UNIT 3 MUSLIM PRAYER
3.1. Five obligatory prayers
Introductory Activity 3
God said said “perform prayer at the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night(Is’raa 78). God asks people to worship him and to ask what they need in prayers. Do you think prayer is important.According to you how many times should a person pray?
Activity 3.1
s it good to prayer five time a day for a Muslim? If it is good explain why? What do you think will happen to those who do not respect this obligation?
The following are five obligatory prayers:
.Alfajiri: Dawn or before sunrise
.Adhuhur: Midday prayers
.Al-Aswir: The afternoon prayers
.Magharib: Evening prayers.Al-Ishai: The night prayer
Prophet Muhammad taught obligatory prayers and their parts
.Alfajiri: has 2 units
.Adhuhur: has four units
.Al-Aswir: has four units
.Magharib: has three units.Al-Ishai: has four units
Application Activity 3.1
1. Mention obligatory prayers for Muslims and their units.
2. Which prayers that have four units?
3. Mention prayers that have the following units:
a. Two units :b. Three units
3.2. Rules of Prayers in IslamActivity 3.2
My neighbour is 20 years old. He is a muslim. He prays when he gets time. For him, the most important is to pray.
He does not perform hygienic practices as required. Is this practice allowed in Islam? Advise him?
The Muslim prayer is an obligation for the one who fulfils the following
. Being a Muslim
. Respect hygienic rules as required
.Having reached adult age.Prayer is obligatory to everyone who is alive
Prayer is obligatory to a Muslim who is not mentally ill
Application Activity 3.2
State and explain the 5 obligatory prayers to a Muslim ? Who is allowed to do these prayers.
3.3. How to pray
Hygiene before praying
God says:«You believers, when you go to pray, wash your face, your hands up to the elbow, wipe your heads and wash your legs up the ankles, and when you are dirty clean yourselves». Qur’an 5:6
Muhammad said
“No prayer is accepted when one does not care for body hygiene” again he said God does not accept the prayer of anybody when he does not clean himself or herself before prayers.
Anybody who goes to pray must be clean. After he/she stands on the clean praying mat. After he/she faces to Mecca raising his hands saying “ Allah Akbar. After he puts hi hands down on the chest. The right palmhand overlap the leftHe says Subuhanaka Allahuma wabiham’dika watabaraka Is’muka, wataala jaduka wa laa ilaha ghayiruka. After he says Audhubillah mina shaitwani rajim Bismilah rahmani rahiim
Then one reads the Al Fat’ha and then after another chosen surat. After, one bows ( Rukuu) putting the hand on the knees in straight position, with separated fingers.
Application Activity 3.3
Explain briefly how the Muslim prayer is from the start up to the end
3.4. The role/importance of prayerActivity 3.4
Is it important to perform Muslim prayer? Justify your answer.
God’s prophet Muhammad said“ The key to Heaven is the prayer and the key to prayer is the cleanliness. The prayer is one of the important activities that Muslim believe that will take them to heaven. The person who performs prayer as cannot be dirty since he or he washes herself or himself five times a day.
Muslims also believe that God provides food top the person who performs prayer.
God said “ Instruct your people to go to prayer and worship and you too pray constantly. We do not request you food but we provide you food, and everlasting life is the reward to those who do what Allah recommends.
Application Activity 3.4
1. Explain at least three importance of prayer 2. Why do you think the person who performs prayer as required cannot be dirty
3.5. Punishment to those who do not do prayers
Activity 3.5
Allah obliged Muslims to perform perfect prayer. What do you think is the punishment to people who do not respect this obligation or do it wrongly
God obliges each Muslim to perfectly perform prayers as prescribed. God said “ Woe to them those who pray, but who needless of their prayers Al-Mauna: 4
To a Muslim, not respecting Muslim prayer leads to problems before God. Stopping to pray remove a Muslim from God’s insurance. God does not offer him or her blessing and peace. This leads to many problems in his or her life.
Application Activity 3.5
What is punishment for people who do not perform prayer or stop praying to Allah?
END UNIT ASSESSMENT
1.What do we learn form 78 line of surat Bani Israil?
2. Mention five obligatory prayers to a Muslim
3.What are rules that regulate a Muslim prayer? Mention at least two?
4. State how a Muslim prayer is performed from the start to the end5. What will be reward of those who perform the Muslim prayer as required.