Teaching Resource – The Authority of the Sunnah – Part 3

Learning Objectives

1. In verse 2:187 what do the words ‘He relented towards you and pardoned you’ refer to? What sin was being pardoned?
2. How many angels were sent during the battler of Badr to help Muslims? Which ayah in the Quran mentions this?
3. When was the ayah in answer to question 17 revealed? (after or before Badr?)
4. How does the above ayah show the authority of the sunnah?
5. In verse 8:7 what are the two parties that are being referred to?
6. How does the above verse prove the authority of the sunnah?
7. What are the vents behind verse 66:3?
8. How does the above verse prove the authority of the sunnah?

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Teaching resource – Authority of the Sunnah Part 2

The learning objective for this lesson are below:

Learning Objectives

8. Define the meaning of the word ittiba اتباع

9. Can a person believe in the teachings of a Prophet but not follow them? If not why not? Explain your reasoning with proof from the Quran.

10. Learning is a process of academic instruction and practical training – cite examples using the revelation of books with or without 11. prophets.

12. What are the two types of revelation.

13. Is the second type of revelation found in the Quran?

14. How does the change of the Qiblah incident prove the existence of a second type of revelation?

15. What is the source of the second type of revelation?

16. Are orders given by the second type of revelation binding? What is your proof?

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Teaching resource (under 10s) – Riyadh Saliheen 306 – 310

Bismillah, alhamdulillah.

Get the children to match the hadeeth to a picture. Stick it on the fridge, tell them to teach others.

Riyadh Saliheen - Hadeeth Worksheet

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Teaching resource – Authority of the Sunnah Part 1

Bismillah alhamdulillah.

This is a book written by Muhammad Taqi Usmani on the The Authority of the Sunnah. I have added LOBs (Learning Obectives) so that the text can be used as a source for teaching 14+ year olds. The first 7 learning objectives are as follows:

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the sources of Islamic law.
2. The three types of actions which are considered as part of the Sunnah
3. Role of the Messenger of Allah as shown by the Quran (3:164; 62:2)
4. The logical consequence of obedience based on the roles in 3.
5. Obedience of the Messenger is explicitly stated.
6. Significance of mentioning the obedience of God with the obedience of the Messenger.
7. Rewards of obedience of both (stating evidence).

The part of the text reproduced below covers the above 7 objectives.

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Google Earth Islam

Bismillah, alhamdulillah.

I happened to be reading a hadith which involved a Jewish tribe called Bani Nadeer. The Prophet Muhammad (S) when living in Madeenah had signed a treaty with them and had gone to visit them to request help to pay blood money for two men. While seated with his companions during the negotiations with tribe he was informed by revelation from God that the Jewish tribe were going to assassinate him by throwing a boulder.

The Prophet (S) did not tell anyone and rose to say that he had to go for a call of nature and left his companions behind. The Jewish tribe unaware that he had been informed by God of their plans sat waiting with his companions sure that he would return to meet his end at their hands.

The Prophet (S) did not return and the Companions grew anxious and went out to search for him. They eventually found him in a place of safety and he informed them of what had happened. The Jewish tribe realised that they had broken the treaty and negotiated a surrender to the Muslims. Part of the surrender treaty was that they were banished to a place called  Al-Jalaa.

I wondered where al-Jalaa was when I wished I could just tap into a website that would label all the historical sites in Islamic history with links to Google Earth. It would be a wonderful idea as a means of teaching children Islamic history perhaps even inviting others to Islam. The Google Earth element would allow Muslims to envision the Islamic world as a united body and just begin to imagine what the world would look like if divided by the borders of Islam rather than the artificially imposed political borders that are designed to currently impede, divide and hamper.

Children could undertake the journeys that famous travellers made, relive the Islamic conquests in front of their eyes, see where famous scholars were born and their journeys around the world. Google Earth not only allows points to be added, but also allows you to add information and you can even have tracks that will take you from one place to another. The possibilities are huge.

I pray that God inspires someone to implement the idea.

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Islamic studies in Jeddah

Bismillah, alhamdulillah : In the name of God, with gratitude and praise for Him

There are opportunities to listen to study Islam in Jeddah, but these are not as abundant as in other cities in the country and few well advertised opportunities exist in English. I have tried to list what I am aware of sources and places to learn in English and Arabic primarily. I have briefly touched upon Urdu. Where possible I have tried to clarify the location of places.

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What makes a good curriculum?

Bismillah, alhamdulillah : In the name of God, with gratitude and praise for Him

With the increasing use of the internet in education, what concerns me a lot are teachers who ask students to ‘research’ a particular topic on the internet. Initially it sounds quite impressive. But a few moments of thought and a few days of experience reveal two fundamental problems: time & security – this post dwells on the former.

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