Rayan’s Adventures
The books
Every story is one small moment from a little Muslim child’s day — a prayer
copied step by step, a splashy wudu, a tower that won’t stay up — with one gentle value
tucked inside.
Rayan Learns to Pray
Standing, Bowing, and Sujud — Just Like Baba
Salah · Prayer
It’s almost prayer time, and Rayan wants to pray too! Baba rolls out a little mat,
just his size, right beside his own — and side by side they stand, ready to begin.
In warm, gentle read-aloud prose, Rayan copies Baba’s prayer step by step: standing
tall for Allahu Akbar, bowing for ruku, and down, down, down for sujud — sometimes wobbly,
sometimes backwards, always trying. By the last page, little readers are invited to stand up and try it too.
Splish, Splash, Wudu!
Wash, Wash, Wash — Getting Ready to Pray
Wudu · Getting ready
It’s almost time to pray — but first, wudu! Rayan climbs up on his stool at the
bathroom sink, says Bismillah, and washes step by step: hands, mouth, nose, face… with splashes,
giggles, and one very wet mirror along the way.
Told in a bouncy read-aloud chant, little listeners walk through every step of wudu in
order — hands, mouth, nose, face, arms, head, ears, and feet — and by the last page, they can
chant the steps right along with Rayan.
Rayan Builds a Tower
It Fell Down… Again! A Story About Sabr (Patience)
Sabr · Patience
Rayan has a plan: the tallest tower EVER. He stacks his blocks higher and higher —
until CRASH! Down it tumbles. Again. And again.
With Baba close by, Rayan learns to take a deep breath, say Bismillah, and try once more.
Even when baby Leen topples the tallest tower yet, Rayan discovers that patience — sabr —
isn’t giving up. It’s building again, together.
Rayan and the Lost Toy
Searching Everywhere — and Learning Tawakkul (Trust in Allah)
Tawakkul · Trust in Allah
Rayan’s red car — his favorite car in the whole wide world — has
disappeared! He looks in the toy box. He looks on the shelf. No car. No car anywhere!
So Rayan lifts his little hands and asks Allah for help, then, with Mama beside him,
follows his memory clue by clue — past the couch, under the bed, all through the kitchen…
A warm, funny read-aloud about tawakkul: trusting Allah and taking the means.
