We haven’t had Deen Club for a couple of weeks because the
teachers and children are off school for half term. But to keep the children
(and parents) on their toes, we organised a presentation for them to prepare.
The children needed to research one sahabah or sahabiat and talk about him or
her for ten minutes.
The venue was the beach so the children did not have Power
points or videos to help them, which made their presenting skills a little more
challenging. Consequently (though not that surprising) they did very well in
presenting their special companion to the listeners.
Hafsa started off with Abu-Talha al-Ansari (RA), she
presented two short stories to the group. Her first story was Abu-Talha (RA) and
the beautiful bird; she acted out the part of the bird. She then read out the
story of Abu-Talha (RA) and his guest.
Umar complete with a red bandana presented Abu Dujana Simak bin Kharasha (RA) using a
large poster. Abu- Dujana frequently
distinguishing himself in battle by wearing a red band on his head, and would
often strut in front of his enemies showing them he wasn’t scared. Abu Dujana
(RA), during the Battle of Uhud, received several wounds in his back after
placing himself around Prophet Muhammad (RA) so as to act as a protection from
arrows.
Layth started his presentation with the adhan (call to
prayer,) who is he going to talk about we all wondered?... Bilal (RA) of course!
Layth went through different parts of Bilal’s life beginning with him being a
slave to his conversion. From his persecution at the hands of the Quraish, and
his life as a free Muslim. Layth worked his way through a number of posters
which illustrated these important points in Bilal’s life.
Hmm I wonder who Khadija will
present to the group... how about Khadija bint Khuwaylid (RA)? Our Khadija was the only
person who presented a female companion which made listening to her presentation
all the more interesting. She talked about her life before marrying Prophet
Muhammed (SAW) and her conversion to Islam. Khadija handed out word searches
and a maze for the children to complete when they get home- jazzakullah khair Khadija!
Huda finished off with Umar ibn al Khattab (RA), she had
questions to ask after each part of the presentation just to make sure nobody
was falling asleep. Huda chose Umar (RA) because she admired his fearlessness.
She also talked about his late conversion to Islam and his role as caliph after
the death of Abu-Bakr.
We ended the presentation by going around and asking the audience who their favourite companion is, some people explained their reasons as well. We hope that these great companions become our children’s role models, their lives are studied and their way of living put into practice, in sha’Allah
