Year 2 Islamic RE: Autumn 2 worksheet

“Four positions of Salah” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 Islamic studies unit “Islamic RE: Autumn 2”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 7 to 12 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Four positions of Salah

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Islamic RE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name and explain the four positions of Salah.

A Look back3 min

1.
Who brought the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? Circle it.
Jibreel (AS)Ibrahim (AS)Yusuf (AS)
2.
Circle the name of Allah that means He knows everything.
Al-QadirAl-AlimAl-Basir
3.
Circle the word for one verse of the Quran.
ayahsurahjuz

B Watch me, then you4 min

Salah has four main positions. Here they are in order, from the start of the prayer to the end.

Watch me

Qiyam is standing up tall at the start.

Ruku is bowing low with a flat, still back.

Sujood is placing the forehead all the way on the ground.

Tashahhud is sitting quietly at the end and saying special words.

Now you

1.
In the chain of four positions, which one comes after Ruku? Circle it.
QiyamSujoodTashahhud

C Your turn6 min

Read each line. Circle the position it describes.

A plain prayer mat laid out on a carpet in a quiet room

1.
Circle the position where we stand up tall to begin.
QiyamRukuSujoodTashahhud
2.
Circle the position where the back stays flat and we bow low.
QiyamRukuSujoodTashahhud
3.
Circle the position where the forehead touches the ground.
QiyamRukuSujoodTashahhud
4.
Circle the position where we sit quietly at the end of prayer.
QiyamRukuSujoodTashahhud

Say it out loud: Say the four positions in order. What does each one show about how a Muslim feels towards Allah?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ali says: “Sujood is when we bow down low with our back flat.”

1.
Circle the right name for the bow with a flat back.
QiyamRukuSujood

E Think deeper4 min

Muslims often say that sujood brings a person very near to Allah.

A masjid with rows of prayer mats on the carpet, seen from the back of the room

1.
Why do you think the forehead on the ground shows how close we are to Allah? Tell your grown-up.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Four positions of Salah · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Jibreel (AS) your child chose a prophet instead of the angel. Ask: who carried the words from Allah? Then point to the middle of the chain.

2. Al-Alim your child may have chosen Al-Basir, which means Allah sees everything. Ask your child to say the meaning of knowing and of seeing, then match them.

3. ayah your child chose surah. A surah is a whole chapter made of many ayat. Point to the chain: one surah holds many ayat.

B

1. Sujood your child chose Tashahhud. Tashahhud is the last position. Point to Ruku on the chain and move one step.

C

1. Qiyam

2. Ruku your child chose Sujood. Sujood is the forehead on the ground. Ask your child to bend at the waist with a flat back, then touch the floor with the forehead.

3. Sujood your child chose Ruku. Ruku is the bow with a flat back, and the forehead stays up. Sujood goes all the way down.

4. Tashahhud

D

1. Ruku your child chose Sujood because Ali said so. Ask: where does the forehead go in Sujood? Then point to Ruku on the chain.

E

1. Look for: A child explains that putting the forehead on the ground shows humility or respect before Allah.

Words to use

Say“Show me each move with your body. Which one comes first, and what comes after it?”

Instead of“Tell them the names and then say the answers for them.”

After the sheet

Stand up tall, bow with a flat back, put your forehead on the floor, then sit. Say each name as you move, in the same order as Salah.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Two rakats of Fajr(with a plan)
Yusuf's Patient Journey(with a plan)
Yusuf's Good Character(with a plan)
Dawud's gifts from Allah(with a plan)
Four books from Allah(with a plan)

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