Song: Let's Make Wudu Together!

Song: Let's Make Wudu Together! is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9: a cheerful sing-along song that teaches the steps of wudu, the washing Muslims do before they pray, so children can learn them by heart.

Two cartoon children, a girl in a star suit and a boy in a moon suit, fly through space in a rocket with their friend, a little yellow robot. When it is time for wudu, they stand at the sink and the song begins: we start by saying Bismillah. Then, step by step, the song counts along. Wash your hands, one, two, three. Your mouth, nice and clean. Your nose, your face, your right arm and then your left arm, each three times. The head and the ears come next, just one time each: in wudu, these are wiped with wet hands rather than washed. Last come the right foot and the left foot, three times each.

Each step has its own close-up picture, so children can copy the actions while they sing. Then the song does it all again, faster, with only the name of each step and the count: hands, mouth, nose, face, right arm, left arm, head, ears, right foot, left foot. "Well done! You made wudu!"

The song lasts about 3 minutes, and it is not music-free. It is a good one to play at the bathroom sink until the order comes naturally, and a gentle way to show young children that we get clean and ready before we stand in front of Allah to pray.

• Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:6: When you rise for prayer, wash your faces and your arms to the elbows, wipe your heads, and wash your feet to the ankles.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 159: Uthman showed the wudu of the Prophet ﷺ, washing his hands three times, rinsing his mouth and nose, washing his face and arms three times, wiping his head, and washing his feet three times.