Supplications in prayer (ad`iyya)
- Ad‘iyya (prayers of request) following Ramadan tarawih prayers. Performed by Shaykh Muhammad Jabril. During Ramadan
Lengthy ad‘iyya are performed at the conclusion of the late-night tarawih prayers. These are particularly important during the last 10 nights, since one of these is the “laylat al-qadr” or “night of power”, during which channels between heaven and earth are open. Shaykh Muhammad Jabril has become the most famous reciter of this type. The style is similar to that of the morning prayer, but with much greater emotional intensity and buildup, partly due to the size of the congregation (exceeding 50,000). This is a recent phenomenon due to the rise of interest in religion, together with technical innovations such as the amplifier, allowing the voice to be projected over an expansive area.
