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An-N ur Children s Hajj rituals and Eid celebrationTeacher: Anar

Date: Oct, 2014

What a blessed and fruitful month it is! Teachers and Children had been so busy to

gain more knowledge about Islam. This is a huge opportunity for me as a teacher as

well as for children to learn more about Hajj and Eid Al-Adha. Before the start of the

haj season, Teacher Maysoon called for a planning meeting in which we discussed

the best and practical way to teach our lovely children about Haj rituals and Eid

celebrations

Children were introduced to the five pillars of Islam every day during mat time

explaining to the children that going to Hajj once in a life time is one of the basic

principle of Islam. Najma, Aya, Sameena and Aziza were well aware of the five

pillars of Islam rcallig what they have learned during Ramadan. Kamila, Ebado knew

that going to hajj is one of the principles of Islam. The Nasheed of "I am Muslim"

helped the children memorise the five principles of Islam much easier.

Every day on mat time, teachers systematically introduced the rituals of the hajj. Wetold them we need to walk around the Kaaba seven times and make Tawaf. We

introduced what is Kabaa. We told story about Ibrahim alaihisalam and his son

Ismaeel alaihisalam built the kaaba following Allah s orders . Kabaa also is known as

house of Allah. To reinforce this knowledge, we offered lots of art activities such as

colouring the Kabaa; making Kabaa with card box and painting it in black, etc. while

interacting with the children and offering new knowledge every time. For example:

While teacher started discussion about who built the kabaa , Aziza said, "I dreamedabout going to hajj" She also mentioned about Soffia her sister. Then Kamila told

that her grandma is in the hajj. It was really nice to see that children were very

confident to share in the conversation and relate to the subject. This shows a sense

of belonging and connection between home and school. In Te wh riki (1996) stated

that Children develop awareness of connections between event and experiences

with and beyond the early childhood setting.


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Children have been practicing walking around the Kabaa seven times and also have

been memorizing the Talibiyah. They also learned about story of Zam zam water.

Also walking around the two hills Marwa and Safa performing Sai , then travelling to

Mina sit ting in tents reading Qura, This was followed by going to Arafat mountainto read Quran, make Dua and ask Allahs forgiveness. Children were also

introduced to why we throw seven pebbles on Satan (Shaitan) after collecting them

from Muzdalifa . Children enjoyed this part and were excited when we talked about

Satn being our enemy. Once teacher mentioned about Satan, Aziza always said to

teach er and her friends that Satan is bad, Satan goes to hell fire. That is correct

Aziza, well done! Aziza shared her knowledge with the other children which lead to

lots of conversation.


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After practicing Hajj rituals many times, finally the day of hajj performance came and

children were very excited.

Boys wore their white ihram and girls wore

their hijabs ready to start the Haj journey.

1. Make tawaf Al Qodoom (arrival) by walking around kabaa seven times saying:

Here I am O Allaah, (in response to Your call), here I am. Here I am, You have no

partner, here I am. Verily all praise, grace and sovereignty belong to You. You have

no partner.

Here comes the children sitting inthe airplane with full intention totravel to Makka to perform Haj


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2. Children walk between the Safa and Marwa also seven times Sai

3. Children pretend spend the night in tents at Mina, reading Quran andsupplicating to Allah.

4. After leaving Mina, Children climbed their fort pretending it is MountArafat. They stayed on Arafat in devotion asking Allah for forgiveness

of any previous sins

"Labbayk, Allahumma Labbayk. Labbayk. La

shareeka laka. Labbayk. Innal-hamda wan-ni'mata laka wal-mulk. La shareeka lak."


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5. Children picking up the pebbles from Muzdalifa and re-enacting how

prophet Ibraheem also threw stones at Satan who tried to convince himnot to follows Allahs commands.

6. Children also pretended to cut hair as a ritual of finishing main steps ofHaj tahallol and they colour the lamb pictures for pretend sacrificeOdhiya .


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7. Children concluded the Hajj with Tawaf Al Ifada then Tawaf AlWida (farewell), going around the Kaba seven times then they hadZamzam water before leaving Makkah.

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After completing their Hajj ritual, The excitement day of Eidul adha began when

celeberated in An-nur Centre with friends, teachers and family. What an exciting day

it is! Children dressed up very beautifully and wore their smiley and happy faces all

day. Children were enjoyed the yummy foods with friends and enjoyed play in

bouncy castles. The best part for children was the gift and goodie bag that given by

teacher and parents.


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