🤲 How to pray

1. 1🧭

   Face the qibla

   Stand facing the Kaaba in Makkah, with the intention to pray.

2. 2🙌

   Say Allahu akbar

   Raise your hands and say Allahu akbar to start the prayer.

   اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

   allāhu akbar

3. 3📖

   Recite Al-Fatiha

   Standing, recite Surah Al-Fatiha, then another surah in the first two rak'ahs.

   الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

   al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

4. 4🙇

   Bow (ruku)

   Bend with your hands on your knees and say:

   سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ

   subḥāna rabbiya l-ʿaẓīm

5. 5🧍

   Stand up again

   Stand up straight and say:

   سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ

   samiʿa llāhu liman ḥamidah, rabbanā wa laka l-ḥamd

6. 6🛐

   Prostrate (sujud)

   Put your forehead and nose on the ground and say, then sit and prostrate a second time:

   سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى

   subḥāna rabbiya l-aʿlā

7. 7🧎

   Sit for the tashahhud

   After every two rak'ahs, and at the end, sit and recite the tashahhud.

   التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ

   at-taḥiyyātu lillāh

8. 8👋

   End with salam

   Turn your head to the right, then to the left, saying:

   السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ

   as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatu llāh

Tip for parents: read one lesson together, then practise it, for example wudu before prayer.