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• Wudu: A wash before prayer, washing of the body and face
• Mihrab: A niche in the wall of a mosque that faces Mecca.
• Qiblah wall: a wall in the Mosque that contains the Mihrab
• Rak’ah: A sequence of movements in ritual prayer
• Prostration: kneeling with the forehead, nose, hands, knees and toes touching the floor, in submission to God
• Jummah prayer: a weekly communal prayer performed after midday on Friday, which includes a sermon
• Fajr: prayer before sunrise
• Zuhr: prayer just after midday
• Asr: afternoon prayer
• Maghrib: prayer after sunset
• Isha: prayer at night
• What makes Muslims loose Wudu?

  Passing gas, touching your private area, sleeping or losing consciousness and any excretion of liquid from your genitals and backside
• In Wudu, Muslims must:

  1. Wash their hands to wrists three times, left to right

  2. Wash their mouth three times

  3. Wash their nose three times

  4. Wash their face three times

  5. Was their forearms three times each arm

  6. Wipe their hair

  7. Wipe both ears

  8. Wash both their feet three times
• Prayer positions:

  First Rak’ah:

  Takbir (standing with their arms to their head)

  Qiyam (standing with their arms at their hips)

  Ruku (standing to the side)

  Second Rak’ah:

  Sajdah (prostration)

  Tashahhud (kneeling)

  Peace to the right and left whilst kneeling
• Prayers in the Mosque are lead by the Imam. Men and women pray at the same time but in different spaces.
• If a Muslim wishes to pray at home, they must still perform Wudu and can pray wherever as long as the room is clean and the prayer mat is facing Mecca.
• It is easier for Women to pray at home because they don’t have the trouble of bringing their children or leaving their children at home.
• The Jummah prayer is considered to be special. All male Muslims are expected to attend a Mosque for this prayer and women may do so if they wish.
• Once the Jummah prayer is complete, the Imam will deliver a sermon that reminds Muslims of the obligations and duties to God.