Building lessonplans and activities around ahadith is a great way to make sure your lessons have a solid message behind them.
Another Muharram activity we did at school was based on the following hadith by Rasul Allah (saw):
"Verily, Husayn (as) is the lantern of guidance and the ark of salvation (simplified: boat of rescue)."
"Innal Husain Misbah al-Huda wa Safinat an-Najah"
(Bihar Al-Anwar, V. 36, Pg. 204)
After narrating this hadith to the kids, I asked them what they think it means when the Prophet (s) calls Imam Husayn the "boat of rescue." They had some great answers. We talked about how the purpose of a boat is to transport you to a destination, and the boat of Imam Husayn (a) transports you to heaven. We also talked about how a boat keeps you from drowning in the water, and similarly, the boat of Imam Husayn (a) keeps you afloat and prevents you from drowning in this dunya. Finally, we talked about how we can make sure we embark upon this boat by doing good deeds and obeying Allah, the masoomen, our parents, and teachers.
The kids then made these awesome origami boats and decorated them by writing "Ya Husayn" as well as the hadith. The instructions for making these boats can be found here. 11x17 size paper works best for this project.
As a follow-up to this project, you could also focus on the first part of the hadith (misbah al-huda/lantern of guidance) and make cool lanterns.
Another Muharram activity we did at school was based on the following hadith by Rasul Allah (saw):
"Verily, Husayn (as) is the lantern of guidance and the ark of salvation (simplified: boat of rescue)."
"Innal Husain Misbah al-Huda wa Safinat an-Najah"
(Bihar Al-Anwar, V. 36, Pg. 204)
After narrating this hadith to the kids, I asked them what they think it means when the Prophet (s) calls Imam Husayn the "boat of rescue." They had some great answers. We talked about how the purpose of a boat is to transport you to a destination, and the boat of Imam Husayn (a) transports you to heaven. We also talked about how a boat keeps you from drowning in the water, and similarly, the boat of Imam Husayn (a) keeps you afloat and prevents you from drowning in this dunya. Finally, we talked about how we can make sure we embark upon this boat by doing good deeds and obeying Allah, the masoomen, our parents, and teachers.
The kids then made these awesome origami boats and decorated them by writing "Ya Husayn" as well as the hadith. The instructions for making these boats can be found here. 11x17 size paper works best for this project.
As a follow-up to this project, you could also focus on the first part of the hadith (misbah al-huda/lantern of guidance) and make cool lanterns.
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