Islamic stories and games about the mosque for kids
2 titles · Ages 4-9
The mosque, or masjid, is the house of Allah, where Muslims pray together, learn and meet as a community. These Miraj stories, games, videos and audiobook show children what happens there and let them build and decorate one of their own.
Stories and videos about the mosque
What happens at the mosque, and why does it matter?
In the games, children build it with their own hands: they piece together a mosque and its courtyard, decorate a dome in their own colours, and finish puzzles of the patterns Islamic art is known for. Other puzzles piece together the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Kaaba at the heart of Hajj.
The stories visit famous mosques. On the Night Journey, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ leads the earlier prophets in prayer at Masjid al-Aqsa. In his mosque in Madinah, a date-palm stump cries when he stops leaning on it. And in Fez, Fatima al-Fihri builds a mosque and a university for everyone to learn in.
Closer to home, a grandfather imam races across land and sea to call the adhan on time, a father and son walk to the mosque on a hot day, and a little cat saves a man sleeping in the mosque from a snake.
On each title's page you will find the lessons it teaches and a few things to talk about, which can make the next visit to your local mosque a little more meaningful.
Key lessons children take from these stories and videos
- Al Qaswa was the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ favourite camel.
- Allah took the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Jerusalem and up to the heavens in one night.
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Frequently asked questions
How can I get my child excited about going to the mosque?
Talk about what happens there before you go, from the adhan to praying side by side. Building a mosque in a puzzle game, or reading about a family's walk to the mosque, gives a young child a picture of it in advance.
Why are mosques decorated with patterns instead of pictures?
Mosques are decorated with patterns of shapes, flowers and Arabic writing rather than pictures of people or animals, because Islam does not allow such pictures in a place of worship, and so that nothing takes the mind away from prayer. The design games here let children try this kind of pattern for themselves.
Which famous mosques do these titles show?
They visit Masjid al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the Prophet's ﷺ mosque in Madinah, the Kaaba in Makkah, which Muslims face when they pray, and the mosque Fatima al-Fihri built in Fez.
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