Prayer callus

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A prayer callus, prayer bump, zabiba or zebiba (Arabic: زبيبة, romanized: zabība, lit. 'raisin') is a callus on the forehead caused by repeated ritual prostration, usually in Islamic prayer. Owing to its cultural signal of piety, it is also known as the "devout sign".

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