the story of the prophet (saw)

one day, when my husband was away, i was putting nadia nasira to sleep and i heard a tiny voice with her thumb in her mouth, mummy, i want king arthur's story. her mat salleh daddy tells her the story of king arthur and his daughter, princess zara. the part that makes me upset about the story is the fact that the queen had passed away!!!! does she understand the concept of passing away? well, the story is totally about the king and his princess' life.

oh well...since i am upset about the story, i told nadia nasira that mummy will tell her another story and she can wait for daddy to tell her king arthur's story. so, i said i will tell you the story of the prophet. she said, don't want. i said, i will tell you a story about the messenger of Allah. she was agreeable to it. i used to let them listen to the story in my car read by Yusof Islam. so, she is familiar with the term messenger of Allah.

the story goes like this.... (told with the choices of words that are familiar to her)!!!

once a upon a time, there was a boy. his name is muhammad. muhammad was born in mecca. his father's name is abdulla. his mother's name is amina. his grandfather's name is abdul mutalib (she laughs when i say abdul mutalib...sounds funny to her). his uncle's name is abu talib.

muhammad's father is businessman. he goes to many places on business trips. one day, he got sick and went to Allah (passed away) while muhammad was in his mother's stomach (womb). muhammad stayed with his mother. muhammad is a very good boy. he loves his mother and listens to his mother. when muhammad was 6 years old, his mother fell ill and went to Allah. muhammad stayed with his grandfather, abdul mutalib. his grandfather went to Allah when muhammad was 8 years old. after that, his uncle abu talib took care of him.

everyone likes muhammad. he is very polite. when he was older, he helped his uncle to take care of the animals in the farm (nadia nasira would say...no...animals at the zoo). he became a shepherd (nadia nasira would say...no...a zoo keeper). the story would end here and the discussion whether muhammad took care of the animals at the zoo or farm and whether muhammad is a zoo keeper or shepherd would continue until we become quiet and she falls asleep....