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The Year of Sadness
Introduce young learners to the Year of Sadness when our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ lost those closest to him and still kept going. A heartfelt Sirah lesson about grief, patience, and turning to Allah.
This Sirah lesson year of sadness tells one of the most tender and painful chapters in the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ the year he lost the two people who loved him most.
Our beloved Prophet ﷺ had been calling people to Allah for nearly ten years. Through all of it, two people had stood beside him without wavering: his uncle Abu Talib, who sheltered and protected him, and his wife Khadijah رضي الله عنها, who believed in him from the very first moment. Then, within the same year, both of them were gone. Abu Talib fell gravely ill. Our beloved Prophet ﷺ sat with him one last time and gently invited him to accept Islam. The Quraysh were in the room too, and they kept whispering in his ear until the end. Abu Talib passed away without saying the words. Then Khadijah رضي الله عنها became ill and she too passed away. It was a very sad and painful time.
He was heartbroken but kept going.
Some time later, our beloved Prophet ﷺ travelled to the city of Ta’if, hoping the people there would listen. They did not. They threw stones at him and chased him out until he was hurt and bleeding. Allah sent Angel Jibril عليه السلام and the Angel of the mountains, who offered to crush the people of Ta’if between the hills. Our beloved Prophet ﷺ said no. “I hope one day they will worship Allah alone.” Many years later, they did.
The lesson pauses here with something simple and true: it is okay to feel sad sometimes. Even our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ felt sad.
- Name the two people Prophet Muhammad ﷺ lost in the same year
- Identify some feelings Muhammad ﷺ experienced in this year
- Reflect on what I can do when I feel sad
- Find and colour the name of the city Muhammad ﷺ travelled to during the Year of Sadness
- Unjumble two sets of scrambled letters to spell the names of the two family members of Muhammad ﷺ who passed away in the same year
- Colour and trace the feelings felt while hearing the story
- Fill in the blanks to complete four sentences about what helps when you feel sad
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