Learn to pray, step by step
Choose a guide: it walks you through each movement, with the picture, the words to say and their audio, according to your school. No account and no ads during the guide.
Purification
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Ablution (wudu)
Wudu (ablution) in 13 illustrated steps, with the audio of each supplication and the view of your school.
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Ghusl (full ablution)
Ghusl according to the Sunnah in 10 illustrated steps, for men and women, with the view of your school.
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Tayammum (dry ablution)
Tayammum replaces wudu and ghusl when water is unavailable or harmful: 8 illustrated steps, with the view of your school.
The prayer
Special prayers
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The prostration of forgetfulness (sujud as-sahw)
Forgot something, added something or unsure in your prayer? Choose your situation and the guide tells you what to do and when to prostrate, according to your school.
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The traveller’s prayer
Shortening the four-rak‘ah prayers and combining prayers while travelling — distance, duration and method, according to your school.
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The Friday prayer (jumu‘ah)
Preparation, sermon, two rak‘ahs recited aloud, arriving late — the Friday prayer step by step, according to your school.
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The Eid prayer
The Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayer step by step, with the right number of takbirs for your school and the audio of each formula.
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The funeral prayer (janazah)
The four takbirs of the funeral prayer and what is said after each, with the audio of the supplications, according to your school.
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The witr prayer
Witr in three rak‘ahs, with the qunut and the audio of each formula, according to your school.
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The tarawih prayer
The night prayers of Ramadan — when, how many rak‘ahs according to the schools, how to pray them alone or at the mosque.
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The prayer of seeking guidance (istikhara)
Asking Allah to choose for you — two rak‘ahs, the istikhara supplication with its audio, and what to do next.
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The eclipse prayer (kusuf)
The prayer for a solar or lunar eclipse — two rak‘ahs, two bowings per rak‘ah according to the majority, and the supplications that follow.
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The prayer for rain (istisqa’)
The istisqa’ prayer in times of drought — preparation, two rak‘ahs, sermon, supplications with their audio and turning the cloak.
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The prayer of the sick
Praying as you are able — standing, sitting on a chair or on the floor, lying down, or by gestures, according to your school.
Go further
A learning guide based on the references cited. For a particular case, ask a person of knowledge.