A book review titled 'Nabi e Kareem Bahasiat Muallim'

1. PROPHET (‫)ﷺ‬ AS
MUALLIM
TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
A BOOK REVIEW

2. STATUS AND RESPONISBILITIES OF PROPHET‫ﷺ‬
ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬ِ‫ه‬ِ‫س‬ُ‫ف‬ْ‫ن‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ا‬‫وًل‬ُ‫س‬َ‫ر‬ ْ‫م‬ِ‫يه‬ِ‫ف‬ َ‫ث‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬ ْ‫ذ‬ِ‫إ‬ َ‫ين‬ِ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ْ‫ؤ‬ُ‫م‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬ ‫ى‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ُ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬َ‫م‬ُ‫ي‬َ‫و‬ ْ‫م‬ِ‫يه‬ِ‫ك‬َ‫ز‬ُ‫ي‬َ‫و‬ ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ت‬‫ا‬َ‫ي‬‫آ‬ ْ‫م‬ِ‫ه‬ْ‫ي‬َ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬ ‫و‬ُ‫ل‬ْ‫ت‬َ‫ي‬ ْ‫م‬ُ‫ه‬ُ‫م‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ع‬َ‫اب‬َ‫ت‬ِ‫ك‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬ ُ‫م‬
ٍ‫ين‬ِ‫ب‬ُ‫م‬ ٍ‫ل‬ َ‫َل‬َ‫ض‬ ‫ي‬ِ‫ف‬َ‫ل‬ ُ‫ل‬ْ‫ب‬َ‫ق‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ن‬‫ا‬َ‫ك‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬َ‫و‬ َ‫ة‬َ‫م‬ْ‫ك‬ ِ‫ح‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫و‬(164)
• 164. Allah did confer a great favor on the believers when He sent among them a
messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah,
Sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before
That, they had been in manifest error. (Al e Imran)
َ‫ع‬ُ‫م‬ ‫ى‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫ث‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫ك‬َ‫ل‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬‫ا‬‫ت‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ت‬ُ‫م‬ َ‫ًل‬َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬‫ا‬‫ت‬ِ‫ن‬َ‫ع‬ُ‫م‬ ‫ى‬ِ‫ن‬ْ‫ث‬َ‫ع‬ْ‫ب‬َ‫ي‬ ْ‫م‬َ‫ل‬ َ َّ‫اَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬‫ا‬‫ا‬‫ر‬ِ‫س‬َ‫ي‬ُ‫م‬ ‫ا‬‫ا‬‫م‬ِ‫ل‬
• Allah did not send me to be harsh, or cause harm, but He has sent me to teach
and make things easy. (Muslim)

3. َ‫ان‬ِ َّ‫اَّلل‬ ُ‫ل‬‫و‬ُ‫س‬َ‫ر‬-‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫صلى‬-ِ‫ف‬ ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ب‬‫ا‬َ‫ح‬ْ‫ص‬َ‫أ‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫اا‬‫د‬َ‫ح‬َ‫أ‬ َ‫ث‬َ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ذ‬ِ‫إ‬َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ ِ‫ه‬ ِ‫ر‬ْ‫م‬َ‫أ‬ ِ‫ض‬ْ‫ع‬َ‫ب‬ ‫ى‬‫وا‬ُ‫ر‬ِ‫ش‬َ‫ب‬َ‫ًل‬َ‫و‬
‫وا‬ُ‫ر‬ِ‫س‬َ‫ع‬ُ‫ت‬ َ‫ًل‬َ‫و‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ر‬ِ‫س‬َ‫ي‬َ‫و‬ ‫وا‬ُ‫ر‬ِ‫ف‬َ‫ن‬ُ‫ت‬
• Narrated Abu Masa that when the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬ deputed
any of his Companions on a mission, he would say:
Give tidings (to the people) ; do not create (in their minds) aversion
(towards religion) ; show them leniency and do not be hard upon them.

4. •The Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ had a great passion and grief (pain) for
educating people
•Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ used to educate at every suitable time and place
and every type of people of society
•Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ has educated and mentored men, women,
youngsters, kids, villagers, new Muslims, Friends..
•Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ used to benefit from every chance of educating

5. • Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ used to manage and gain whole and sole attention of students, He
used to face them and commanded them to give attention towards him
• Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ used to put his efforts to create happiness in the hearts of students
and created an environment to create love and affection between them.
• So Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ used to greet / welcome them, used to call them with names and
‘kunyat’ ( A way of showing love, affection and honor in Arabian Culture)
• Sometimes Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬ placed his hands on their shoulders, hands and
sometimes used to hit them with foot affectionately and prayed for them

6. • The Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) used to manage that his talk is understood
completely, purpose is cleared and talked matter has entered into
hearts and minds
• So he (‫ﷺ‬) used to utter words clearly separated from eachother
• Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) used to repeat things some times even more than three
times, even seven times is also reported
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ used signals and symbols and used different shapes and forms
to make his matter properly understood
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ explained facts with examples

7. • He (‫)ﷺ‬ used methodology of comparison to clarify the difference
between different and contrary principles
• Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) used to count while teaching to make it reach their hearts
• Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) is the perfect live walking model of teachings imparted by
his tongue
• The deeds of ‘Shariah’ he (‫)ﷺ‬ used to picturize by words and then
showed his (‫)ﷺ‬ practical demonstration of taught material
• The students weren’t left with any hesitation, confusion or difficulty in
performing after they were taught

8. • Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) often used the Inquisitive style (Istafham) and used to ask
about intellectual things from them
• Prophet (‫ﷺ‬) used unclear words (signals) to teach something worth
infamy
• But while establishing the legal rulings talked openly and clearly
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ allowed students to ask questions, used to praise good
questions, encouraged the questionnaire, some times used to answer
more than asked
• Sometimes used metaphors, similes, estimations on similar things
(Qiyas)

9. • He (‫ﷺ‬) stayed quiet if question was not known to him waiting for
revelation
• However he (‫)ﷺ‬ used to get annoyed on vain issues and things
producing difficulty for him or others
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ had granted his students the permission to do discussion,
debate and question answers
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ had commanded his companions / students to remind him if he
forgets things
• Sometimes he (‫)ﷺ‬ allowed able students to teach others in his
presence
• He (‫)ﷺ‬ listened to assigned chapter from students on his desire

10. •He (‫)ﷺ‬ used to behave even humbly ( Mutawazu), softly and
kindly with his students
•He (‫)ﷺ‬ used to pay more attention to the needs of his students
compared to his own household requirements
•However he (‫)ﷺ‬ used to get unhappy and angry on an
unexpected error or lack of understanding of some matter by
someone who is intellectually able

11. •He (‫)ﷺ‬ was very well aware of abilities of his students
•He (‫)ﷺ‬ used to take into consideration the circumstances of
students while teaching, educating or mentoring
•He (‫)ﷺ‬ used to observe the effects and influences of his words
and actions on their expressions and used to explain the
required thing at the time of need
•He (‫)ﷺ‬ used to ask about the absent students and
compensated the reasons at his utmost of their absence

12. •He (‫)ﷺ‬ was the teacher who provided ease and comfort while
teaching (Quality and Quantity)
•He (‫)ﷺ‬ didn’t set any obligatory level or limit in teaching rather
he used to instigate every one to learn according to his capacity

14. SOCRATES WITH STUDENTS