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RE Religion and Rituals Year One RE | Year 1 | Religion and Rituals | Salat | Lesson 2

Aim To explain what Salat is and why it is important to Muslims. Success Criteria • • Statement 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. I know what Salat is. Statement 2 I can talk about why Salat is important. • Sub statement • I can use what I know about Salat to design a prayer mat. • I can identify some of the poses in Salat.

What Are Ritual Prayers? Can you think of any What is a ritual? prayers you know or take part in that are A ritual is similar to a ceremony. Is. Inthere a ritual, a series things is done anything theofsame every time? in a special order. Rituals are sometimes done every week, or every you have seen day, or at special times. people always do when they pray? Many religious people take part in special prayers. Often, these prayers are ritual prayers. When people take part in some special prayers, they may use the same actions or the same words each time they pray. + +

Ritual Prayer (Salat or Salah) is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. These are the ‘rules’ Muslims follow. Salat should be performed five times a day. The times depend on the sun and so they change daily. The five different times of day when Muslims must pray are: 1. Salat al-fajr 2. Salat al-zuhr 3. Salat al-’asr 4. Salat al-maghrib 5. Salat al-’isha Dawn, before sunrise. Midday, after the sun has passed its highest point. Late in the afternoon. After the sun has finished setting. In the dark of the night.

Ritual Prayer Salat (prayer) is important to Muslims as it makes them feel connected to God (Allah). Muslims usually go to a mosque to pray, but if they can’t go to the mosque, they can pray anywhere that is clean. Muslims may use a prayer mat when they pray in places other than the mosque, to be sure the floor is clean where they pray. Prayer mats are quite often highly decorated with patterns and colours but they never have pictures of people or animals on them. Muslims always face Mecca (a holy place) when they pray.

Ritual Prayer When Muslims pray, they perform sets of movements and gestures. Click on each number to find out more. Muslims kneel up again and look Muslims say surah Al-Fatiha and Muslims then place their right hand Muslims then say kneel the golook salawat. back up and to an They look upright down look Muslims kneel then kneel again with their hands Muslims then over their left To startthen the prayer, drop Muslims into a prayer stand down at their lap. They the one short surah from the Qur’an. over their left, on their chest or navel. position over their at with their right their lap. shoulder arms They say by tosay their the angel sides. and face feet to the ground. They say the shoulder to the angel to record their position and say, with “Allahu their Akbar”, hands on which their prayer words. They the opening supplication. They tosay record say their prayer good words. deeds. bad deeds. then say theirthey means knees, “God looking is They great”. at their They feet. raise They say personal hands to theirprayer earsprayers. as words. they say this. Sudjood 6 Qiyaam Qu’ud 7 3 Fatiha Sudjood 8 4 Ruku Qu’ud 9 5 Qauma Tasleem 10 1 Niyyat 2

Salat Activities How much can you remember about the Muslim prayer ritual, Salat? Show much you have learnt by completing the Salat Activity Sheets.

True or False Decide if each of the statements is true or false. Salat means prayer and it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. True False

True or False Decide if each of the statements is true or false. Muslims can only pray in a mosque. Muslims usually go to a mosque to pray, but if they can’t go to the mosque, they can pray anywhere that is clean. True False

True or False Decide if each of the statements is true or false. Salat is important to Muslims as it makes them feel connected to God (Allah). True False

True or False Decide if each of the statements is true or false. Muslims should pray five times each day. True False

Aim To explain what Salat is and why it is important to Muslims. Success Criteria • • Statement 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. I know what Salat is. Statement 2 I can talk about why Salat is important. • Sub statement • I can use what I know about Salat to design a prayer mat. • I can identify some of the poses in Salat.