Muslim stories: the Crying Camel
I can retell the story of the Crying Camel and explain its deeper meaning.
Muslim stories: the Crying Camel
I can retell the story of the Crying Camel and explain its deeper meaning.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The Prophet Muhammad taught using stories with a deeper meaning.
- Many are recorded in the hadith, which is a collection of his sayings and stories.
- The Prophet told a story of a camel who cried because he was overworked.
- 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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Starter quiz
4 Questions
to feel cross with someone because they have something that you don't
treating everyone the same
putting aside anger because of something a person has done or said
a story with a deeper meaning
Exit quiz
4 Questions
Muslims believe this is the word of God
showing kindness and understanding
being pushed to work too much or for too long
collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad