4.1 Swalah

• Congregational prayers: how they are performed
• Importance of congregational prayers
• Sunnah prayers: Tahajud, Tahiyatul Masjid and Dhuha
• Prayers on special occasions: Janaza, Musafir, Kusuf and Khusuf
• Importance of sunnah and special prayers

• describe how congregational prayers and sunnah prayers are performed (Tahajud, Tahiyatul Masjid and Dhuha)
• describe the performance of prayers on special occasions (Swalatul Janaza, Musafir, Kusuf and Khusuf)
• perform congregational, sunnah and special-occasion prayers for spiritual nourishment
• assess the importance of these prayers to earn rewards from Allah
• appreciate these prayers as fulfilling Allah's command

“Why should Muslims perform congregational prayers?”

“Why are Sunnah prayers important?”

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1. How congregational prayer is performed
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   Iqamah, imam, straight rows and following: demonstrating swalah in jama'ah at school or mosque.
2. Why congregational prayers matter
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   Twenty-sevenfold reward, unity, discipline and the mosque as a home: answering why Muslims pray in jama'ah.
3. Tahajud: the night prayer
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   How to perform Tahajud: after Isha and sleep, two-rakaat pairs, preferably in the last third of the night.
4. Tahiyatul Masjid: greeting the mosque
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   Two rakaat when entering a mosque before sitting, unless the fard has started.
5. Dhuha: the forenoon prayer
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   How and when to pray Dhuha: after sunrise until before zawal, minimum two rakaat, charity for the joints.
6. Why sunnah prayers are important
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   Assessing Tahajud, Tahiyatul Masjid and Dhuha as extra worship that patches gaps and trains the heart.
7. Swalatul Janaza
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Funeral prayer as fard kifayah: four takbirs, standing, no ruku or sujud, dua for the deceased.
8. Swalatul Musafir: the traveller's prayer
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Qasr on a real journey: four-rakaat prayers become two; Maghrib stays three; mercy of 4:101.
9. Kusuf and Khusuf: eclipse prayers
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   Solar and lunar eclipse prayers: two rakaat with two rukus each, because sun and moon are signs of Allah.
10. Performing and appreciating 4.1 prayers
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    Review of jama'ah, three sunnahs and four special prayers; practise one form; appreciate swalah as Allah's command.