Examining the Attention Given to the Components of Prayer and Mahdism in the Fifth Grade Heavenly Gifts Textbook

The aim of this research is to determine the extent to which the fifth grade Heavenly Gifts textbook addresses the components of prayer and Mahdism. This descriptive study falls within the category of applied research. Given the nature and objectives of the study, content analysis methodology was employed. The statistical population comprises the fifth grade Heavenly Gifts textbook, published in 2023. To enhance the validity of the results, the entire content of the book was examined, and no sampling was used. Instead, a census approach was adopted, and the book’s content was thoroughly studied, reviewed, and analyzed in two sections: lessons and activities. A content analysis checklist was usedfor this examination. The results showed that among the components of prayer, the encouragement to pray component received the most attention (21.87%), while the etiquette of congregational prayer component received the least attention (0%). Similarly, among the components of Mahdism, the personal characteristics of the Imam component received the most attention (72.73%), while the components of the era of appearance (4.54%) and the era after the appearance (governance era) (4.54%) received the least attention.