According to the Egyptian historian al-Kindi, during Muzahim's administration his lieutenant Azjur mandated a number of ritual practices that were previously foreign to Egypt.[10] Women were banned from the baths and cemeteries, while actors and mourners were imprisoned and lamentations at funerals were outlawed. The call to prayer was only to be made from the rear of the mosque; worshippers at the mosque were to be set up in orderly rows and were not allowed to bring cushions. The recitation of the basmala in the mosque during prayers was forbidden, and during the month of Ramadan only five prayers were allowed, instead of the usual Egyptian custom of six.[11]