Number 17
Seventeen rak'ahs of fard prayer each day
17Seventeen
Ready to count?
Where it comes from
The five fard prayers have seventeen rak'ahs.
Practice: Rak'ahs of the five prayers, 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 (Practice)
For the parent
Say: Every day we pray five fard prayers: Fajr 2, Zuhr 4, Asr 4, Maghrib 3 and Isha 4. Let's add them up together.
Two, four, four, three and four, Seventeen! Let's count once more!
Count it: Ten fingers and seven more: seventeen (10 and 7).
Do it: Add the five prayers on your fingers, 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 4: your first sum!