At what age should a child learn to pray?

Children are instructed to pray from around seven, with firmer correction from ten, but they can join in and learn the actions from four or five. Imitation comes first; the words follow.

I am a revert and know nothing. Where do I start?

Here. Salah first — wudu, the actions and the words you need to pray correctly — and then the Arabic alphabet. Trying to do both at once is the usual reason people stall in the first few months.

Do I need to read Arabic to take this course?

No. Everything is taught by sound and repetition, with transliteration and meaning alongside. Many students take this course while starting Noorani Qaida separately.

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الصلاة والأدعية

Salah and Daily Duas

Name: CodexStudio
Address: Blue Area, Islamabad, Punjab, 44000, PK
Telephone: +44 7923 122356
Price range: $$

A practical two to three month course covering wudu, every word and action of the five daily prayers, and the masnoon duas for waking, eating, travelling and sleeping. Suitable for children from about five and for adults learning or correcting their prayer.

Salah is the first thing a Muslim is asked about and the thing most often learned by imitation, with mistakes carried for decades. This course teaches it deliberately: the actions, the words, their meanings, and the conditions that make the prayer valid.

It is short by design. Most students finish in two to three months and continue with reading or memorisation.

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Course at a glance

Level: Beginner
Typical duration: 2–3 months
Suitable for: Ages 5+ and new Muslims
Format: One-to-one live video classes
Class length: 30, 45 or 60 minutes
Teachers: Male or female, your choice
Fees: From $35 per student per month
Free trial: 3 classes, no card details

What you will be able to do

Wudu, ghusl and the conditions of prayer
Every word and action of salah, correctly
40+ daily duas with their meanings
Kalimas, adhkar and Friday sunnahs

Who this course is for

Children from about five learning to pray properly for the first time
New Muslims who need salah before anything else
Adults who pray but were never taught the words correctly
Anyone unsure whether their wudu or prayer is valid and reluctant to ask in person

What you need before starting

None. Arabic is taught by sound, so reading ability is not required to start.

What the course covers

Stages run in order, each one assuming the last is secure. Timings assume two to three classes a week and are adjusted to the individual student.

1
Purity and wudu
2–3 weeks
The conditions of purity, wudu step by step, what breaks it, ghusl, and tayammum where water is unavailable.
2
The prayer, action by action
3–4 weeks
Standing, ruku, sujud and sitting — each position with the words said in it, learned one at a time rather than as a block.
3
The words and their meanings
3–4 weeks
Takbir, al-Fatihah, the tasbih of ruku and sujud, tashahhud, salawat and the salam, with the meaning of each so the prayer is understood and not merely performed.
4
The five prayers in practice
2–3 weeks
Rak‘ah counts, what is said aloud and what silently, prayer times, sunnah prayers, and what to do when something is forgotten.
5
Daily duas and adhkar
ongoing
Over forty masnoon duas with meanings — waking, eating, leaving the house, travelling, sleeping — plus the kalimas and the morning and evening adhkar.

What a class looks like

The teacher demonstrates the action or the words and the student repeats until it is correct.
For children, parents are encouraged to sit in for the first few sessions so the same thing is practised at home.
Each class ends with one dua or one part of the prayer to use that week.

How progress is measured

The student performs a full prayer for the teacher, who corrects the actions and the pronunciation.
Duas are checked in use — asked for in context rather than recited from a list.