The Sad Stump (A Whale of a Wish)

I love her books. I was looking for well written islamic books for ages and I finally found them - it rhymes which enhances literacy in the early years for children and the story line is entertaining and easy to follow. I love that the hadeeth she picks, they are very very suitable for children. I wish to meet Noor Razana one day!!

I love this book including the illustrations and the way the story it's written!

Great!

Very good book

We often hear that we must love the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh), but how do we teach this to our children? How do we teach them about this amazing man that they need to follow and honor? I think it starts with telling them stories about his beautiful seerah, and then they will naturally develop that love. Hearing stories about his beautiful character fills the eyes with tears and the hearts with love, may Allah send peace and blessings on him. One such beautiful rhyming story for children about the Messenger (pbuh) is “The Sad Stump” by razana_noor . It speaks of the tree stump that the Prophet (pbuh) used to lean on while giving his Friday khutbahs. One day, some of the sahaba made him an actual minbar, and so he started to use it instead of the tree. During the Khutbah, the people started to hear sobbing, but no one knew who it was. The Prophet (pbuh) went to the tree and hugged it and told the people that it was crying because it missed him! How beautiful and heart-moving is this tree’s emotions! If this tree cried for being physically far from the beloved Messenger, then how should we feel? The story ends with the Prophet (pbuh) burying the tree (like a human!) and promising it that it would be a tree in Jannah❤️ I love the importance of nature in this story; the Prophet(pbuh) recognizes that the plant had emotions and addressed them, not dismissing it as unimportant. Many stories in the seerah show his mercy and care to plants and animals, and of course he is our best example to follow! Some people destroy nature without giving a second thought to it, but the fact is that it is our duty as Muslims to take care of the Earth around us and to take care of the plants and animals on it.

So beautifully written, and has the Hadith in the back to explain the back story.

Kids love the way it’s written and illustrated