NIGHT PRAYERS

Arabic ṣalātu ʾl-layl ( صلوة الليل‎ ), or ṣalātu ʾt-tahajjud ( صلوة التهجد‎ ). From eight to twelve rakʿah prayers recited during the night, in addition to the witr prayers, which consist of an odd number of rakʿahs. These prayers are Sunnah, i.e . established according to the custom of the Prophet, but they are voluntary acts of devotion. ( Mishkāt , book iv. ch. xxxii.) NIKĀḤ ( نكاح‎ ). A word which, in its literal sense signifies conjunction, but which in the language of the law implies the marriage contract. [ MARRIAGE .]