30 Days of Giving

Obtain a list from the local food bank of items they are in need of. Use the month of Ramadhan to gather one item each day, gifting it on Eid to help those in need.

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Every Good Act Is Charity

Lesson Objectives:
- To learn the importance of charity, different forms of giving, the right intention, and its benefits.

Quran Verse:

Rush to do good 2:148

Fastabiqul khayraat

Key Learning Point:

Everyday we must share with others what Allah has given us. Allah loves those who do good, and He loves it even more when you rush to do good.

Every good deed is charity, even smiling :)

We must make sure our reason for doing the good deed is only for Allah and not show off to others, or moan while doing it. That would make our good deed go to waste.

Sharing what we have and giving charity is a blessing and Allah always rewards us with more than we give.

Song: Give a little of yourself by Dawud Wharnsby
Activity: Charity Worksheet

Activity: Pop before it drops!
Activity: The right intention
Activity: Allah multiplies rewards!

Pray Together

O Allah help us to always be grateful for all the blessings you have given us and make us generous and able to share them with others.Let us always remember that every good we do is only for You!

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Related Activities:
Imam  Ali (as) and the poor
Saving for charity
Litter Picking

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Allah Multiplies Rewards!

Lesson Objective:

- To know that Allah always rewards us with more than we give

Activity: Allah multiplies rewards!
Put a spoonful of baking powder, representing a good deed, into half a cup of vinegar.

Watch the mixture bubble over! A small amount becomes multiplied!

Allah always rewards us with more than we give!

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Pop before it drops!

Lesson Objective:
- To understand that we must rush to do good deeds

Quran Verse:

Rush to do good 2:148

Fastabiqul khayraat

Lesson Introduction: 

‘Allah loves those who do good’, but Allah loves it even more when we ‘‘fastabiqul khayraat’, rush to do good! Remember our whole life is like a competition. It’s a race where we must try to do as many good deeds as we can before our time is up and we are called back to Allah. 

Activity: Pop before it drops!

Blow some bubbles and have the children pop them before they touch the ground! 
Reinforce the lesson and practice the ayat, by reciting the Quranic verse first. Can they still make it?!

Be quick to pop the bubbles before on the ground they lay.

Rush and do good deeds before your chances go away!

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Charity Worksheet

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand the different forms of charity.

Lesson Introduction:

Charity or Sadaqah is a very important part of being a Muslim. Charity is not just giving money. Allah tells us that we must ‘spend out of what He has given.’ When we give in charity, we are sharing what Allah has given us.

Activity: Charity Worksheet - Which of my blessings have I shared today?

Discuss what has Allah given us? How can we use each of our blessings to help those in need?.
Examples include using the car to give lifts, our strong bodies to help carry things, giving our time to visit the elderly who need our company or staying behind late at mosque to clear up.

Challenge: This Ramadhan, can you can give charity from each of the headings brainstormed on the worksheet?

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The Right Intention

Qur'an Verse: 
Lillah, For Allah 6:162

Lesson Objective:

- To understand the importance of having the correct intention

Activity: The Right Intention

Have the children name some good deeds and pump air into a balloon. As the balloon is filled, emphasis the importance of having the right intention and doing every good deed only for Allah and secure the balloon with a peg. Role play scenarios like showing off and as you do so, release the peg and watch all the air escape. Use it as an analogy to explain how good deeds are wasted when we moan, show off etc.

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Give A Little of Yourself

Give A Little By Dawud Wharnsby

Give a little of yourself.

Cure your greed, purify your wealth.

Look around at where you live,

look at all the good you have to give.

Give a little of yourself.

There's a hand somewhere to hold, a mouth to feed.

There's so much that we can do for so many who are in need.

Give our time, give our wealth,

give our love, give ourselves

Know Allah sees each and every hidden deed.

Give a little of yourself.

Cure your greed, purify your wealth.

Look around at where you live,

look at all the good you have to give.

Give a little of yourself.

Take a look at all the people everywhere

who give with open hands and hearts that do what's fair.

Can you see the blessings fall

on believers one and all

who take the time to give, and know it's right to care

Give a little of yourself.

Cure your greed, purify your wealth.

Look around at where you live,

look at all the good you have to give

Give a little of yourself

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Rajab Calendar

Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadhan are three special months that together make a season of worship. A special time to increase in our remembrance of Allah. In this month, we have been taught to try and recite laillaha illa/astaghfirullah and sura Iklhas as much as we can. 

Activity: Rajab calendar

Illustrate the calendar with a drawing and display it as a reminder of the important events in the month.

Download and Print 2019 Calendar

Activity: Happy Birthday Cake by Teaching Young Muslims

Use together with the Rajab calendar to keep track of the celebrations of the month. Template to print candles with the birth dates of each of the Imams available online.

Activity: Surah Ikhlas Dhikr Recitation

The Holy Prophet (S) emphasised great reward in reciting Suratul Ikhlas in the month of Rajab. Make it a habit to recite with the child everyday, marking with a gold star. Leave the stickers in a visible place and encourage the child to try and remember throughout the day. Each recitation is 'like a shining light in the darkness, showing you the way to reach Allah'.

Related Activities:

Season of Worship

Dhikr Tasbeeh Tracking Ideas 

Surah Ikhlas

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Manners of the Prophet (saw)

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand that the Prophet was sent to teach us how to behave with the best manners as taught by Allah in the Qur’an.

- To know what good manners are and why we need them

- To become aware of and incorporate ‘bucket filling’ daily

Quran Verse:

Atiurasool, Follow the Prophet (SAW) 4:59

Lesson Introduction:

Allah has sent the prophet to us as an example and role model of who to copy and be like so that we can have the best of manners.

Good manners help everyone get along together. They make the world a better place to live because people start to think and care about others and not just themselves.

Based on the book Have you filled a bucket today?

Download/Print Bucket Labels

Imagine that everyone carries an invisible bucket. You feel happy and good when your bucket is full and sad when your bucket is empty.

When you say or do something kind to others, you fill their bucket with happiness and your bucket too! It feels great. When you do something wrong and have bad manners, you dip into the bucket and take out some of the good feelings. By upsetting people, we empty their bucket and our own. We both feel sad. All day long, we are either filling up or dipping into each other’s buckets by what we say and do.

Prophet Muhammad was the best bucket filler! He taught and showed us why it’s so important to have good manners and to think of others. You feel good when you help others feel good. By being a bucket filler, you can make your home, your school and your world a better place.

Activity: Be A Bucket Filler
Make a craft bucket using a paper cup and decorate/label. You could also use a glass and pompoms to visually display the bucket filling concept. Each time child demonstrates good manners, praise and reinforce the bucket filling principle. When the bucket is full, reward if/as you wish. 

Acts of Goodness: Continue the concept by encouraging other bucket filling activities. Eg acts of kindness for others, writing thank you notes, helping, picking litter, giving charity, giving compliments etc.

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Smile :)

Lesson Objective: To implement in daily life a practice of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

One of the easiest ways to spread kindness is to smile! 

The Holy Prophet always spoke with a smile. He said that smiling is charity!

Smile Experiment:

Put a pencil between the teeth not letting it touch the lips. Science shows that if you do this for 3 mins, you release hormones from the brain that make you feel good!

When you smile, you feel good. When others see you smile, they feel good too! 

So smiling at someone is like giving them a gift by sharing your happiness. 

Draw a large smiley face or use a smile balloon and place in a prominent place as a reminder to ‘Be like the Prophet’ and ask yourself 'have I made someone smile today?'

Other Activities:
Manners of the Prophet (saw)

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Giving to Charity Shops

Learning Objective:
To understand how giving away our things can benefit lots of different types of worthy causes.

Have a walk down your local high street to have a look at what charity shops there are. Talk about how when we give things away to these shops, they sell it and it helps raise money for different causes. Some may be collecting money to help animals, old people or even very sick children.

Have a clear out and at the end of the day drop your items to a charity shop that the child can help choose.

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Saving for Charity

Learning objective:
Help instill the thought process of saving and giving money to charity rather than spending the whole amount.

Label 3 jars/tins/tissue rolls with spend, save and share.
Have the child decide how he would like to deposit a regular allowance between the three. At he end of the month, decide what you could do with the charity portion.

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Giving Charity Every Day

Learning objective: To give sadaqah daily

Place your sadaqah jar in a visible place

Roll the dice and count out the corresponding number of coins to be placed in the sadaqah jar. Depending on the child's ability, the activity can be extended to include addition of coins from two die rolls or modified to help learning the coin values.
Put the activity on a reward chart for the month and enjoy taking sadaqah every day!

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