Prayer Room Asia: Oman Muscat Airport Musalla, Ibadi Prayer Question and Transit Guide
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Summary: This Muscat airport prayer room guide records a visit while leaving Oman for Iran. It keeps the author's question about Ibadi Muslim prayer practice, the prayer-room setting, and the transit details unchanged.
When I left Oman for Iran, I visited the prayer room here for the first time. I wanted to see if the way Ibadi Muslims pray is any different. Unfortunately, I did not see it then.
Later, when I left Iran and returned to Oman, I went to the Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and saw how Ibadi Muslims pray.
Unlike Sunni Muslims, Ibadi Muslims pray like this:
1. During prayer, Ibadi Muslims just stand with their arms at their sides, not folded or crossed.
2. After finishing their prayer, Ibadi Muslims only turn to the right to say the salam, not to the left.
These are the only two small differences. You could say they are only slightly different from Sunni Muslims who follow the Hanafi school.
I left Oman to head home and went to Muscat airport again. This time I was in a different terminal, and the prayer room was different too. It was much larger, bigger than some small mosques.
This airport is quite nice. You can always smell a faint, pleasant scent because they have incense burners placed everywhere.
Summary: This Muscat airport prayer room guide records a visit while leaving Oman for Iran. It keeps the author's question about Ibadi Muslim prayer practice, the prayer-room setting, and the transit details unchanged.
When I left Oman for Iran, I visited the prayer room here for the first time. I wanted to see if the way Ibadi Muslims pray is any different. Unfortunately, I did not see it then.
Later, when I left Iran and returned to Oman, I went to the Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and saw how Ibadi Muslims pray.
Unlike Sunni Muslims, Ibadi Muslims pray like this:
1. During prayer, Ibadi Muslims just stand with their arms at their sides, not folded or crossed.
2. After finishing their prayer, Ibadi Muslims only turn to the right to say the salam, not to the left.
These are the only two small differences. You could say they are only slightly different from Sunni Muslims who follow the Hanafi school.
I left Oman to head home and went to Muscat airport again. This time I was in a different terminal, and the prayer room was different too. It was much larger, bigger than some small mosques.
This airport is quite nice. You can always smell a faint, pleasant scent because they have incense burners placed everywhere.
