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Muslim stories: the Crying Camel

I can retell the story of the Crying Camel and explain its deeper meaning.

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Muslim stories: the Crying Camel

I can retell the story of the Crying Camel and explain its deeper meaning.

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Key learning points

  1. The Prophet Muhammad taught using stories with a deeper meaning.
  2. Many are recorded in the hadith, which is a collection of his sayings and stories.
  3. The Prophet told a story of a camel who cried because he was overworked.
  4. The deeper meaning of this story for many Muslims is to have compassion for animals.

Keywords

  • Hadith - a collection of sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad

  • Overworked - making someone work too hard or for too long

  • Compassion - treating people and animals with kindness

Common misconception

Animals are just for humans to use as they wish.

The Prophet Muhammad taught that we should be kind to all animals.


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Muslim stories do not usually include images of the Prophet Muhammad. The slide illustrations follow this convention.
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4 Questions

Q1.
What is a parable?
a small stone found on a beach
Correct answer: a story with a deeper meaning
a story with a happy ending
Q2.
In the Parable of the Lost Son, what did the father do when the son came home?
he sent him to bed without any tea
Correct answer: he welcome him back home
he told him it was his own silly fault
Correct answer: he threw a party for him
Q3.
What are the deeper meanings of the Parable of the Lost Son?
If you leave home, you will end up feeding pigs.
Correct answer: God welcomes everyone back, even if they make mistakes.
Correct answer: It is wrong to be envious.
You should never make mistakes as you will get into trouble.
Q4.
Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
Correct Answer:envious,to feel cross with someone because they have something that you don't
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to feel cross with someone because they have something that you don't

Correct Answer:equal,treating everyone the same
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treating everyone the same

Correct Answer:forgive,putting aside anger because of something a person has done or said
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putting aside anger because of something a person has done or said

Correct Answer:parable,a story with a deeper meaning
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a story with a deeper meaning

4 Questions

Q1.
In the story of the Crying Camel, what did the Prophet give the camel?
hay
Correct answer: water
straw
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Q2.
The __________ is a collection of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Correct answer: hadith
Qur'an
storybook
Bible
Q3.
Match the keywords below to the correct explanations.
Correct Answer:Qur'an,Muslims believe this is the word of God
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Muslims believe this is the word of God

Correct Answer:compassion,showing kindness and understanding
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showing kindness and understanding

Correct Answer:overworked,being pushed to work too much or for too long
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being pushed to work too much or for too long

Correct Answer:hadith,collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
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collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

Q4.
What is the deeper meaning of the story of the Crying Camel?
Camels need more care than other animals.
Water is precious in the desert.
Correct answer: We should show compassion to animals because they are all God's creatures.
You should give camels water so they can work even harder.

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