Prayer rug

A prayer rug or prayer mat (Arabic:سجادة‎ sajjāda pl. سجاجيد sajājīd, or musallah; Turkish:seccade or namazlık; Persian:جانماز‎‎, Urdu:جانماز‎ jānamāz, Bengali:জায়নামাজ jaênamaj) is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of Islamic prayer. These involve prostration and sitting on the ground. A Muslim must perform wudu (ablution) before prayer, and must pray in a clean place. Many new prayer mats are manufactured by weavers in a factory. The design of a prayer mat is based on the village it came from and its weaver.