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Understanding Salaah
Chapters 1-4

1. Fill in the blanks for the following Hadith.

(3)

The First thing of the slave to be ………………………………… on the day of Judgement

will be his ……………………………… If it is …………………………… the rest of his deeds will
be …………………………… And if it is ……………………, then the rest of his deeds will also
be ……………………

2. Mention 2 points that we learn from the above Hadith.

(4)

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3. What ‘benchmark’ mean? Why does Salaah act as a benchmark?

(3)
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4. Fill in the blanks below in the Quranic verse

(3)

Verily, S………………… prevents o……………………… and e……………………

5. When will your Salaah act as a barrier against sins?

(3)

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6. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below:

(9)

 Salaah is the r………………………… of Allah and we will be questioned

about it.

 Salaah is the essential feature of I……………… like the pole of a tent

without which a tent cannot stand s………………………, Islam cannot stand
without ………………………………

 After Iman, the first duty upon the believer is performing ………………

 Salaah is there to show our o………………………… and to gain

c…………………………… to him.

 When Salaah is performed correctly, on time and with devotion, it

purifies the h…………………… and comforts the s…………………

7. Fill in the blanks on the letter Hadhrat Umar wrote to the governors.
(4)

In my opinion , …………………………… is the most important of your duties. Whoever

………………………………… it and is punctual on it has …………………………… his deen .
Whoever destroys his Salaah will destroy his deen to a ………………………………………

8. Explain two different points that the letter of Umar (RA) highlights
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9. Which deed is the dearest to Allah? (1)

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10. Write a Hadith in your own words on the virtues of Salaah. (3)
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11. Fill in the blanks. (2)

Jundub ibn Sufyan reported that the messenger of Allah said: He offers
the …………………… prayer will come under the …………………………… of Allah.

12. Fill in the table below on the Rakaats of Salaah. (4)

Rakaats
Jumu’a
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Asr

Isha

Dhuhr

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13. What 2 things does the Quran tell us to seek help through? (2)

1. …………………………………………………… 2……………………………………………………………

14. Who are the Khashi’een? (2)

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15. Who is prayer not difficult upon? (1)

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16. What belief makes performing Salaah easy? (2)

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17. According to the Hadith who is an intelligent person and who is a

foolish person? (2)
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18. Write the definition of the following words: (8)

Term Definition
1 Rak’ah

2 Khutbah

3 Jama’ah

4 Qiyaam

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5 Qawmah

6 Jalsah

7 Masjid

8 Qira’ah

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Chapters 5-8

1. Fill in the blanks to complete the following Hadith. (4)

The most burdensome prayers for the ……………………… are I…………… and Fajr as
they prefer the c……………………… of sleep, but if they only knew what they
contain, they would come even if they had t o c………………………

2. Explain the difference in Fajr and Isha time in summer and winter. (2)

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3. Write down 3 action points one can take in order to get up for Fajr
Salaah. (3)
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4. Why would many people find it difficult to wake up for Fajr, but not for a
flight? (3)

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5. Fill in the blanks. (4)

Whoever performs the night prayer with congregation, it is as if he has

w…………………………………… Allah for ……………………… of the n………………………….
And who also performs the Fajr with congregation, it is as if he
worshipped Allah for the ………………………… night.

6. Fill in table on the beginning and ending time of Salaah. (8)

Beginning time Ending time

Eid
Salaah

Dhuhr
Salaah

Asr Starts from Mithlayn (i.e. when the

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Salaah shadow of anything is twice its

length)

Maghrib
Salaah

Isha Until Subh Sadiq (True dawn)

Salaah However, it should not be delayed to
after one third of the night.

7. Explain the following terms clearly. (4)

Term Explanation
1 Zenith

2 Mithlayn

3 Shafaq al Abyadh

4 Subh Sadiq

8. Explain the difference in opinion regarding the beginning time of Isha

Salaah. (3)

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9. Fill in the blanks. (7)

The UK is a country that is at a ................................. latitude. This means

that we are ..................................from the equator. Being at high latitude
affects our .............................. times.

Countries ..............the equator enjoy a very balanced day and night. In

contrast to the UK where in the ...................... we have very short nights
and in ..................... we have extremely long nights. Whereas countries such
as ..................................... enjoy a very moderate variation in summer and
winter.

10. Explain the differences in the day during winter and summer between UK
and Kenya? (2)
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11. Name 3 countries that are near to the equator and 3 countries that are
far from the equator. (6)

Near to the equator Far from the equator

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12. Fill in the table below regarding the Salaah times in the 3 different
zones. (4)

Region Affect on Salaah time

Zone 1 All the apparent signs of Salaah occur during
the 24 hours. Whether times are long are
short. Salaah occurs all throughout the
year.
Zone 2

Zone 3 Lies at the latitude of 66

degrees north and south
and extends to the poles.

13. Explain clearly what ‘persistent twilight’ means. (2)

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14. Explain clearly why Isha time does not occur in the UK in peak
summer. (2)

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15. What should we do if Isha time does not occur? (2)

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Chapters 9-11

1. What is an Astralobe? (2)

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2. What are the uses of an Astralobe? (2)

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3. Who was Ibn al-Shatir? (what was his role? What did he invent?) (2)

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4. Why do many stars have Arabic names? What does this tell us? (2)

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5. At what times is it prohibited to pray Salaah? (3)

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6. What exactly is prohibited at these times, is it just Salaah? (3)

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7. Why is any type of Salaah etc prohibited at the prohibited times? (1)

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8. When is it Makrooh (disliked) to offer Nafl Salaah? (2)

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9. If Tawaaf is performed after Asr Salaah, when should the 2 Rakaats of

Tawaaf be offered? (1)

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10. What does the following Hadith mean? Explain.

‘When the prayer has commenced, there is then only the Fardh prayer’ (3)

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11. Zaid is getting late for Fajr Salaah, when he reaches the Masjid the
Imam has already commenced the Salaah. Zaid is very confused if to pray
his Sunnats once he reaches the Masjid, as he does not want to miss them
due to the importance they hold. Advise Zaid on what he should do. What
should he do in the future to ensure he can perform his Sunan. (4)

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12. Tick whether the following are True or False. (10)

Statement True False

1 The sun sets in the East.

2 Janazah can be offered after Asr Salaah.

3 Sajdah Tilawah cannot be done after Fajr

Salaah.
4 Shatir constructed a sundial for the minaret of
the Umayad Masjid.
5 There is no Fardh Salaah from sunrise to
midday.
6 Only Sajdah Tilawah is permitted when the sun
is rising.
7 Qadha Salaah can be offered after the sun has
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gone past its Zenith.

8 There are 3 times during which the Prophet
prohibited us from praying.
9 The Asr for that day can be performed at
sunset.
10 Sajdah Tilawah cannot be performed after Asr.

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