Book of Purification and

Prayer for Children

 Table of Contents

Lesson 1 Manners of going to the restroom 1

and relieving oneself
Book of Purification and Prayer for Children
Lesson 2 Removing Najasah 7
Conditions of Wudoo’ 9

Lesson 3 Obligatory acts of Wudoo’ 11

Prepared by Things that nullify Wudoo’ 13
Enlightenment into Islaam Center
Women’s Committee
Lesson 4 Tayammum 15
Revival of Islaamic Heritage Society
Lesson 5 Timings of Salaat 19

Lesson 6 Conditions of the Prayer 23

The Description of the Prayer 27

Lesson 7 Pillars of the Prayer 39

Lesson 8 Obligatory
acts of the Prayer 43


 Manners of Going to

Lesson 1
the Restroom

Enter the restroom with

your left foot first and say:
“Bismillaah, Allaahumma inni,
a’outhu bika minal-khubthi
wal-khabaa’ith.”
In the name of Allaah, O
Allaah I ask Your protection from
male and female devils.
Exit the restroom with your
Manners right foot first and say:
Manners that a Muslim should follow when “Ghufraanak.”
going to the restroom and relieving oneself Forgive me.

1 Don’t carry anything that bears the

Name of Allaah into the restroom.
2 Don’t face the Qiblah or turn your
back towards it while relieving
yourself.
3 You should hide yourself from others.
4 Don’t talk while relieving yourself.
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 You should not
relieve yourself in
these places:
Roads used by 1
people
1 Fill in the blanks
a. I enter the restroom with my____________foot and exit with
my_________foot.
In stagnant 2 b. While entering the restroom I say:_________________________
______________________and when I exit I say:________________.
water 2 Tick the correct answer
I must be away from people’s sight when relieving myself
because:
Under useful 3 ( ) It is forbidden to uncover my private parts in front of people.
( ) I want my garments to be clean.
shades ( ) I don’t want my garments to be contaminated with
impurity.

3 Mention two places where it is allowed to

Under fruit 4 relieve oneself:
a. _____________________________________
bearing trees b. _____________________________________

Q: What is the wisdom behind forbidding these

places to releive yourself?
A: It might harm people and cause the spread of
3 diseases and emit a bad smell. 4
 Permissible things Things which are
used for Istijmaar: forbidden to be used
Istinjaa’ and Istijmaar for Istijmaar:

Favors of Allaah to 1 Papers containing

Allaah’s Names
humans are abundant. He has provided Clean papers
our bodies with organs to remove harmful matters
like urine and stool. Allaah obliges us to clean
our private parts through two ways:
2 Food

1. Istinjaa’
2 Tissues
2. Istijmaar
3 Bones
Istinjaa’ means to wash the private parts with
pure water until the impurities are removed. 3 Stones
4 Animal dung

Istijmaar means to wipe the private parts Conditions of Istijmaar

with papers, tissues or stones until the impurities are 1 Clean, pure and allowable things should be
removed. used for Istijmaar.
2 Wipe the private parts three or more times
until the impurities are removed.
3 Urine or stool shouldn’t spread beyond its
outlet.
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 Removing Najasah (Impurities)

Lesson 2
o b li g a t o ry t o remove the
It is e a n d stool from
impuri t y o f u ri n
three things:
1. The body
2. The clothes y o u pray
c e w h e r e
3. The pla

1. The body
Qur’an [9:108]
Removing “Allaah loves those who make themselves clean and pure.”
Najasah (Impurities)
2. The clothes
Qur’an [74:4]
Conditions of Wudoo’ “And your clothing purify.”

3. The place where

you pray
Hadeeth
The Prophet said:
“Masaajid are not the
places meant for
impurities such as urine
and filth, rather they
are for the remembrance
of Allaah, prayer and
recitation of the Qur’an.”
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 Conditions of
Wudoo’ (Ablution)
1 Tick the correct answer
a. In order to remove Najasah from my clothes I use:
( ) Dust
Wudoo’ ( ) Water
(Ablution) is ( ) Stones
not correct b. One of the conditions of the water used for Wudoo’ is that it
without the (
should be:
) Pure
following ( ) Clear
conditions: ( ) Sweet

c. One of the conditions of performing Wudoo’ is:

( ) The time
( ) Direction of the Qiblah
( ) Niyyah (intention)

Intention: Intention should be made in the heart.

2 Choose True or False
1
Pronouncing it aloud is an innovation. a. The conditions of Wudoo’ should be fulfilled after performing
Evidence: The Prophet said: “The reward of Wudoo’. ( )
the deeds depends on the intention.” [Al-Bukhaari] b. Dough prevents water from reaching the skin. ( )
2 The water should be pure (Tahoor) and allowable. c. Wax does not prevent water from reaching the skin. ( )

3 Anything that prevents the water from reach-

ing the skin should be removed, for example, nail
polish, glue, dough, etc.

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 Wudoo’ has great rewards
If performed correctly, Allaah forgives our sins

Lesson 3
and elevates our ranks. We should learn it as our
Prophet performed it.

Wudoo’ has six obligatory rituals:

Rinsing the mouth,

1 sniffing water and
washing the face

2 Washing the hands up to and

including the elbow
Obligatory acts
of Wudoo’
Things that nullify 3 Wiping the head and ears (once)
Wudoo’
4 Washing both feet including the anklebones

5 Sequence of the aforementioned acts

6 Continuity and succession without pause (stopping

in between)

If one leaves one of the obligatory

actions, then his Wudoo’ is not correct.
11 Always remember not to waste water. 12
 Things that nullify Wudoo’:
1 Anything which comes out through the
relieving organs (private parts) - such as
urine, stool and wind
2 Loss of consciousness and deep sleep
3 Touching the private parts without a
barrier, i.e. towel or tissue
4 Eating camel meat
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1 List the obligatory actions of Wudoo’ in
numerical order:
( ) Rinse the mouth and sniff water and wash the face
( ) Wipe the head and ears
( ) Wash the feet including the anklebones
( ) Wash the hands up to and including the elbows
2 Tick the correct answer:
A boy forgot to wipe his head when he made ablution, and then
he prayed. What should he do?
( ) Repeat the prayer
( ) Repeat ablution and the prayer
( ) Repeat ablution
3 Connect the correct statement in column A
to column B
A B
Conditions of ablution should be during ablution
Obligatory acts of ablution should be before the beginning
of ablution
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 Description of Tayammum

Lesson 4
1 Intention in one’s heart to perform
Tayammum (to have the Niyyah).
2 ٍSay, “Bismillaah.”

3 Strike on dust once 4 Wipe the face with

with the two hands. the two hands.

Tayammum
(Dry Ablution)

5 Wipe the exterior of

the right hand with
the interior of the
left hand.

6 Wipe the exterior of

the left hand with
the interior of the
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 Tayammum is used as an
alternative to Wudoo’ when:

1 List in numerical order (the description of

Tayammum
( ) To say: Bismillaah
1 Water is Allaah says in the Qur’an: ( ) To intend with one’s heart
not found. ‫ﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼ ﭽ‬
(
(
) To wipe both hands with the interior parts of both hands
) To strike the dust once with the two hands
‫ﭾ ﭿ ﮀﮁ ﮑ‬ ( ) To wipe one’s face

2 One fears a “And if you find no

2 Fill in the blanks with these words
(wipe, absence, Tayammum, nullifiers)
harm in water, then perform Tayammum
with clean earth, and wipe there-
using water. with your faces and hands.” [5:6]
a. It is allowable to use Tayammum in the ___________of water.
b. If a Muslim fears harm in using water then it is allowable to
use_____________________.
c. Tayammum is nullified by ___________________of Wudoo’.
3 Tick the right answer:
a. Which of the following matters nullifies Tayammum:
( ) Eating
Tayammum is nullified by: ( ) Drinking
( ) Sleeping

b. Tayammum is prescribed when there is:

1 The same things that nullify ablution. ( ) Absence of water
( ) Severe heat
( ) Heavy rain
2 The presence of water, even during
the prayer.

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 Timings of the Prayer

Lesson 5
1 Prayer before its stated time is not
permissible.
2 Delaying the prayer from its stated
time is not permissible.
Allaah
says in
‫ﮩﮪ‬ the Qu
r’an:
‫ﮧﮨ‬
‫ﮦ‬ ‫ﮤﮥ‬
“Verily, p
ra ‫ﮣ‬
beleiver yer is enjoined
Timings of the Prayer s at fixed on
hours.” [ the
4:103]
Timings of the Five Prayers
Prayer Time
Fajr From the rising of the second dawn to before sunrise
From the time the sun passes the meridian until
Dhuhur the shadow is the same size as its object
From the end of Dhuhur time until the shadow is
‘Asr double the size of the object
Maghrib From sunset to the end of the red twilight
‘Isha From the disappearance of twilight till midnight

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 Pictures of the times of the beginning
and the end of the Salaat

1 Choose True or False

Sunrise Meridian a. I can pray Fajr prayer after sunrise, before I go to school.
(end of Fajr (Dhuhur ( )
prayer). time starts
when the
b. The timing of ‘Isha prayer is until Fajr (dawn). ( )
sun passes c. The time of Maghrib prayer is from sunset to the end of the
the merid- red twilight. ( )
ian)
2 Tick ( ) under the two pictures that
show the beginning and the end of Dhuhur
prayer
The shadow
of an ob- The shadow
ject will be of an object
equal to the will be
size of the double
object (end the size of
of Dhuhur the object
prayer and (end of ‘Asr
start of ‘Asr). prayer).

Sunset Disappearance
(begining of Twilight
of Maghrib (begining of
prayer). ‘Isha prayer)
‘Isha ends at mid
night (half time be-
tween Maghrib and
Fajr).
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 Conditions of the Prayer

Lesson 6
Prayer is the second
Pillar of Islaam and it has
nine conditions that must
be fulfilled before
offering it:
Conditions of
the Prayer
1 ISLAAM Prayer is not accepted from a
Description of disbeliever untill he becomes a
the Prayer Muslim.

2 SANITY Prayer is not obligatory on the

insane until he has his sensible
mind.
3 DISTINCTION The young are ordered with
prayer when they reach the
age of distinction, which is 7
years.

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4 ABLUTION The prayer is not correct
without ablution.
5 COVERING The ‘Awrah of the man is from
THE ‘AWRAH the navel to the knee and
all the body of the woman is
‘Awrah except her face and
palms.
6 REMOVING From the body, clothes and the
IMPURITIES place of the prayer.
7 ENTERING For each prayer there is a pre-
scribed time; prayer is not cor-
THE TIME
rect before or after its stated
time.
8 DIRECTION OF The Holy Ka’bah in Makkah.
THE QIBLAH
9 INTENTION Its place is in the heart and pro-
nouncing it is an innovation.
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1 Ahmad saw his sister praying without a
cover on her head.
a. What is wrong in this situation?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
b. What should she do in this situation? And why?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2 Give the opposite of the following words:
Word Opposite
Impurity ___________________
Sane ___________________
Disbeliever ___________________
3 Fill in the blanks:
a. The prayer of the disbeliever is not accepted until he
__________________.
b. It is a condition to remove the impurities before prayer, from
__________________, __________________, ____________________.
c. The ‘Awrah of the man in the prayer is _____________________
____________________and all the body of the women is ‘Awrah
except her ________________and _____________.
4 Tick the correct answer:
The age of distinction is:
( ) 9 years
( ) 6 years
( ) 7 years
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 3 4
I look at my position
The Description of the Prayer I put my right
hand on my left
of prostration.
hand and then
place them on
my chest.
Maalik ibn
al-Huwair
ith narrated t
Allaah’s M hat
“Pray essenger
as you hav said:
e seen me
[Al-Bukha praying.” 5
We recogn ari] I recite the opening Du’aa (supplication):
(good exa iz e our role m
m p le ) through th odel “Subhaanaka Allaahumma wa bihamdika wa
Who is ou is H
r exampl Tabaaraka Ismuka wa Ta’ala Jadduka, wa laa
e in our padeeth.
.................... rayer? ilaaha ghayruka.”
....................
....................
......... “How perfect You are O Allaah, and praise is for You,
Blessed is Your Name and Exalted is Your Majesty and there
is nothing which deserves to be worshipped besides You.”
Description of the First Rak’ah
The description of the standing
and what is prescribed in it: 2 I say Takbeerat al-Ihraam:
“Allaahu Akbar” 6 I recite: 7 8
(Allaah is the Most Great),
1 and I raise my hands par- “A’outhu Billaahi I recite what is
I recite Surat
I stand in the
allel to my shoulders or minash-shaytaan- al-Fatihah, and
possible from
ears. irajeem, the Qur’an.
direction of after it I say:
(towards) the Bismillaahir- “Ameen.”
Qiblah. Rahmaanir -
Raheem.”

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Description of Bowing and Rising from it:
1 Hamidah”
I say: “Allaahu Akbar”, raising my hands parallel to my
shoulders or ears. Then I bow.
2 3
I put my hands on my knees
spreading out my fingers like
I am grabbing my knees.
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4 5 I rise from bowing saying:
I say while bowing:
“Sami’ Allaahu liman
“Subhaana Rabbiyal
‘Adheem” (three times). (whether I am praying alone
or in congregation).
6 When I rise from bowing, I
7 I say after raising from
raise my hands parallel to bowing: “Allaahumma
my shoulders or ears and Rabbana Lakal-Hamdu
put them on my mil’assamaawaati
I straighten my back even chest or at
wal-ardi, wa mil’a maa
with my head; I neither keep shi’ta min sha’y-in ba’d”
my side.
my head up nor bend it
“O Allaah, our Rabb, to You
down.
is praise in all the heavens
and all the earth, and all
that You will
(to create afterwards).”
If I am Ma’moom, I say:
“Rabbana wa lakal
Hamd”also when rising up from
Rukoo’. Then I complete the rest of
the Du’aa after Rukoo’.
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Description of Prostration and Sitting between
the two Prostrations:
1 2
I perform the pros-
tration saying,
“Allaahu Akbar.”
and I prostrate on
seven limbs: the fore-
head and nose - the
palms - the knees -
the toes of the feet.
5
I put my palms on
I say in my prostration: my thighs, with my
“Subhaana Rabbial A’laa” fingers directed
(three times). towards the Qiblah.
6
I say between the two prostrations:
“Allaahumma ighfir lee
3 warhamni, wahdini wa ‘afini
warzuqni.”
“O Allaah, forgive me, have
I rise from prostration saying: mercy on me, guide me, grant
“Allaahu Akbar.” me good health and well-being,
and provide sustenance for me.”

7
I perform the second prostration repeating
what I did in the first prostration.
4

I sit on my left foot

and put my right
foot upright with my
toes directed towards
the Qiblah.

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 Description of the Second Rak’ah I should say the following At-Tahiyyaat in the
first Tashahhud:
and what follows it

The Second Rak’ah:

I raise my head from prostration, and I stand for the second
1
Rak’ah saying: “Allaahu Akbar.”
I perform the second Rak’ah like how I performed the first
2 Rak’ah, but I don’t recite the opening supplication.
The First Tashahhud and the Sitting for it:
When I finish the second Rak’ah I
1 sit for the first Tashahhud.
I lay my left foot along the
2 ground and sit on it and I keep
the right foot upright with my
toes directed towards the Qiblah.
I put my left hand on my left
3 thigh, and my right hand on my
right thigh clenching all my fin-
gers and pointing with the index
finger.
I recite the first Tashahhud in my
4 sitting.
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“Attahiyyatu lilaahi was-salaawaatu wat-taiy-
ibaat. As-salaamu ‘alayka-ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa
rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Assalaamu
‘alayna wa ‘alaa ibaadillaahis-saaliheen.
Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illallaahu wa ash-hadu
anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasooluhu.”
“All compliments, prayers and pure words are
due to Allaah, Peace be upon you, O Prophet,
and Allaah’s mercy and blessings. Peace be
upon us and upon Allaah’s righteous slaves. I
testify that none deserves to be worshipped ex-
cept Allaah and I testify that Muhammad is His
slave and Messenger.”
In the first Tashahhud we recite
At-Tahiyyaat. At-Tahiyyaat consists of
words which imply peace, sovereignty and
eternity which are all due to Allaah. It also
has good and pure words suitable for
praising Allaah.
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 I invoke the following Blessing (Salaat) on the
Third and Forth Rak’ah Messenger after reciting At-Tahiyyaat
If the prayer is of three or four Rak’ah:
I stand after the first Tashahhud for the third Rak’ah saying: “Allaahumma salli ‘alaa Muhammadin wa ‘alaa
1 “Allaahu Akbar.” aali Muhammadin, kamaa sallaita ‘alaa Ibrahee-
ma wa ‘alaa aali Ibraheema, innaka Hameedum
I raise my hands parallel to my shoulders or ears when I stand Majeed. Allaahumma baarik ‘alaa Muhammadin
2 for the third Rak’ah. wa ‘alaa aali Muhammadin, kamaa baarakta
‘alaa Ibraheema wa ‘alaa aali Ibraheema, innaka
Hameedum Majeed.”
3 I recite Surat al-Fatihah.
“O! Allaah bless Muhammad and the
I perform bowing and what follows it similar to what I did in the members of his family as You have blessed
4 previous two Rak’at. Ibraheem, and grant favors to Muhammad
and the members of his family as You have
granted favors to Ibraheem. In the world You
The Last Tashahhud are indeed Praiseworthy and Glorious.”

1 After the second prostration of the last Rak’ah I sit for the last
Tashahhud.
I sit Mutawarrikan, i.e. with my left upper thigh on the ground,
2 and both of my feet protruding from the right side, and I sit on
my buttock.
3 I recite the Tashahhud.
4 I invoke blessings (Salaat) on the Messenger.
I recite the Du’aa seeking refuge in Allaah
5 from the four matters.
I give the Tasleem to my right side and then
6 to my left saying: “As-Salaamu ‘alaikum
wa Rahmatullaah.” “Peace be upon
you and the mercy of Allaah.”
Du’aa seeking refuge in Allaah from four matters
Allaahumma inni a’outhu bika min
‘athaabi jahannama, wa min ‘athaa-
bil qabri, wa min fitnatilmahya wal-
mamaati, wa min sharri fitnatil
maseehid-dajjal.
“O! Allaah I seek refuge in You against the
punishment of Jahannam (Hell-fire),
the punishment of the grave, the trial of
life and death and the evil of the trial of
Maseeh Ad-Dajjal.”

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 Important Verdicts and
Rulings regarding Salaat 4 Number of obligatory Ra’kat in the Five daily prayers:

1. Fajr Two Rak’at

1 If the prayer is of two Rak’at then there is only one Tashahhud
and it is called (the last Tashahhud). It contains:
2. Dhuhur Four Rak’at
a. The Tashahhud : At-Tahiyyatu (All compliments,)……
b. Invoking blessings on the Prophet. 3. ‘Asr Four Rak’at
c. Seeking refuge in Allaah from the four matters.
4. Maghrib Three Rak’at
2 If the prayer is of three or four Rak’at, then there is two
Tashahhud.
5. ‘Isha Four Rak’at
a. First Tashahhud b. Last Tashahhud

5 Number of voluntray (Sunnah) Ra’kat which can be

Surat al-Fatihah and other Surahs can be recited loudly and si-
3 lently during the prayer according to the following manner:
Loudy in Silently in
a. All the Ra’kat of Fajr a. All the Ra’kat of Dhuhur
b. First two Ra’kat of b. All the Ra’kat of ‘Asr
Maghrib c. Third Ra’kat of Maghrib
c. First two Ra’kat of d. Last two Ra’kat of ‘Isha
‘Isha
offered in addition to the Five obligatory prayers:
1. Fajr Two before obligatory prayer
2. Dhuhur Four before and two after obligatory prayer
3. ‘Asr Four before obligatory prayer
4. Maghrib Two after obligatory prayer
5. ‘Isha Two after obligatory prayer

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 Pillars of the Prayer

Lesson 7
The Prayer consists of 14 pillars. One must
observe them all and they are:

1 Standing with the 8 Sitting between the

ability in obligatory two prostrations
prayer (Sujood)
2 Takbeerat 9 Sitting for the last
Pillars of the Prayer al-Ihraam Tashahhud (Jalsah)

3 Reciting 10 Reciting Tashahhud in

Surat al-Fatihah the last sitting (Jalsah)

4 Bowing (Rukoo’) 11 Sending Salaat upon

the Prophet in the
last sitting

5 Rising from bowing 12 Tasleem

(Rukoo’)

Prostrating on the Being at ease when

6 13 performing all the
seven limbs (Sujood)
pillars

7 Rising from 14 Following the

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prostration sequence 40
 The Verdict of the Prayer of one
who left out one of the pillars
a If he/she deliberately left it, then his/her
prayer is nullified.
b If he/she unintentionally left it, he/she
should make up the pillars and all what
comes after it, and perform the prostra-
tion of forgetfulness after the Tasleem.
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1 How many pillars does the prayer consist
of?
Ans.____________________________________________
2 List the pillars of the prayer in numerical
order:
( ) Last Tashahhud
( ) Takbeerat al-Ihraam
( ) Recitation of Surat al-Fatihah
( ) Rising from bowing
( ) Standing with ability
3 Fill in the blanks with the suitable words:
(during - before - after)
a. The condition is ___________________the prayer.
b. The pillar is __________________the prayer.
4 Tick the correct answer:
One of the pillars of the prayer is:
( ) The prayer time has entered
( ) Facing the Qiblah
( ) Reciting Surat al-Fatihah
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 Obligatory Acts of the Prayer

Lesson 8
Obligatory Acts of the Prayer are Eight.:

1 All the Takbeers except Takbeerat al-Ihraam

2 To say: “Subhaana Rabbiyal - ‘Adheem” in bowing

3 To say: “Sami’ Allaahu liman Hamidah” for both

the Imaam and the individual
Obligatory Acts of
the Prayer
4 To say: “Rabbana wa lakal-Hamd” for both the
Imaam and the individual

5 To say: “Subhaana Rabbiyal- A‘laa” in the

prostration

6 To say: “Rabbi igfirlee” between the two

prostrations

7 To sit for the first Tashahhud

8 To recite the Tashahhud

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 The Verdict of Correctness of the
Prayer of who left out one of these
obligatory acts:
a If he/she deliberately left it, then his/her
prayer is nullified.
b If he/she left it unintentionally or igno-
rantly, then he/she should make the
prostration of forgetfulness before the
Tasleem.
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1 Fill in the blanks with the suitable words:
(Pillars - obligatory act)
a. Reciting Surat al-Fatihah is_________________in prayer.
b. Saying “Subhaana Rabbiyal-‘Adheem” is_______________
in prayer.
c. First Tashahhud is_____________________.
d. Last Tashahhud is_____________________.
2 Tick the right answer:
a. I say in bowing:
( ) Subhaana Rabbiayal-‘Adheem
( ) Subhaana Rabbiyal-A’laa
( ) La-ilaaha illa Allaah
b. I say between the two prostrations:
( ) Rabbana wa lakal-Hamd
( ) Sami’ Allaahu liman Hamidah
( ) Rabbi igfirlee
c. Saying “Rabbana wa lakal-Hamd is:
( ) Just for the Imaam
( ) For the Imaam and the one praying alone
( ) For both the Imaam and the individual
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