In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the
Most Merciful

• Understand Quran -
• Guidelines for Teachers
• Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

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Outline

• Teaching what and whom? Can I?
• Why should you teach?
• Preparation
• A typical Class
• Dos and Donts

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Teaching What? Whom? Can I?

• Lets be absolutely clear.

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Teaching what?

• To help you understand what you recite everyday.
• To help you start understanding Quran

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Teaching what?

• To take simple basic lessons (for which Quran is
  easy). That too, we will not go for more than 2,
  3 minutes per ayah in a class using a simple
  Tafseer.
• Example Qul huwallau ahad Say He is Allah, the
  one and only.
• NO FIQHI OR TAFSEERI DISCUSSIONS (Unless you are
  a scholar and that too in another class)

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Teach whom?

• Group learning. Nobody is a teacher (unless you
  are a scholar)
• Among your friends
• Between breaks in the office
• In your neighborhoods
• Parallel for gents / ladies
• Parallel for children

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Can I teach?

• Have you studied upto 5th Class?
• Can you read Arabic and English / Urdu?

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Why should you teach?
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Real Business with Allah!

• A Muslim is a businessman
• His business is with Allah
• Look for activities that will pay you most!

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1. The continuing reward

• The continuing reward (after your death) Among
  the 3 things
• Pious children
• Sadaqah jaariyah
• Knowledge And what knowledge? The best one
• AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO MULTIPLY LIVES (AND MORE
  GUARANTEED INSHA-ALLAH THAN OTHERS)

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2. Prophetic work!

• 4 tasks of the Prophet (pbuh)
• TILAWAT
• Tazkiah (purification)
• TEACHING THE BOOK
• Teaching the Wisdom

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3. Following the Advice!

• Remember the advice / order of the Prophet pbuh
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• Convey from me even if it is one verse!

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4. Among the best!

• Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with
  him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace
  be upon him) said The best among you are those
  who have learnt the Quran and TEACH IT (to
  others) Bukhari.

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5. Be the starter and get the blessings!

• On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be
  pleased with him, that the Prophet (peace be upon
  him) said No people gather together in one
  of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of
  Allah and studying it among themselves, without
  tranquility descending upon them, Mercy (of
  Allah) enveloping them, the angels surrounding
  them, and Allah making mention of them amongst
  those who are with Him Muslim.

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6. To learn (for yourself)!!!

• The best way to learn is to teach it!
• Some people say I am still learning
• I say IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN, THEN TEACH
  IT!!!
• If you dont teach (while you can), you are not
  really interested to learn (fast enough)!!!

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Dos and Donts
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To start with

• Intention for the sake of Allah alone
• Many people may praise, thanks, but always
  remember the intention and correct it.
• Ask Allah to help you! (After prayers and ). Is
  it not one of the best job?

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You are a daee (not a teacher!)

• A daee goes to people, whereas students come to
  the teacher
• Those people are your investment. If some people
  are ready to come to you, treat it as an
  excellent opportunity / reward-earning gift from
  Allah.

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You are a daee (not a teacher!)

• Treat them preciously.
• Never criticize
• Always encourage
• Evaluate your performance FIRST and always before
  you do theirs
• Pray for them regularly
• Ask them to pray for you
• Ask them to pray for each other (8th HW?)
• Try your best to get those 7 HWs enacted! Why?
  Next

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Learning Efficiently requires

• Multi-track approach
• Class
• Cassettes
• Posters
• Stickers
• Book
• Index cards
• Pocket book

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Learning Efficiently requires

• Multi-event approach
• Salah
• With friends
• While doing tilawat
• Starting your job

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Rules of Memory

• Systematic repetition
• Next hour
• Next day
• Next week
• Next month
• Next semester

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Clarify Objectives

• FIRST thing you do is clarify objectives
• To help you understand what you recite everyday.
• To help you start understanding Quran
• Politely and humbly explain the objectives and
  Dos and Donts

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In the class, you can ask

• The words which are not clear to you.
• The translation of the words which is not clear
  to you
• The translation of the verse that is not clear to
  you
• The grammar part that is covered in the class so
  far
• Simple basic explanation only not a tafseeri
  level of explanation.

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In this class, please do not ask

• Any deeper interpretation of the verse
• For this, you can ask any scholar near your
  house.
• We would love to go deep but then one can talk
  about one verse for one hour and still it may not
  be enough.
• This is not a Tafseer class. This class is just
  for basic understanding. We want to work on
  basic meanings first.

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In this class, please do not ask

• Any fiqh issues such as
• Is photography right or wrong?
• Should we say Aameen loudly or not?
• Where to put our hands in Salah?
• These questions should be asked to scholars

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In this class, please do not ask

• We dont want to create any problems because
  different students may follow different schools
  of thought such as Hanafi, Shafaee, ahl-hadeeth
  etc..

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In this class, please do not ask

• Any advance grammar questions
• They will come at their own time.
• Ex You dont ask how a TV works in your 3rd
  grade science book. Even if it is explained, you
  can not understand. Just be patient and
  inshaAllah you will understand when you enter
  advanced grades.

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In this class, please do not ask

• Any Tajweed related questions
• We would love to answer them but because of lack
  of time, it is advised that you ask any scholar
  or Qari near your house.
• Ex You dont ask English grammar and
  pronunciation questions in a Science class even
  though science is explained using English
  language.

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Excuses

• for not coming forward to teach

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1. Dont know enough knowledge

• You dont have to know enough.
• Just being knowledgeable about the lessons is
  enough
• We are KG teachers of Quran. (Ex If you want
  your child to be an engineer, you dont look for
  a KG teacher with an engineering degree!).

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2. Cant answer Tafseer questions

• You dont have to know it all!
• Teaching basics of Quran does not mean that you
  have to know enough
• Example A physics teacher (electricity,
  magnetism, wave motion?...) can not repair an
  electronic watch.
• Example A Biology teacher does not have to give
  medicine to a sick student
• Will you blame those teachers? So, why blame
  yourselves?

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3. Cant answer Fiqh questions

• You dont have to know them!
• Even a simple graduate from an Islamic school may
  not be able to answer them
• They should be referred to a fiqh scholar
• So, dont feel embarrassed for not being able to
  answer his question? It is not your area.
• Ask him politely to ask these questions to a
  scholar

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4. Will not be able to Cover!

• With experience, inshaAllah you will be able to
  do that.
• Just compare it with your English or Hindi or
  Science subject and inshaAllah you will be
  confident that you can cover it.

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5. Handling Adv. grammar questions

• Appreciate his/her interest and knowledge
  (Masha-Allah you have )
• Dont answer advanced grammar questions it even
  if you know! It will scare others. It will
  distract them too! Ask them to avoid
• If you dont know, then politely ask them to
  avoid advanced issues in this class.
• Example Will you allow someone to discuss
  Differential equations in a simple math class?
• Just tell them that the time will come soon
  inshaAllah (or after the class).

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6. Handling relevant questions

• Note down the question (in your mind / paper)
• Dont discuss it right then
• Tell them All questions will be answered after
  the class in the next class or when time
  permits
• Ask the students to focus on the current lesson

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7. Dont know Tajweed

• If someone reads nice, encourage him MashaAllah
  Your reading is vey good.
• Try to learn / practice it as much as possible.
• Excellent chance / push for you to learn
• Practice the relevant part (from the lesson)

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8. Dont know myself!

• Just listen to the CDs and practice the sessions
• Listen to MP3 / cassettes during household work
  and driving
• Keep the vocab sheet and refer to it again and
  again at different times

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9. I dont have perfect character

• Nobody has it (except the Prophet pbuh)! We all
  try to improve.
• Tell students frankly that we are also trying to
  be good Muslims

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9. I dont have perfect character

• What you are teaching are not your ideas but that
  of Allah (Quran and Sunnah). You are putting
  them directly in touch with Allahs words. So,
  they should be told to look at the Messenger
  (pbuh) as an example.
• If it were your ideas, they can say that why
  dont you follow what you say. That is not the
  case here at all.

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Guidelines for Every Class
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When you enter the class!

• For yourself
• Make Duaa to Allah that he makes it easy for
  you make it a means to forgive the sins, and to
  get his pleasure. (O Allah, I am doing it solely
  for Your pleasure. PLEEEEEEEASE MAKE IT EASY FOR
  ME).
• Ask it after EVERY PRAYER!!! WHY NOT? The more
  you ask, the better the chance is that you will
  be granted! Remember astajib lakum.
• O Allah! You guided me without asking, so please
  give me

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When you enter the class!

• For Students
• Remind students (once in every 3 or 4 classes)
  that this is the most rewarding class in the
  sight of Allah. That they will get the reward
  for every moment. The 4 fadhail will be there.
  In the sight of Allah, they will be best

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Remind Students about HW

• Tell them to start their HW (with just 5 min or
  at least 3 min.) with this subject
• Tell them to practice understanding in their
  Salah
• Tell them to discuss it with their parents,
  brothers, sisters, and friends and increase the
  reward for themselves
• Tell them to carry that small Vocab sheet
• Play the cassette in your car / home

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Remind Parents

• Let them start every days homework with JUST 5
  or 3 minutes from this part. It will be
  inshaAllah a blessing for them
• Let them also learn with the students
• Let them have the Cassette or the CDs for their
  learning too.

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Monthly Workshop

• To review the problems
• Tajweed 15 minutes in every Workshop
• Points notes

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Some Suggestions
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Tajweed Challenge

• Look for a teacher
• Listen to that Shaikh-kid cassette
• Memorize the rules
• Practice as often as possible

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Learn Arabic

• Try to do a little more (are you not motivated
  with this lucrative business with Allah?)
• Use Multi-track approach multi-event approach

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Jazakumullahu KhairanWhatever was right, is
from Allah! Whatever is wrong, it is from me and
I ask Allahs forgiveness for that.

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