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These sheets cover what all four madhabs agree on. Ask your teacher about the details in your madhab.
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Steps of Wudu

Number the steps 1 to 8 in the order we usually do them.

  1. Wash your face from forehead to chin and ear to ear.
  2. Make your intention and say Bismillah.
  3. Wipe over your head with wet hands.
  4. Wash your hands up to the wrists.
  5. Wash your feet up to and including the ankles.
  6. Rinse your mouth.
  7. Wash your arms up to and including the elbows.
  8. Rinse your nose.
Your madhab teaches which of these steps are fard (must be done) and which are sunnah. Colour the fard steps in your madhab.

Which of these break wudu? Circle them.

Going to the toiletDrinking waterPassing windReading a bookFalling into a deep sleepSmiling
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The Five Daily Prayers

Fill in the chart. Use the words in the box for the times.

At dawnAfter middayIn the afternoonJust after sunsetAt night
PrayerWhen is it prayed?How many fard rak'ahs?I prayed it today ✓
Fajr
Dhuhr
'Asr
Maghrib
'Isha

Maths challenge

Add up all the fard rak'ahs. How many do we pray each day? ____________

How many fard rak'ahs do we pray in one week (7 days)? ____________

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Getting Ready for Salah

Tick the things we need to do before we pray.

  1. Make wudu.
  2. Face the Qiblah (towards the Kaaba).
  3. Make sure the time for the prayer has come in.
  4. Wear clean clothes and pray in a clean place.
  5. Cover the body properly.
  6. Make the intention for the prayer.

Draw yourself on your prayer mat facing the Qiblah

Draw here
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The Positions of Salah

Number the positions 1 to 7 in the order we do them in one rak'ah.

  1. Sujud: forehead, nose, hands, knees and toes on the ground
  2. Standing (qiyam) and reciting al-Fatihah
  3. Sitting up between the two sujuds
  4. Ruku': bowing with hands on knees
  5. Takbir: "Allahu Akbar" to begin the prayer
  6. The second sujud
  7. Standing up straight again after ruku'

What do we say?

In ruku'
Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la
In sujud
Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah
To finish the prayer
Subhana Rabbiyal-'Adhim
Your madhab teaches some details differently, such as how to hold your hands. Ask your teacher what your madhab says.

Answer Key — Fiqh

Wudu order (top to bottom)

5, 1, 7, 2, 8, 3, 6, 4

Breaks wudu

Going to the toilet, passing wind, falling into a deep sleep

Five prayers

Fajr — at dawn — 2 · Dhuhr — after midday — 4 · 'Asr — in the afternoon — 4 · Maghrib — just after sunset — 3 · 'Isha — at night — 4

Maths

17 rak'ahs a day · 119 in a week

Getting ready

All six should be ticked.

Positions of salah (top to bottom)

5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 7, 4. (Order: takbir, standing, ruku', standing up, sujud, sitting, second sujud.)

What we say

Ruku' → Subhana Rabbiyal-'Adhim · Sujud → Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la · Finish → Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah