Monday, 24 December 2012
Truth rewards
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Tell me
That day, i got a few complaints about my class and i decided to talk to them about it.
I began on an honest note, "Class, i have always tried to be friendly with you people. Did i ever beat you?"
"No Ma'am."
"Did I ever give you some kind of punishment?"
"No Ma'am."
"I try to give you guys all the space you need. I talk to you politely; i never scold you, never punish you, never take you to the Principal and still complaints."
I don't know if their silence also meant they were understanding, agreeing, sympathising with me but i went on and on talking of strict teachers and horrible punishments and contrasting it with my friendly approach.
To break the monotony i asked them, "You tell me what should i do with you so that you behave properly and i don't get to hear more complaints. Tell me....."
And pat came the reply, "Ma'am I tell you? Become little strict."
I began on an honest note, "Class, i have always tried to be friendly with you people. Did i ever beat you?"
"No Ma'am."
"Did I ever give you some kind of punishment?"
"No Ma'am."
"I try to give you guys all the space you need. I talk to you politely; i never scold you, never punish you, never take you to the Principal and still complaints."
I don't know if their silence also meant they were understanding, agreeing, sympathising with me but i went on and on talking of strict teachers and horrible punishments and contrasting it with my friendly approach.
To break the monotony i asked them, "You tell me what should i do with you so that you behave properly and i don't get to hear more complaints. Tell me....."
And pat came the reply, "Ma'am I tell you? Become little strict."
Monday, 10 December 2012
Facts
Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
Horses can run shortly after birth.
Despite the white, fluffy appearance of Polar Bears fur, it actually has black skin.
Mosquitoes can be annoying insects but did you know that it's only the female mosquito that actually bites humans.
Cats spend a large amount of time licking their coats to keep them clean.
Jellyfish don’t have brains.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
LETTER WRITING
Dear Areeb,
Please come to my house in
winter vacation. And please read this letter which I have written down. Please
friend, come to my house in winter vacation because I have asked my parents to
call you and they have permitted that you can come and I have asked my mother
that she should cook Biryani, especially for you.
Saad Alam
Wishes
Dear cousin,
Please come to our place to spend your winter vacations. I have arranged your passport and visa. We will go together. We will go to see the grave (tomb) of Prophet Muhammad Sallallaho alayhi wasallam and of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) And Hazrat Umar (ra). We will see Cave Hira and offer salah in the mosque of our prophet sallAllaho alayhi wasallam.Then we will also go to see the Kaaba.
Waiting for you,
Talha Noman
H.W.!!!
Dear Afreen,
Come to my home in winter vacation. We will enjoy very much together. I
have many story books, we will read them. And also we will do our winter
vacation homework together in my house.
Your cousin,
Iram
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
MY FAVOURITE SPOT
After reading the poem THE TAMARIND which was the favourite
spot of the poet where he sat, relaxed and looked at the distant blue hills;
laughed and smiled beneath its shady boughs etc we discussed our favourite
places.
ABAAN shared, “My favourite place is my father’s room.”
“Why? What do you do there?”
“ Ma’m because there
are so many many books there – Islamic and academic books. I like to read them
and understand them.”
Ahem?
“Sometimes I stare at the books.”
MARIYAM HASHMI : “Ma’m my favourite place is in Allahbad, my
grandparents’ house”
And where exactly? “Umm, whole house and no ma’m it’s the roof, my favourite is roof.”
LAIBA : “My nani’s house because there are many friends. I
play very much there. we do all the things ‘together’. When it is noon, the ice-cream
seller comes and then we take for everybody and enjoy very much. When it is
evening then also we get some rupees and we go to buy something.”
MY EXPERIMENT
One of the teacher at IMS relates, “I was a little scared
when I joined back at school after a long gap. Scared in the sense you wouldn’t
understand so moving on to the first day – the awesome little kids smiled,
shouted, waved and asked as well answered as to where I had been; once we all
got over we got back to the lesson and however difficult it was managed to
study something.
Next was Seerah period which almost everytime sets everything alright. There is silence, they are interested, they look up for details and they, no! we recite durood shareef and may be that’s the serene part but then came home work time and since it was a day off next day I thought it would be good if they wrote something so I gave some topic for paragraph writing.
Next was Seerah period which almost everytime sets everything alright. There is silence, they are interested, they look up for details and they, no! we recite durood shareef and may be that’s the serene part but then came home work time and since it was a day off next day I thought it would be good if they wrote something so I gave some topic for paragraph writing.
My experiment began the next day, something inside told me
not to get angry, maybe their welcoming part the day before or whatever so I
did not have to punish anyone who didn’t do the homework; waisey bhi I had never liked
making them stand up, holding ears- never tried even and sending out of the
room is a total waste of their time and I for one do not have the heart for all
this strict punishment thing but then what? Reward? Ohkay may be that would do.
I thought. But then, since I had slept after fajr (very bad idea) I got late so
no chocolates.
I had just entered the classroom and lo!
“Ma’m I have done my work.” “Ma’m here take it” They were four or five only.
There were some with excuses, “I have written half”, “Sorry left at home” etc
too but they hadn’t done it. That’s the scary part now if you can understand.
But I wasn’t to get angry, no chocolates either so? Time to experiment - I went up to the board and wrote the names with stars, a big
smiley and under the head, ‘My favourite kids today’. We moved on to learning
the rule of English grammar planned for the day, they did the exercises and then someone said, “
Ma’m if I give it to you now, you will write my name also?” It was working, I said a loud yes and like always couldn't help smiling. And lo! The exercises finished pretty soon and the
compositions kept coming in. Thank God!
By the way, here is something for us; have a nice day teachers :)
By the way, here is something for us; have a nice day teachers :)
Eg.
BISMAH SAEED writes:
Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alayhi wasallam was of most
excellent character. He is an example to all of us.
- If a guest comes to our house then we have to remember our Prophet sallAllaho alayhi wasallam that how he used to welcome his guests.
- We should obey and respect our elders like our Prophet sallAllaho alayhi wasallam.
- We should be kind and honest like our prophet sallAllaho alayhi wasallam.
- We should always believe in Allah like our Prophet sallAllaho alayhi wassallam.
- We should help poor and needy.
- We should follow the instructions of our beloved Prophet sallAllaho alayhi wasallam.
- We love our Prophet sallAllaho alyhi wasallam.
Monday, 3 December 2012
a Hadith
ZIKRA BILAL shares:-
The Prophet Muhammad sallallahoalayhi wasallam used to tell
his followers “Acquire knowledge!” He said to all, “Seeking knowledge is the
duty of every muslim. It will enable you to be your own friend in the desert,
it will be your mainstay in solitude, your companion in loneliness, your guide
to happiness, your sustainer in misery, your adornment when you are amongst
people and your arrow against your enemies. Whoever goes out in search of
knowledge is on the path of Allah until returning.”
(Wait, there is a note
she adds, it says “Sorry ma’am for not giving homework yesterday, I love you
ma’am and my family also)
Sallallaho alayhi wasallam
AHMAD MUNIB tells us:-
Allah has sent Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alayhi wasallam
to us. The Prophet teaches us that we should pray to Allah and ask Him for
help. We should give money to poor and needy and we should help them to buy
clothes. When you give them something have smile on your face.
And we all love Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alayhi
wasallam. Thank you all of you.Muhammad
LAIBA KHAN adds:-
Our Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alayhi wasallam is an
example for all. He told us how to eat, how to talk and etc. We should follow
his rules like respect parents, help poor and greedy (maybe she wanted to write needy), be polite and etc. We should
offer salah, read Quran and obey our parents, listen to the teacher what they
say. We should not do bad things like cheating, lying, not helping others.
Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alayhi wasallam never told a lie. He told good
things to others and loved children.
An Example
SAFIYA HAYYI writes:-
We have an example in our prophet sallallaho alayhi
wasallam; to him was Quran revealed. Allah loved all prophets. Prophet
sallallaho alayhi wasallam was kind, polite, grateful. He was having good
deeds. The best man on earth is our beloved prophet, the last prophet. All
prophets were send to juice (she means
jews) but prophet sallallaho alayhi wasallam was sent to us. It is the best
thing that prophet sallallaho alayhi wasallam was sent to us. We should follow
the rules of Prophet sallallahoalayhi wasallam. We should recite the durood
sharif before reading Seerah and while closing also, please remember our
beloved prophet sallallaho alayhi wasallam.
LIARS GET CAUGHT
Another one by Talha Noman,
Std IV
Once upon a time there was a
boy who used to tell lies to make people laugh. One day as he was telling lie
to people about somebody a wise man asked him, “Are you speaking the truth?”
the boy said, “Yes.”
After this the wise
man started to notice every single thing. Next day again, boy told a lie about
somebody, the wise man asked, “At which time has he done what you say?” The boy
said “this evening, just now.” But at that time he was playing outside. The boy
had to face a great shame in front of all. Now, he promised to speak the truth.
BETWEEN BROTHERS
A long story by Areeb Shahid,
Std. IV
Once upon a time in Mumbai
there was a boy named Sultan. He was the eldest of all his brothers. All his
three brothers were very kind and truthful but he was not at all truthful. One
day all the four brothers were studying for the class test of next day. The
three truthful brothers were studying hard but Sultan did not study for test.
Next day, before starting the test the three truthful brothers recited the name
of Allah but the fourth brother, Sultan didn’t recite it because he didn’t
truly believe in Allah. He didn’t know the answer of all 5 questions. He asked
in a light whisper the answer of these five questions from his brothers but one
of his brothers refused to answer the question. He said, “Sultan, you are
cheating! The teacher will catch us.” Sultan started laughing and making fun of
his brother. He said, “The teacher will not be able to catch us, so don’t worry
and answer this question.” At last his brother answered the question. All the
three brothers were afraid. The teacher looked at them and said, “Why are you
talking during the test?” Sultan lied, “I am not talking, I am just asking for
a pencil.” But his brother told the teacher that he was lying. The teacher
failed him in the test and gave him punishment of not going for games till one
week because he is not a true believer. After one week he promised his teacher,
brothers, friends and his enemies that he will not do such a thing ever again
and that he had learnt his lesson.”
TELLING LIE IS A SIN
Story by Afeerah Naseem, Std IV
Once in a town there lived a boy named Yahya. He was very
arrogant and naughty. One day he was in his room writing letter to his cousin
Ali. In it he made fun of him. When he finished it, instead of his name he
wrote Ali’s father’s name. he laughed a lot When Ali read it he understood that
Yahya had sent this to him. When he asked Yahya about it, Yahya said, “I don’t
know and nor do I believe in you.” Ali told Yahya’s mother about the letter. He
was afraid that he will get punishment. As he had thought, the same happened.
Then he realized his mistake and promised that he will neither lie nor make fun
of others.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
i wanna tell u
One day I went to park with my friends
and my teacher. We play and play very much. I see many flowers and grass very
much I see climbers. Then I come in to school. I eat my lunch. Then I come in
to home with my mother and I drink juice. –SAFIA
HAYI
Speakers (4)
IRAM KHAN, STD. III @ ANNUAL FUNCTION
(Language: Arabic)
ZAIB KHAN, STD. II @ ANNUAL FUNCTION
(Language : Urdu)
Monday, 27 August 2012
Smile
That day I
remember hadn’t been very good for a start, so I thought some energy from the
young kids might help. I asked, “Tell me one by one everybody, what do you want
to do when you grow up?”
Check out their answers that made my day J :-
§ DOCTOR
§ MAULANA
§ TEACHER
§ ALIM SIR
§ MA’AM
§
DA’EE
§
QARI SAHAB
And one of them coming
closer, “waise toh” and into my ear “BUTTERFLY!”
From the story tellers (5)
Long-long ago, I was playing with my friends.
After we finished the game then we were going to another friend’s house. In my
friend’s street some boys pushed me and I had fallen down then my hand was
broken. In my home all were crying, all my friends were also crying. I had gone
to hospital then they pray to Allah then my hand is fine now.
-ZAINAB AMAN
From the story tellers (4)
One day my mother asked me to play with my baby
sister and she also said that I do one page cursive writing. When I finished it, I told my mother,
“I have
done the work”, so my mother asked me to help her in the kitchen,
so I peel the
beans and I also washed the vessel for her.
Yesterday also my mother said to
me, “Your father has gone to jamat so
you bring eggs and butter for the morning and so I went to buy all things and
maggi and bread also." AYESHA KAZMI.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
from the story tellers (2)
Once upon a time there
was a boy he was going to his grandfather’s house at night. It was very dark he
became afraid very much. His grandfather’s house was in the forest and his
grandfather’s house was very far also so he forget his path, he started praying
and going slowly-slowly then his grandfather’s house has come in the end. -AARISH, Std II
From the story tellers (1)
Once upon a time .........
there was my brother, he is
small, my cousins and I in the garden and we all were playing. Then suddenly, my
brother fell down from the slope then I helped him to stand and he started
crying. But then I started to do acting, I made funny faces and then my brother
was happy.
-ABAAN, Std II
I was going to the market one day to buy a
chicken then I saw a dog was hungry then I gave the whole chicken and I only
buy the milk then I went to the home and I said to my mother all the thing. The
mother was very happy.
- ZUHAIR, Std. II
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Between them
Ø
Teacher: All of you please
complete the exercise in the book, You have to fill in the blanks and write
neatly.
Looking towards a certain boy :"Can you
write fast?"
Boy: Ma'am, I am writing,
I am not made of machine na?"
Ø Correcting the assessment copies, you often come across such :-Word - Ghost, Meaning – Bhoot!
Once, the
desks in the classroom were arranged pretty closely and there wasn’t much space
with the teacher’s table and chair lying near the door. The boy who had to go
to the washroom finally made it to the door somehow and reaching there he
announced,
“See! I am an engineer na?”
Said it
He is naughty and cute. He had not done his home work. The teacher asked, "How come you
did not complete your home work?"
The boy replied: "Ma'am, in all the
subject, maam gave home work and i write and write... Ma'am, i had to go somewhere then i come and write then my
hand started to pain, I do my homework and i write and i write and i die."
We Wish (4)
My wish is that I should become a scholar and a da’ee, to call people to Islam.
All should give dawah to non-muslims.
I also wish that all should wish all the people should go in heaven.
And I have one more wish that my sister get a
new cycle because she does not have any cycle. I prayed also then yesterday my
father brought a new shining bicycle and its name is ATLAS. The colour of the
cycle is orange.
ZAID KHAN, IIIWe Wish (3)
I wish to become a pilot when I grow up. I will give my mother all my money. I don’t behave badly with my parents, also when I grow up I will obey my parents very much. When I grow up I will go to the market and my mother will not go to market. When I grow up I will buy things for my mother and father. I wish to do lots of things for my father and mother. When I grow up I will buy jewellery for my mother with money.
We wish (2)
My
wish is that may all the human beings go to Jannah.
I
wish to come first in the class.
My
wish is to be able to help my friend in all times.
My
wish is that my voice would become very good so that I can do
Qirat sweetly.
-IRAM KHAN
We Wish (1)
I wish I go for Hajj and to get a new
computer and I wish I become a good human being and may all of us go into the
paradise. I wish to become like Dr.
Zakir Naik and I want to become a teacher when I grow up because I want to help
those who are poor with my money. I wish to become a good student.
-MUNEEBA FAROOQUI, III.
-MUNEEBA FAROOQUI, III.
Lets laugh a little
Once Nasruddin was invited to deliver a
sermon. When he got on the pulpit, he asked, Do you know what I am going to
say? The audience replied "no", so he announced "I have no
desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking
about!" and left.
The people felt embarrassed and called
him back again the next day. This time, when he asked the same question, the
people replied yes. So Nasruddin said, "Well, since you already know what
I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time!" and left.
Now
the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once
again invited the Hodja to speak the following week. Once again he asked the
same question - Do you know what I am going to say? Now the people were
prepared and so half of them answered "yes" while the other half
replied "no". So Nasruddin said "Let the half who know what I am
going to say, tell it to the half who don't!" and left.
FOR PARENTS
Allah swt says in the holy Quran :
And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
When asked to write few lines about parents, the students thus expressed....... read Quoting kids (1-5)
Quoting Kids (5)
FARHA KHAN, Std.III says :
We should never shout at our parents
because they are always caring for us.
They are good. When we are ill they take care of us. In the holy Quran it is
said that serving the parents is a good thing, Allah will become happy with us.
Mother makes for us- food. We should obey our parents because they work for us.
They do so many things for us when we are children.
Quoting Kids (4)
MAHERA MALIK, Std. III says :
1)
We should help our
mother and father.
2)
I help my mother. My
mother is doing all housework.
3)
When I come in house
then my mother said to me, “Please go to your room” and so I went to my room in
only one minute.
4)
We should not shout at
our parents, I talk to them nicely.
Quoting Kids (3)
FARHAN SALIM, Std. III says:
We should treat our parents with what
Allah has said. We should obey our mother, what she is saying we should do
always because Allah has said in Holy Quran to treat our parents nicely. We
should do what our father is saying we should talk sweetly to our mother and
father. When my mother is saying go for salah, my brother and I go for salah.
Quoting Kids (2)
HARIS KHAN, Std. III says :
Allah(S.W.T) has said in Holy Quran that
we should obey our mother and father. One day a man asked Prophet Muhammad sallallaho
alayhe wasallam that
who I should treat very nicely? Prophet Muhammad sallallaho alyhe
wasallam said three times “your mother” and one
time “your father.”
Whenever our parents come from market we
should give water to them and whenever they ask us to do this work we should do
that work only and we should not shout at them and we should not become angry
with them.
Quoting Kids (1)
HUMZA ZUHAK KIRMANI , std. III says:
I obey my parents to make them happy
because Allah said in Holy Quran to treat your parents kindly and talk with
them sweetly. My mother asks me to go for salah,
so I go. I also help my mother in the kitchen and in the market also. She does
lots of work for me. We should study hard to make our parents happy. When they
come from outside we should say salaam and give them water.
Friday, 24 August 2012
A MODEL FOR ALL OF US
M U H A M M A D
sallallaho
alaihi wasallam
Our leader, the messenger of Allah sallallaho alaihi wasallam was the most perfect with excellent qualities.
May we learn from him and follow his steps so that Allah swt will love us. We
should remember that:-
He was always cheerful and smiled at everyone he
met.
He was the most truthful and polite, he never uttered a lie nor any harsh
word.
He did not shout in the market place and was very
refined in his behaviour, he always wore neat clothes.
He treated everyone with love, respect and
kindness, he took great care of his guests.
He was patient, he was thankful and always
remembered Allah swt.
He did not return evil for evil but was glad to
forgive and forget, he prayed for the guidance of his enemies.
He did not lay his hands on anybody except in the
way of Allah during times of jihad and he did not strike anyone, neither a
child nor a woman.
When someone asked for help, he would always give
him what he needed or sometimes if he couldn’t, he would speak kindly to him.
He was very brave and except Allah, he feared none.
Realizing Responsibility
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
Everyone in this world
is striving hard to get success. But what is success? Different people define
it differently. For some, success is a good job, good salary, a comfortable
living; for some its to get a suitable life partner or may be settling in some
foreign developed nation etc. In short, to majority of people, success can be
measured in terms of materialism.
For someone with close
relation with the Quran and sunnah, the perception changes. Success depends
upon the final judgement which takes into account the deeds done in this world.
But the life in this world and the Hereafter are not detached as two separate
entities but they are continuous with a transient phase (Barzakh) in between.
No doubt its only on the Day of Judgement that one would know of its failure or
success!
~All is well that ends well~
So it becomes a
responsibility that we facilitate all possible help to ourselves and others to
be able to succeed on that day. Allah swt says in the Holy Quran, “O you who
believe, protect yourself and your family from the Hell fire.” And indeed to be saved from the torment is to
have succeeded.
Coming to
responsibility, other than providing food, clothes and other basic necessities,
good ‘tarbiyyah’ of the child is an important duty as well.
Children are not only
Allah’s blessings upon us but they are a trust and we are tested through them.
Each one of us parent will be answerable to Allah swt on the Day of Judgement
regarding the way we bring up our kids. And most of us like to believe that its
a set time that this education or rather ‘tarbiyyah’ period starts at, a certain age when we will start
to train them and teach them but often it so happens that it gets late.
Actually tarbiyyah
starts much earlier; as soon as the signs of life’s existence start appearing in the mother’s womb, the
learning starts, the influence on the young mind begins from there itself. You
can observe remarkable difference between the child whose mother was busy
reciting the Quran, doing zikr of her Lord and the child whose mother was ghafil from such pleasantries that have
double sided benefits!
There can be many such
incidents like a daughter not being taught the right way to dress and when its
high time she might just not realize or find it difficult to give up something
that is a habit or she might just refuse! and that is when it gets real late.
Similarly for many other things, for sons and daughters alike, its not easy to
give up something that has become almost second nature but the big question
remains, ‘Why don’t we act at the right time? Right tarbiyyah at the right time
and the right way should be our focus, May Allah swt help us all realize our
responsibility and guide us to do it the way that pleases Him the most and make
our efforts beneficial in both the worlds. (Ameen)
Because its a life time
responsibility, soon after the first three years, as the child grows, the
responsibility of nurturing him starts weighing on the parents’ shoulders. The
search for a good school starts all in the name of educational provisions but
more important is that we start creating that environment with material and
spiritual means together. IMS is such an effort where we not only try to
provide education but also a healthy atmosphere for the moral and behavioural
development of the child referring back and again to the treasures of values in
Islam. Each member- teacher, student, parent, staff, management becomes a part
and thus the environment keeps building on its own. And its a hope that one day
the society then the nation and the world at large would reap the positive
effects of this healthy relation which started with realisation of one’s individual
responsibility!
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