HADITH 32for ages 9-10

Learning the Qur’an

Lessons learnt from this Hadith:

1. The Qur'aan is the greatest gift and blessing of Allah.2. Those who are making an effort to learn or teach the Qur'aan are very fortunate as they are best of all people.3. We should always try to learn to recite the Qur'aan correctly with Tajweed.4. We should also learn the meaning of the Qur'aan and practice on its teachings.5. Great rewards have been promised for those who are learning or teaching the Qur'aan.

Many students were studying Hadith in MadinahMunawwarah by Imaam Maalik . One day there was anannouncement that an elephant had come into the town. An elephant is a very strange animal to the Arabs. The students heard this announcement and immediately left the lessons and ran out. One of the students, whose name was Yahya, remained seated peacefully. Imaam Maalik asked him: “There are no elephants in the country that you live in. Why don’t you also go to see it?” Yahya replied:“Hadhrat, I left Spain to meet you and learn from you. Idid not leave my hometown to see elephants.” Imaam Maalik was very pleased when he heard this reply and gave him the title; "The most intelligent of the people ofAndalus (Spain).”

Happy Land for Islamic TeachingsMaterial taken from the book “Tasheelul Ahaadeeth wal Akhlaaq