Learn to Pray (Salah) for Older Learners
Learn to Pray (Salah) for older learners, taught one to one in 30-minute lessons, 1–3 lessons a week. Every position of the prayer and what is said in it, taught step by step.
Lesson length and why
Thirty minutes at a deliberate pace. Repetition is increased and new material introduced more gradually, which suits retention rather than accommodating any deficiency.
Where most students start
Often learned as a child decades ago and retained fragments. Eyesight and screen size are practical considerations more often than learning ability.
What is expected at home
None.
How long it takes
Learn to Pray (Salah) typically runs 8–20 weeks at 1–3 lessons a week. The range is wide because it moves with revision between lessons more than with anything that happens in them.
What is covered
- 1Wudu
- 2The positions in order
- 3What is recited in each
- 4Completing a full prayer
What usually gets in the way
Specific to older learners — these are the things that actually derail progress for this group.
- Small mushaf print on a screen
- Unfamiliarity with the software
- Frustration at slower recall
By the end
- Pray independently and correctly
- Know what invalidates the prayer