Salah

Question 1

What is the call to prayer called and who is it performed by?

Answer 1

Adhan and it is performed by a muezzin from a minaret

Question 2

How many times a day do sunni Muslims pray

Answer 2

5

Question 3

How many times a day do Shi’a Muslims pray?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Why do shi’a Muslims only pray 3 times a day?

Answer 4

Because they combine the midday and afternoon prayers and the sunset and night prayers

Question 5

Where can Muslims pray?

Answer 5

Many Muslim men go to their mosque to pray but prayers can be said in any clean place. Woman will often pray at home but if they do go to a mosque, they will pray separately from the men. In Muslim countries, schools and places of work. Will stop at prayer times.

Question 6

Fajr

Answer 6

Pray just before sunrise

Question 7

Zuhr

Answer 7

Pray just after midday

Question 8

Asr

Answer 8

Pray in the afternoon

Question 9

Maghrib

Answer 9

Pray just after sunset

Question 10

Isha

Answer 10

Pray at night

Question 11

Why do Muslims dedicate so much of their time to pray?

Answer 11

It’s another way of dedicating life to Allah, it shows you always have Allah on your mind and it shows you are obedient to Allah

Question 12

What is the ritualistic washing called where Muslims spiritually clean themselves?

Answer 12

Wudu

Question 13

Where do Muslims pray towards?

Answer 13

The kab’ah

Question 14

What is Rak’ah

Answer 14

This is a set of actions and recitations

Question 15

What does bowing and prostration express?

Answer 15

Humbleness in front of their creator, respect for their creator, it reminds Muslims that they are dependent upon God and this helps a Muslim be obedient to God

Question 16

What are personal players called?

Answer 16

Du’a prayers

Question 17

What are benefits of having structured set prayer?

Answer 17

You always have Allah in your mind thoughts and heart, it shows your dedication to Allah and it is guidance on how you pray

Question 18

What are the problems with structured set prayer?

Answer 18

Inconvenient times, repetitive, it is hard to concentrate if interrupting something important and it is difficult to stick to in a non-Muslim country

Question 19

What is Friday prayer called?

Answer 19

Jummah

Question 20

Yawm al jummah

Answer 20

Arabic word for Friday. “Day of assembly”

Question 21

What happens on Fridays for Muslims?

Answer 21

There is additional time for prayers to ensure people have the chance to go to a mosque. There is an expectation for my Muslim to go to the mosque. Muslims try to pray together on a Friday.

Question 22

What is khutbah

Answer 22

A sermon held on Fridays

Question 23

All the differences between Sunni and Shi’a prayer

Answer 23

They both pray different amounts a day, wordings of prayers is slightly different, our movements when praying are slightly different and
Shi’a use a clay tablet or wooden block as a headrest as they believe they should only bow down on a natural substance

Question 24

Mihrab

Answer 24

A niche in the wall that shows the direction of Mecca

Question 25

Qiblah wall

Answer 25

The wall in a mosque that contains the mihrab