites and ceremonies attending religious worship in general. Qurʾān, Sūrah xxii. 35 : “To every nation we appointed rites ( mansak ) to mention the name of God over the brute beasts which he has provided for them. The term mansik is more frequently used for a place of sacrifice, while mansak applies to religious observances, but the plural manāsik is common to both, and rendered by Profe or Palmer and Mr. Rodwell in their translations of the Qurʾān, “rites.” The principal rites of the Muslim religion are the Hajj , or Pilgrimage to Makkah, with the ceremonies at the Makkan Temple [ HAJJ ]; the daily ritual of the liturgical prayers [ PRAYER ]; the marriage and funeral ceremonies; and, with the Shīʿahs, the ceremonies of the Muḥarram. The sacrifice on the great festival, although primarily part of the Makkan Pilgrimage ceremonies, is celebrated in all parts of Islām on the ʿĪdu ʾl-Aẓḥā , or Feast of Sacrifice. [ IDU ʾL-AZHA .] The ceremony of Ẕikr can hardly be said to be one of the rites of orthodox Islām, although it is common in all parts of the Muslim world; it belongs rather to the mystic side of the Muḥammadan religion. [ SUFI , ZIKR .]