Juz by Juz: Musa and Khidr

Juz by Juz: Musa and Khidr is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children tell the Qur'an story of Prophet Musa (AS) and Khidr, a servant of Allah to whom Allah had given special knowledge.

Musa was asked whether anyone knew more than him. There was someone, Khidr, and Musa set off to learn from him, with a young man, Yusha, carrying a fish in a basket. They would find Khidr where the fish left the basket. The fish slipped away, but they forgot about it and walked on, and the next day they followed their own footprints back. There they found Khidr, whose name, the Sheikh explains, comes from the Arabic word for green.

Khidr let Musa come with him on one condition: he must be patient and ask no questions. Then Khidr did three things that seemed wrong. He made a hole in a boat. He took the life of a boy. And he rebuilt a falling wall for nothing. Each time, Musa could not help asking why. Khidr explained. A bad king was seizing every good boat, and a damaged one would be left alone. The boy would have grown up to do wrong, and Allah would give his parents a better child. And under the wall was treasure belonging to two orphans.

The Sheikh draws two lessons: nobody knows more than Allah, and when someone asks for help, we help them.

The children draw something you find on the sea and a pirate's treasure, and answer a quiz about the mother of Prophet Isa, the time the fast begins and the angels who write down our deeds.

• Surah Al-Kahf 18:60-82: Musa's journey with his young companion, the lost fish, and his travels with the servant of Allah - the boat, the boy and the wall.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 122: The Prophet ﷺ tells the full story of Musa and Khidr, naming Musa's companion as Yusha bin Nun.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 3402: Khidr was given his name because the bare ground where he sat turned green.