islam_5_fall_lesson_plan
Salah (Prayer) in Islam – content summary
Material:
1. Notes from website and handouts
2. Handout describing positions of Salah
Part 1:
· Session I
o Salah, a special gift of Allah for Muslims
o Salah was given to Prophet Musa and Esa
o Importance of Salah in Quran
o Importance of Salah from sayings of Prophet (peace be on him)
o Five mandatory times and rakas of Salah
Student should know:
3 aayaat in Quran regarding Salah
2 sayings of Prophet Muhammad (saw)
Times and Rakas of Salah
Part 2:
· Session II
o Articles of Salah (Qiyaam, ruku, sujood, tashahud)
o Wudu
o Proper postion of Qiyaam
o Allahu Akbar and its meanings
o Sana and its meanings
Student should know:
All articles of salah and their positions
How to make wudu, mandatory things to do in wudu
Allahu akbar and what it means
Sana in Arabic
· Session III
o Al-Fatiha and its meanings
Student should know:
Surah Al-Fatiha in Arabic and its meaning
· Session IV
o Proper position of ruku, what to say in ruku and its meaning
o Proper position after standing up after ruku, what to say and its meaning
o Proper position of sujood, what to say in it and its meaning
o Part 1: Proper position of tashahud, At-Tahiyat and its menaing
Student should know:
Saying in ruku, qiyaam after ruku, sujood in Arabic
Meaning of all of the above
Proper positions of all of the above
· Session V
o Part 2: Proper position of tashahud, At-Tahiyat and its menaing
o Durood and its meaning
Student should know:
Sayings in Tashahud (At-Tahiyat and Durrod) in Arabic
Meaning of all of the above
· Session VI
o Dua after Durood and it meaning
o Tasleem (2 Salams at the end)
o Review
Student should know:
Dua in Arabic and its meaning
· Session VII
o What to do when:
§ You think you don’t have wudu.
§ You are in congregation and you think you don’t have wudu.
§ You forgot one raka or skipped ruku for example.
§ Somebody tries to talk with you.
§ Emergency like a fire or you saw a harmful animal.
o Praying in Congregation (Jam’aa)
o What to do when (praying in Jam’aa)
§ Lineup, straight lines, no gaps.
§ Somebody provoke you to laugh or do extra actions.
§ Your neighbor in prayer leaves the prayer – cover up the gap.
§ The person in front of you leaves the prayer – cover up the gap.
§ You enter prayer hall and the prayer is already started, how to join.
§ You enter prayer hall and the prayer is already started and you have to start a new line.
§ 4 raka’s and you missed one, two, three or all.
§ 3 raka’s and you missed one, two or all.
§ You caught the current raka or you missed the current raka.
Student should know:
The answers to all of the questions/situations above