The whole road
Three bands, four to twelve.
Each band opens with a first term of twelve weeks. Standing, for seven to nine, is on sale. The other two are written and with their reviewing scholar.
Band A
4 to 6
Band B
7 to 9
Band C
10 to 12
Start here. Ages seven to nine
Standing
Term one: the prayer
الصلاةAs Salah, the prayer
- 01
The gift that came from above
Isra and Miraj. Why this one command was received rather than sent
- 02
Clean before you come
Tahara. The two kinds of clean
- 03
Water, and what it carries away
Wudu step by step, and what leaves with the water
- 04
The call
The adhan, its words, and the first man to call it
- 05
Which way, and when
Qibla, the five times, and why they sit where they do
- 06
Allahu akbar
The takbir, and what it shuts out
- 07
What you are actually saying, one
Al Fatiha, the opening lines, and the answer to each
- 08
What you are actually saying, two
Guidance and the straight path
- 09
Down
Ruku and sujud. Why the body does this
- 10
Sitting
Tashahhud, the testimony, and sending peace
- 11
When it is hard
Distraction, laziness, a missed prayer, and returning
- 12
Standing together
Jamaah, the rows, Jumuah
Ages four to six
The World Is Speaking
Term one: knowing Allah through creation
الخالقAl Khaliq, the Maker
In preparation
Tell me when it is readySee the twelve weeksHide the twelve weeks
- 01
Someone made this
Made things have makers
- 02
The one with no beginning
Allah was not made
- 03
Al Khaliq
The first name. The Maker
- 04
The seed that splits
What is inside a seed, and who told it to open
- 05
Water that comes back
Rain, and that it is the same water going round
- 06
The ceiling that does not fall
The sky as a roof that is held
- 07
He hears and he sees
Including in the dark, and when you are alone
- 08
The bee who was taught
Instinct, honey, knowing without being shown
- 09
Your own hands
The body, and the heart that beats unasked
- 10
Night and day take turns
Order, measure, things arriving when they should
- 11
Ar Rahman
Mercy, through the mother and her child
- 12
Saying thank you
Shukr, and the close of the term
Ages ten to twelve
Why We Believe
Term one: iman, with reasons
الإيمانAl Iman, faith
In preparation
Tell me when it is readySee the twelve weeksHide the twelve weeks
- 01
What counts as a reason
How we know anything. Evidence, testimony, trust
- 02
The question behind everything
Why is there something rather than nothing
- 03
Order you can check
Design, and what chance does and does not explain
- 04
Who Allah is, and who He is not
Tawhid, and the errors it corrects
- 05
Why send a message at all
The case for prophethood
- 06
A book no man wrote
The challenge, the preservation, the memorisation
- 07
How we know what he said
Isnad and hadith criticism, simply
- 08
What you cannot see
Angels, the unseen, the limits of the senses
- 09
Why is there suffering
The hardest question, answered without a bow on it
- 10
The day it gets weighed
Akhirah, justice, and why it changes this afternoon
- 11
Decree and choice
Qadr, at the level a twelve year old can hold
- 12
When someone asks you
Answering a friend, and what to say when you do not know
The bands are written to be walked in order, but they do not have to be. A ten year old who has never been taught the prayer can begin with Standing, and nothing is lost by it.