Airports, planes, cars, petrol pumps, weddings, hair salons, restaurants, hospitals, and libraries are places that provide opportunities to teach values. Educators can teach children time management, planning, responsibility, respect, using waiting time productively, the importance of science and maintenance through interactions at these locations. Values like patience, kindness, cleanliness and offering advice can also be learned.
2. To show Some Values benefited from
Different Places visited.
We will show in this presentation some values only and
the educators can think about other values which can be
provided
The Objective of this
presentation:
3. Real Educators are those who take any chance in any
place to educate values or morals in persons with them.
We notice that parents take their children outside their
home most of the days like Masjids, Markets, Petrol
Stations and so on.
Educators Role:
5. Airports
Airports are one of the important places for any country since they are the
first places which anyone from outside will see and they are the places
which people travel to other countries, so many countries take much care
and provide special importance of their airports. Let us go through some
values which can be benefited from these places:
6. - One of the most important things
while talking about Airports is
Time since all travels are related
directly with time. Whoever
doesn’t take care about time, will
suffer and may miss or loose many
things.
- Right Planning is another
important thing needed. Planning
should start before traveling in
order to organize all things.
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Values:
7. - Taking Responsibilities can be
taught in airports. Children or
teenagers can be responsible for
some items like passports or bags,
but with close care from parents.
- Respect and nice dealing with all
who are in airport.
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8. - Using waiting time until going to
plane for good things like reading
Qur'an or book or any good thing.
If prayer time occur, it shall be
done if possible also.
- Thanking Allah in case of reaching
the destination safely.
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9. Inside Plane
One of things related to airport especially for travelers is using planes as
transportation to other countries. There are values which can be provided
from this place such as:
10. - Reciting plane riding supplication
and asking Allah to make the travel
easy and safe.
- Using time inside the plane for
doing good things. It is great
chance for anyone to improve
himself in many fields especially if
the travel time is long.
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Values:
11. - Knowing the value and
importance of Science. With this
science, people were able to invite
something which can take them to
long distances in short times.
- If there is any chance to advise
others, one should take this
opportunity. Some people take
chances to talk to his neighbor and
advise him in very polite and nice
ways.
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12. Inside Car
Cars are the main transportation for most of people. Unfortunately, many
parents or educators don’t use the time inside the car to teach or discuss
values with those who educate them although time spent in car is not
little. There are many values which can be taught in cars such as:
13. - Reciting car riding supplication
which is “Subhanal-ladhi sakh-
khara lana hadha, wa ma kunna
lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila Rabbina
lamunqalibun” [Muslim].
- Knowing that this car is great
favor from Allah, so one should
thank Allah for it and use it for
right purposes.
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Values:
14. - Learning some ethics while
driving like not being anger at any
time even if other drivers made
mistakes towards us. Being angry
is very bade ethic and should be
avoided.
- There are many bad situations
which driver will see while driving
like accident and injuries. In this
case, one should thank Allah
always that he didn’t face these
situations and was safe while
driving.
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15. - Car needs oil in order to run and
whenever the oil is less, the driver
should fill the car immediately with oil;
otherwise; the car will stop. The same
applies to human as he needs energy
also in order to work and produce in life.
The most important energy for human is
worships and relation with Allah.
- Car needs also periodic maintenance to
continue running for longer period.
Human also needs renew stations in his
life (like car maintenance) in order to
continue working and producing. These
stations can be daily, weekly, monthly or
whenever needed.
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16. Petrol Pumps
There is no week passes without going to petrol pump once or twice.
Some times parents or educators go to these places with those who
educate them, but rarely they teach them any values from these places.
Some of the values which can be taught from these places are:
17. - People fill their car with fuel by
different amount. Some of them fill
fully, some with half and some with
less than that. Positive people needs
fuel also (Worship, reading, doing
sport…). The effect of this person will
depend on the amount of fuel he
takes.
- Concentration can be learnt from fuel
indicator since the driver should
always see this indicator; otherwise;
he can go into bad situations.
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Values:
18. - Respect and nice dealing to be
followed with all people in petrol
pumps especially with workers who
fill the tanks.
- Patience while waiting especially if
many cars are there. This waiting time
can be invested in many good things
like reading and listening to Qur’an or
remembering Allah or any good
things.
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19. Weddings
Weddings are important places which many values can be taught. It is
important that parents take their children to these places in order to teach
them important values such as:
20. - Obedience of the Prophet (Peace Be
Upon Him) who said: “There are six
rights of a Muslim upon a Muslim: -
one of them - when he invites you,
respond to him” [Muslim].
- Going to wedding will increase the
relation between brothers and this is
one of the Islam's objectives.
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Values:
21. - Performing greetings to others
is very important and anyone
goes to wedding should
perform greeting to all saying
(As-Salamu `Alaikum wa
Rahmatullah)
- Saying nice and happy things
and avoiding saying sad or bad
things since these occasions are
for happy things.
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22. - Applying Islam Etiquettes of eating
and drinking like what Prophet (Peace
Be Upon Him) said to one boy:
“Mention Allah's Name (i.e., say
Bismillah before you start eating), eat
with your right hand and eat from
what is near to you". [Al-Bukhari and
Muslim].
- People move in their life between
happiness and sadness. Today one will
be in wedding and tomorrow in
consolation.
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23. Haircut Salon
Haircut salons are places which men, teenagers and even children visit
many times. Purpose of these places – as shown from their name – is for
cutting hairs or beard trimming. Some values which can be taught are:
24. - Good Appearance should be
taken care by Muslims, but this
should be controlled by Islam
directions regarding hairs and
beards.
- Whenever there is a chance for
an advice, positive person
should perform that in good
way and right time especially
when he sees bad things.
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Values:
25. - Invest time by doing good things like
reading Qur’an or book or
remembering Allah while waiting for
turn.
- Thanking the barber after completing
the task. The prophet (Peace Be Upon
Him) says: “Who is favoured by
another and says to his benefactor:
`Jazak-Allah khairan (may Allah reward
you well)' indeed praised (the
benefactor) satisfactorily.'‘ [At-
Tirmidhi].
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26. Restaurants
Restaurants are places which many people visit especially in malls or
shopping centers. Restaurants differs in their sizes and levels and this this
reflected in type of visitors and food provided for these visitors. Some
values which can be benefited from these places are:
27. - Dealing with respect and smile
with the person who will take
the orders taking into
consideration if the person is
male or female. Always Islam
rules come first.
- Saying ‘Bismillah’ before
eating and saying ‘Al-
Hamdulillah’ after it.
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Values:
28. - Taking care of place cleaning
especially if there are children.
- Performing Advice in good ways
and right times especially if there
are bad things. Also, suggestions
can be provided to improve
something which reflect the
positivity of the person.
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29. Hospitals
Hospitals are one of the main places in any country since they have very
importance role. Nowadays there are specialized hospitals after it was one
hospital containing many sections. Some of the values which can be taught
in these places can be:
30. - Knowing the value of wellness and
healthiness by seeing these large of
patients with different kinds of
diseases. The prophet (Peace Be Upon
Him) says: “Ask Allah for Amnesty and
Wellness” [At-Tirmidhi].
- The patient should know that by his
disease, Allah will forgive his sins. The
Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) says:
“Never a believer is stricken with a
discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a
grief or mental worry or even the
pricking of a thorn but Allah will
expiate his sins on account of his
patience"[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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Values:
31. - Knowing that Allah is the only one who
has the healing of any disease, but this
has no conflict with going to doctors
and taking medicines. The important
thing is that the heart believe in Allah’s
healing.
- Whoever visit any patient has great
reward from Allah. The Prophet (Peace
Be Upon Him) says: “When a Muslim
visits a sick Muslim at dawn, seventy
thousand angels keep on praying for
him till dusk. If he visits him in the
evening, seventy thousand angels keep
on praying for him till the morning; and
he will have (his share of) reaped fruits
in Jannah'‘ [At-Tirmidhi].
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32. Library
We mean by library the place which people go to read or brow books.
Although these places are not visited too much especially in places which
reading is not very common, there are many of them around the world.
Some values which can be taught from these places are:
33. - The importance of reading good
things especially that the first A’ya
of Qur’an is (Read). It is very
important to make children love
reading and this can be done by
visiting libraries and read there
together.
- Whoever visit library frequently
will gain great knowledge which
will lead to more influence on
others.
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Values:
34. - Selecting right books. It is
necessary that we read
everything, but we need to read
books which benefit us and
others.
- It is very important to have
library at home. Visiting
libraries will help in establishing
home library in good and
systematic way.
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