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So.. I need some help and info. I have a brother in our local masjid who just recently reverted al hamdu lil Lah.. He has asked me to meet with him tomorrow to teach him how to pray; which I'll be happily doing. My question is; what is the best way to proceed? He does not know a lick of Arabic of course. So, shall I teach him how to pray but say the prayers in English?? or What do I do? Thank you all for all your help.
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Assalamualikum.I am not a new revert but I can help here in sha Allah.
It is better to always begin the prayer with arabic as if they pray in English,the prayer is not valid and they will get use to it.I prayed my first independant prayer within 24 hours of converting and I did it in Arabic.I memorised Al-fatihah and the rest of the sentences i need to say 3 times.I struggled a bit for tashahud though.If he hasn't memorised anything yet,it is better for him to pray congregation prayer.As he is a brother,it is always easy for him to pray in the mosque In sha Allah
Here is the approach for you to teach him.
1.
Teach him Al-Fatihah. He must know how to pronounce them well and he must memorise them.I took less than 24 hours to memorsie and I am not an Arab.If I can do it,others can as well.
2.
Teach him the prayer steps -the steps and what else you need to say in the prayer so that the prayer will be valid.No need for short surah.Al-Fatihah is sufficient enough.
3.
Teach him how to pronounce Tashahud.He doesn't need to memorise now as there will be alot to memorise.Just ask him to print/write down the transliteration of Tashahud and paste it at the place where he sujud.Write by refering to it.Tell him when he must point out his index finger and so on.
I have attached the material to learn how to pray.Download it and give it to him.
al-fatihah
u can visit this
website
learn
tashahud here
A-Z salah materials (Recommended)
Need Acrobat reader 9.0 so that the audio in pdf can be played.
feel free to ask if you need any further help in sha Allah.
May Allah The Exalted reward you for your good intention.Assalamualikum.