Kids

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Guidance for parents rather than lessons for children. Choosing a class, holding a routine together through the school year, and knowing what real progress looks like when you cannot check the work yourself.

Salah Steps for Kids: How to Pray, With Pictures and Audio

Salah steps for kids chart, a two-rak'ah prayer drawn in eleven pictures: 1 intention facing the qibla, 2 Allahu akbar with hands raised, 3 al-Fatiha with the right hand over the left, 4 ruku, 5 standing up, 6 sujood, 7 sitting, 8 the second sujood, 9 standing for the second rak'ah, 10 the tashahhud, 11 the salam. A box lists the rak'ahs: Fajr 2, Dhuhr 4, Asr 4, Maghrib 3, Isha 4.

Salah is the prayer Muslims pray five times a day. Kids can learn it as eleven steps: face the qibla and intend, raise the hands and say Allahu akbar, recite al-Fatiha, bow, stand up, go down into sujood, sit, go down again, stand for the second rak’ah, sit for the tashahhud, and finish with the […]

The Five Pillars of Islam for Kids, With Pictures and a Free Printable

The five pillars of Islam drawn as a building with Al-Islam on the roof, standing on five pillars: Shahada (faith), Salah (prayer), Zakat (charity), Sawm (fasting) and Hajj (pilgrimage), each with its picture, its Arabic name and how often it is done.

The five pillars of Islam are the five things every Muslim does: the shahada (saying what we believe), salah (praying five times a day), zakat (giving to people in need), sawm (fasting in Ramadan) and Hajj (visiting the Kaaba in Makkah, once in a lifetime for those who are able). The Prophet ﷺ described Islam […]

Wudu Steps for Kids, With Pictures and a Free Printable

Wudu steps for kids chart: 1 intention and Bismillah, 2 hands three times, 3 mouth three times, 4 nose three times, 5 face three times, 6 arms to the elbows three times, right first, 7 wipe the head once, 8 wipe the ears once, 9 feet to the ankles three times, right first, 10 the du'a.

Wudu is the washing a Muslim does before prayer. Kids can learn it as ten steps: make the intention and say Bismillah, wash the hands, rinse the mouth and nose, wash the face and the arms up to the elbows, wipe the head and ears, wash the feet up to the ankles, and finish with […]

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