Grade 4Islamic Religious Education
What your child actually learns this year
Every strand and every topic in the Grade 4 Islamic Religious Education curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.
1Qur'anOne topic, and the heart of the subject.
Selected Surahs
5 skillsReading, reciting and understanding the surahs set for this year.
2HadithFour sayings of the Prophet, each tied to something the child does daily.
Hadith on Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) as a Model of Good Character
4 skillsWhat good character looked like in the Prophet's own conduct.
Hadith on Etiquette of Eating
3 skillsHow a meal is begun, eaten and ended.
Hadith on Brushing Teeth
4 skillsCleaning the teeth, and why it is treated as part of worship.
Hadith on Physical Fitness
4 skillsKeeping the body strong, and why it is encouraged.
3Pillars of ImanWhat a Muslim believes, taken three parts at a time.
Attributes of Allah (S.W.T.)
3 skillsThe names and attributes, and what each one means.
Belief in Angels
3 skillsWho the angels are and what they do.
Prophets Mentioned in the Qur'an
4 skillsThe prophets named in the Qur'an, and what each is remembered for.
4Devotional ActsThe strand practised every day: purity, ablution and prayer.
Twahara (Ritual Purity): Types of Najasaat
3 skillsWhat makes a thing impure, and the kinds of impurity.
Wudhu (Ablution)
3 skillsThe steps of wudhu in order, and what breaks it.
Conditions for Swalah
3 skillsWhat must be in place before prayer is valid.
Pillars of Swalah
3 skillsThe parts of the prayer that cannot be left out.
5Akhlaq (Moral Teachings)Five topics on conduct: how a Muslim behaves, dresses and uses what is around them.
Virtues: Kindness to Allah's Creatures
3 skillsTreating animals and people with care, and what cruelty costs.
Islamic Manners of Dressing
4 skillsHow a Muslim dresses, and the reasons behind it.
Positive Usage of Media
4 skillsUsing media well, and recognising what is harmful in it.
Prohibitions in Islam: Evils of Begging
3 skillsWhy begging is discouraged, and what is encouraged instead.
Dua (Supplication): Leaving and Entering the House
3 skillsThe supplications said on leaving and returning home.
6Muamalaat (Social Relations)Three topics on what family members owe one another.
Obligations of Parents to Children
4 skillsWhat parents are responsible for providing and teaching.
Obligations of Children to Parents
4 skillsHow parents are to be treated, in Islam's own terms.
Children's Obligations to Other Family Members
3 skillsHow a child treats brothers, sisters and the wider family.
7History of IslamWhere it began, and the hardest years of it.
Call to Prophethood
3 skillsHow the Prophet received the first revelation.
Earliest Converts in Islam
3 skillsWho accepted Islam first, and what it cost them.
The Prophet's (S.A.W.) Journey to Taif
3 skillsThe journey, the reception he met, and what he did afterwards.
Why you can take this page at face value
Straight from the KICD design
The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 4 Islamic Religious Education curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.
Nothing here is a sample
Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.
Marked by a machine, written by a person
Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.
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