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Going to the mosque
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The mosque is a special place. Muslims go there to pray together.
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Sometimes I go to the mosque with my family.
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At the door, people take off their shoes. I can put my shoes on the shoe rack.
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I go in with my right foot first. I can say the dua for going into the mosque.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 426 and its chapter heading
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Inside, the mosque is usually calm. People speak in quiet voices.
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When it is time to pray, people stand in straight rows. The imam stands at the front and leads the prayer.
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If I need a break, I can sit quietly near my family. That is okay.
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When we leave, I go out with my left foot first. Then we go home.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 426 and its chapter heading
For grown-ups
Read it a few times before the visit, and again on the way. If your mosque has a family room or a quiet corner, show your child where it is.
Al-Bukhari put the hadith of starting with the right (426) under the chapter heading "Starting with the right when entering the mosque and elsewhere", and wrote there that Ibn Umar went in with his right foot and came out with his left.Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 426
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari 426
- Surah Al-Baqarah 2:286
Faith lines come only from the Quran and from hadith graded sahih or hasan. Scholars differ on some details, so ask a scholar you trust.
Pictograms: Sergio Palao, ARASAAC (arasaac.org), Government of Aragón, under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence.