Juz by Juz: Prophet Muhammad and the Quraish

Juz by Juz: Prophet Muhammad and the Quraish is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children tell how the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ chose a simple life, and why good deeds matter more than being rich.

The Sheikh reminds the children that Ibrahim's people worshipped idols, and that just as Ibrahim was given miracles, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was given the Qur'an as his greatest miracle. The Prophet ﷺ did not have much money; he had worked as a shepherd. One day the angel Jibreel came to him with a choice: to be a king, or to live as a humble Prophet and servant of Allah. He chose the humble life.

The Prophet ﷺ slept on a hard mat on the floor. When Umar saw it and said that kings slept in great palaces, the Prophet ﷺ told him that Jannah matters more than the riches of this world. Allah does not look at how much money we have, but at our deeds.

The Sheikh then turns to taqwa: remembering Allah in all we do, like saying Bismillah before we eat. He teaches the dhikr after prayer and before sleep, SubhanAllah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu akbar 34 times, a hundred in all. And he talks honestly about how hard it is to concentrate in prayer, because Shaytan whispers to us, children and adults alike.

The children imagine what they would like to eat in Jannah, draw somewhere they could go to do a good deed, and answer a quiz about Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr, and what we say before we eat.

• Sahih al-Bukhari 4913: Umar sees the marks of the mat on the Prophet's ﷺ side and speaks of the kings of Persia and Rome; the Prophet ﷺ says they have this world and we have the Hereafter.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 3113: The Prophet ﷺ teaches Ali and Fatimah to say SubhanAllah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu akbar 34 times before they sleep.
• Sahih Muslim 2564: Allah does not look at your bodies or your appearance, but at your hearts and your deeds.