Tell Me About Muhammad (s.a.w)

The following is a homework assignment for Group Abu Bakr students
Due on Saturday April 5th, 2013


A. Watch the video below and answer the following questions:

1. Where did the Muhammad (s.a.w) go every year. What happened in this special place.
2. What did this special creature say to Muhammad (s.a.w) at this special place.
3. What good news did the cousin of Khadija (r.a) give to her husband.
4. What did the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) say about: (a) God (b) poor people (c) women (d) earth
(e) judgement.
5. How did the people react when the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) asked them to save themselves from Hellfire.
6. Who is the owner of our body and our soul.
7. Why did Abu Talib ask the Prophet Muhammad (saws) to stop teaching Islam.
8. How did Hamza (r.a) become a Muslim.
9. How did Sumayyah die.
10. What do the Muslims say about Prophet Jesus (pbuh).
11. Why did Umar become Muslim.
12. What happened to the Muslims for 3 years.
13. What happened in the year of sadness.
14. What one word will give us the leadership of the whole world.
15. Which new city had hundreds of Muslims.

B. If you have this book, please bring it to class next week inshaAllah:

Understanding the Presence of Allah

Once Allah's Messenger, Muhammad (s.a.w) was offering his Salah at the Ka'bah. Uqbah ibn Abee Mu'ayt twisted his neck with a piece of cloth until the Messenger was nearly chocked, strangle.d When Abu Bakr (r.a) saw the violence, he rushed to the spot and save the Messenger Muhammad (s.a.w). He then asked Uqbah, "Would you kill a person simply because he says that Allah is his Creator?" So Uqbah left Muhammad (s.a.w) and started attacking Abu Bakr (r.a). 

Allaah made everything 

He made everything you see 

He made your Mum and your Dad 

And He made you and me! 

He made the clouds in the sky 

He makes the wind blow 

He makes it rain down on the soil 

So trees and plants can grow 

He gives us food 

So we can eat 

Vegetables 

And grains and meat 

He gives us water 

Sweet and pure 

But that’s not it 

He gives us more 

He made the Moon 

He made the Sun 

Light and warmth 

For everyone! 

Who else can do 

All these things? 

No-one at all 

Not even kings! 

Allaah takes charge 

Of all there is 

All that we have 

Is really His 

He made each thing 

And takes care of it 

Don’t pray to another 

Not even a bit! 

I am Proud to be a Muslim

 I wish you could look into the mirror and see beyond your face, way past the surface of your skin. More than what the world tells you what it wants you to be, more than what your friends tells you who are. You are more than any label or stereotype, bigger than any first glance or expectation. You are more.

You are more than the scoop neck tops in bright colors, pearl earrings and golden heart locket, jeans and puma shoes. More than all the Cool Dudes XPs. More than all that frustration spent on trying to live up to the ridiculous styles in magazines. You are not defined by your age, your weight, your colour or yoqr braids. You are much, much more.

You are more than what you learn in school.  You are more than what you do for homework and what you eat. You are everything beyond the movies, video games, music and trends you love.

You are more than those secrets you keep. You are better than your mistakes. You can rise higher than everyone’s expectations. You are bigger than your goals, your dreams and your fantasy.

You are a Muslim.

Stand up and say you love Islam! You follow the Qur’an!

Don’t be ashamed.

I am proud of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). I won't forget his kindness, gentility, his fastidiousness, his simplicity, his piety. I will gladly devout my entire life to be just like him.

My body is Allah’s perfect creation, made for His adoration.

My soul is for sacrifice and contemplation.

My quests in this life are not material.

I seek closeness to Allah and pleasures of the Paradise most convivial. superior.

I have no fears; my spirits finds hope and peace in prayer.

Islam is Allah's gift. 

President Barak Obama appreciates Islam for all the wonderful treasures it gave to our world. 

Iqra! Read!

Islam is a religion of knowledge. 

It came to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) from Allah through the revelation of the Qur'an. 

Read the Qur'an to learn about Islam.

People who live Islam by following the Qur'an will inshaAllah

meet Allah!

Meet the Prophte Muhammad (s.a.w)

Using the following link, describe the following features of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w): http://www.inter-islam.org/hadeeth/stmenu.htm

1. Height:
2. Complexion:
3. Hair colour:
4. Hair style:
5. Beard Hair:
6. Built:     

Short Answer Questions:

1. What type of clothing did the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) wear?
2. What sort of shoes where available to the Prophet Muhamamd (s.a.w)?
3. How did theProphet Muhammad (s.a.w) walk?
4. Briefly mention the sitting etiquette of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).
5. Describe the eating manners of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).
6. Describe the bread and the curry enjoyed by the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).
7. What fruits and beverages did the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) like?
8. Describe the manner of speaking and laughing of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).
9. How did the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) sleep?

Evolution Decite

Muslims believe that the universe and all living organisms originate from the specific act of Divine Creation by Allah. We may not be able to see Allah but He exists. All sciences and signs point inevitably toward His direction. When we reflect upon our own existence we will come to realize, that at some point in time, we began to exist. We had a "birth" day. Since we were once non-existent and are now in existence, it follows that we must have had a beginning. In light of this, we can make some interesting points: we did not come out of nothing because from nothing, nothing comes; we obviously did not create ourselves so there must be a cause or Creator of our existence. In the same way, the universe had a beginning, it did not create itself and it did not come out of nothing. The best explanation is that the universe must have been created or brought into existence by something. 

The Qur'an encourages us to speculate: "Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason." (2:164) What causes the alternation of night and day? Who made the sun and the moon? Why does the wind blow? How does it rain? Where does life come from? What is the origin and source of this phenomena? Lets reflect upon our own being. Descartes said, ‘I think, therefore I am…’ But who is this ‘I’? Where did 'I' come from? Who 'caused' me?

The. Qur’an answers, "Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds." (7:54)

Evolution is belief in a theory that there is no God, the universe and all living organism came into existence by itself. Scientific research in the following video produces empirical evidence and which contradict evolutionist interpretations

Fossil records of evolution of living organism lacks transititional forms - there is no evidence, just hypothesis that one species of aniamls transformed into another species.  For example, small scale changes such as size of finch beaks or slight changes in colours within the same species of birds does not mean evolution. In fact, scientists have challenged the ability of animals randomlly mutating into different creatures. Scientists believe that all living creatures have a complex DNA which contains biological feautures of its own species. For example, a cat can never give birth to a goat or randomly develop the characteristics of a koala bear. Please see the video for more discussion on the topic.