Teaching Muslim Kids Their Identity: A Simple Activity for Ages 2-10

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

sisters,

I hope you are all in high eemaan and good health. I have been teaching this free resource in my classes — a resource that teaches our Muslim children their identity and who they are as Muslims. It comes with a little image they can decorate with clothes and hair themselves, the clothes they are wearing or want to wear. The children absolutely loved decorating it, Allahumma bārik.

We didn’t draw any faces due to the Hadith:

The Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) stated: “Jibrīl (‘alaihis-salām) came to me and said: ‘I came to you last night and was prevented from entering only because there were images of men at the door—and there was a decorated curtain in the house with images on it, and there was a dog inside the house. So order the head on the image to be removed so that it resembles the form of a tree—order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may sit and order the dog to be turned out.’” The Messenger of Allah (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) did that. The dog was a puppy belonging to Al-Hasan or Al-Husayn and was under their bench, so he ordered it to be turned out. Tirmidhī no. 2806, Abu Dawūd, no. 4158, graded sahīh by Al-Albāni.

We had so much fun doing this together and talking about who they are as Muslims: how they believe in Allah, Islam is their religion, Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is their Prophet, and how they follow the Salaf. You could also add, near where it says “My name is…”, for example: I am a girl and my name is Maryam.

Or if it’s for a boy, you can write: I am a boy and my name is Muhammad. We enjoyed some snacks while talking about this, and the lesson was such a blessed one, alhamdulillāh.

I wanted to share it with you because it’s so easy to do and so effective upon them if you help them memorise the information.

It also helps when you are teaching them other lessons — whether it’s manners, character, or any other matters of the religion. You can say, “We are Muslims — we follow what Allah and His Messenger say, remember?” So if they say we should be kind to others, then that is what we should do, In shaa’ Allah.

In a world full of evils trying to take the beliefs and identity away from our children, I feel like it’s a must that we sit and do things like this with them.

If you are looking for a lesson you can sit and do with your children — and don’t think you can’t do it because you are not a teacher — of course you can. You are a mother, may Allah bless you, and this is your job, and no one deserves this job more than you do.

This resource can be used as a cut and stick activity for younger children, and a writing activity for older children. I’m sure all ages will have fun with this one.

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Here is the resource I used in class:

Link to resource https://www.authenticislamicteaching.com/product-page/who-am-i

Let me know if you have as much fun as we did!