1B - RE - Islam - The Prophet Muhammad

Lesson: Religious education

Topic - What do Muslims believe in?

Lesson 2 : Who was prophet Muhammad and why is he important to Muslims?

Children learnt that muhammad was the founder and  the last prophet of Islam and that he was seen as an important leader to Muslims.

Children gave examples of what makes a good leader and who is a good leader to them.

The children talked about what  a leader is and what they do. They discussed a leader sets an inspiring or good example. 

The children then learnt about Muhammad the prophet:

Muhammad is believed by Muslims to be the last prophet sent by God (Allah). 

They believe he is such a special leader that he has over 1.5 billion followers who respect him, all over the world. People have followed his teaching for over 1400 years.

More than 1400 years ago he taught all Muslim people how to follow God. He is so special that when Muslims talk about him, when they say his name they say ‘Peace be upon him’. And when they write his name they put the letters ‘PBUH’ after his name. 

The children listened to some stories that helped show how Muslims think of God (Allah) and how following God shows them ways to behave such as, ‘Muhammad and the cat’ and ‘The Crying Camel’. (Muslims believe it is wrong to show pictures of Muhammad and to show his face, and that any images you see of him are not actually of Muhammad).

The Crying Camel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ1Xq50OSUw 

They thought about the difference this story could make to how a Muslim person lives their life.

Children then wrote on post-it notes words that describe Prophet Muhammad as a person/leader. 

Many Muslims believe Muhammad PBUH was a very important leader. The children discussed as a class who is a good leader to them and why. 

For their task, the children wrote about who is a good leader to them and why.