At the fading of the stars
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Edith Holland, The Story of Mohammed, p.93: "it is written, ‘Celebrate the praises of the Lord what time thou risest and in the night and at the fading of the stars’."
- nightfall: one of the 5 set times of day when devout Muslims are obliged to pray → James S. Atherton (The Books at the Wake, pp.210-211) says that the five times are, in order, Midday, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset, Nightfall, and Pre-Dawn → this may be the fifth of these, the prayer just before dawn
