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Today we looked at the Second Pillar of Islam, “Salah”. This is the requirement for Muslims to pray 5 times a day. We were introduced to 5 key words:

• Adhan - the call to prayer we saw on the whiteboard
• Mu’adhin - the person who sings the call to prayer (adhan)
• Salah - the second pillar
• Rakah - an individual unit of prayer
• Wudu - the ritual wash Muslims have before prayer

Homework:

Your homework was to think of something you could do 5 times a day and then do it before school, at morning break, lunchtime, after school, and in the evening. Once you’ve done it, write a paragraph explaining what you did and how easy or hard you found it.

Today we started looking at the Five Pillars of Islam, starting with Shahadah. We learned that this is the first thing spoken to new babies, used 5 times a day in the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslims try to make it the last thing they say before they die.

The words are: “ašhadu al lā ilāha illa l-Lāh, wa ašhadu anna muammadar rasūlu l-Lāh” which means
“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God”.

We also heard the story of Muhammed (PBUH).

Homework (due next week) was to write a brief summary of his life and the starting of Islam. Try to find out some interesting information about his life!

For information try:

• Wikipedia
• cist.org.uk
• Jamaat.org (quite detailed)
• IslamAwareness.net (again quite detailed)