 Salamu alaikum. Are you guys ready to start? Mashallah you guys have been very patient. Thank you guys for being so patient So we're gonna start on our hedge adventure. Do you guys all see the map? This is our hedge adventure map I'm gonna take you on a journey the journey of a haji We're gonna use this map to kind of guide us from which area to which area we go to during hedge So today, we are gonna go on a journey of hedge It's an amazing journey that people usually only get to take once in a lifetime First before we get to hedge. We must enter into a state of ehram. Who knows what is ehram? Raise your hand if you know what ehram is Mashallah, we have a few hands To be in ehram we have to follow strict rules for clothing For an actions like no cutting our hair or our nails. Oh also no stitch clothing for men It's also very important that we make sure that there is no fighting Do you have your hedge adventure? Now it's time for us to take our journey to the camp called Mina Mina camp is also called the tent city. Can you guys find the tent city on your map? Just point to it Just point to that point to it. Do you guys see it? Do you see the minicamps the tents? That's the called the tent city. That's where we start our hedge Here we will spend the day and night remembering Allah and praying at dawn We set out for Arafah Do you guys can you see Arafah find the dotted map? You guys follow the dotted lines to Arafah. Can you follow the dotted lines? Do you see where it's taking you? Follow it. There it is. Do you see Mount Arafah right there? You guys see it? Do you see Mount Arafah? You can take one of these, but you can take this. That's the key The map key. It has all the important places on it too I'm sorry. There's no more maps. We have to share. Can you find someone who has one so we can share? Masha'Allah All right, so now we're out Mount Arafah Arafah is a very important day considered the most important day of Hajj The Mount Mercy Arafah was the scene of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam's final sermon We pray here. We remember Allah and we make a lot of Who knows what we make a lot of? I'll give you a hint. Hajj when they're there They're making lots of da'a. They're remembering Allah. But what are the people back home doing? What are we doing on the Mount Arafah or should be doing? Praying what else? We should be fasting So even though the people in Hajj are working hard over here. We're also remembering Allah So we're fasting. We're making lots of da'a and Even though it's a very long day We have to be patient because we know the reward is great After sunset we get ready for the next part of our journey. Do you know where they're going in the next part of their Journey? Follow it. Follow the dotted lines on the map Where do we end up? What does that look like? Do you guys know what that is? If you have the key It's called Muzdalifah Can you say Muzdalifah? I need to hear that again. You see what they're doing at Muzdalifah What do you think they're doing from the picture? You guys see the picture. What do you think they're doing at Muzdalifah? They're collecting rocks good Collecting pebbles and sleeping good in Muzdalifah. We spend the night under the stars Many of us will collect pebbles here for tomorrow when we go to the Jamarat We leave just before sunrise Who knows what the Jamarat are? Can you follow the map? Throw the pebbles at the shaitan at the Jamarat Excellent. You were gonna say the same thing. Masha'Allah. Well, you both would have been right So in Muzdalifah So now that we have the stones We are ready to perform the first Rami So what he explained throwing the stones at the Jamarat or the shaitan is called the Rami Can you guys say Rami? Rami, good. You said that one's so loud that I'm not gonna make you say it again The first Rami we throw Do you guys know how many pebbles did you learn that with BBG? One. One pebble? Pebbles do we throw. Did you say seven? Yes, Masha'Allah. You always give good answers Seven pebbles. We throw seven pebbles at the largest of the three Jamarat The three columns This act is a symbolic stoning of the shaitan. Is the shaitan really there? Not enough, but it's symbolic that means that we're doing it because it is believed at this spot in the At this spot in Mina the shaitan appeared and tried to dissuade or convince Prophet Ibrahim From listening to the command of Allah So what did Ibrahim do? He picked some stones and threw it at him. Exactly. So during Hajj we do this too. So now today Did you guys know when I when I say one two three? What do you say? So I'm gonna try it one two three Excellent sometimes we have a lot of energy So we get kind of loud when I do that and you say Bismillah I want everyone to quiet down and start looking again, okay? Let's try one more time one two three So now we're on the next day of Hajj and did you know that the Muslims back home on this day of Hajj? This is the day after Arafah. Do you know what they're doing the day after Arafah? They're celebrating Eid Go ahead. What is it? What are they doing? They're celebrating Eid So all of our friends and family back home are celebrating usually with a big feast For us though, it's time to perform a sacrifice This is what we need to do to complete the story. Do you remember the part of the story? We're Prophet Ibrahim alaihi salam Was about to sacrifice his son, but loss went to Allah gave him a ram instead So he slaughtered that Well in Hajj we do that too. We slaughter a sheep a goat a cow or a camel Or we could have someone pay to do it for us Now that this is done, we have to trim or shave our hair Our hair and then our nails We also remove all of our Ihram clothes and we put on our normal clothes Many of us will then proceed back to Mecca to perform Tawaf and Sa'i So who knows what Tawaf is? Going around the Ka'ba and who knows what Sa'i is What Sa'i? Who knows what Sa'i is? Going back and forth between Safa and Marwa. Do you know how many times that is? So I hear ten. What else? Seven so which one raise your hand if you think it's ten Raise your hand if you think it's seven Seven is right. You guys are right. Good job. Masha'Allah you go back and forth seven times When all is finally done we return to the campsite in Minna on each of these final days We will again go to the Gemarat and throw the stones This time throwing seven pebbles at each of the three pillars And now the hardest part is behind us We will spend the next two or three days in Minna now that we have done our Hajj or we'll return to Mecca to perform the final circulation of Hajj Which is called the farewell Tawaf or Tawaf-e-Wadah Masha'Allah. Do you guys see you completed it? You go from the Zalifah to the Jamarat to the Kaaba to do the seven Tawafs Drink might Zem Zem the Sa'i and back to Minna camp Masha'Allah. You guys just completed a journey of Hajj. Thank you So now I'm gonna test you guys out because you guys said you didn't learn something Learn anything new and I don't believe that I think you guys learned a lot of new things today So I'm gonna ask you guys some questions and you guys are gonna see if you remembered anything, okay? Are you guys ready? I want to see hands. I'm only gonna answer or call on someone who has their hand raised Okay Only if you know the answer This was built by Ibrahim and his elder son Ismail as the first house of worship All right. The first hand I saw up was right here The Kaaba Excellent All right Let's see. Let's see if I can find one. That's a little bit harder. You guys know your things. Masha'Allah This is also known as the tent city And I'm calling out camp. Excellent Masha'Allah Well on Mount Arafah This is also considered one of the best things to do during When you're on Mount Arafah Da you perform sigh here, which in Arabic Which is an Arabic word that means to walk or strive to pursue we do this seven times You perform sigh here, but this is sigh We perform sigh here, which means to walk or strive or to pursue seven times, but that's a good guess Back in fourth Don't answer walk forwards and backwards. Where do we do it? What is it called? Where is it called? Excellent from Mount Safa to Mount Marwa Safa and Marwa good All right Where do we scare the shaitan away by throwing stones at him? The Jamarat? Excellent Masha'Allah This was the place of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wasallam's Final speech Masha'Allah Beneath the stars and collect stones for tomorrow's exciting adventure. We leave just before dawn Minna can't oh, sorry. You're key for that one too. Muzdalifah. Muzdalifah All right. Thank you guys answered them all. Let me see. Oh one more We sacrifice this to remind us of Prophet Ibrahim alayhi salam's Obedience to Allah It could be any of the things I mentioned Ashif good Who knows another option? It's so good. Masha'Allah A ram, okay And a camo good you guys Masha'Allah You guys did an excellent hajj adventure. You know your stuff Masha'Allah The key the key to the answer So yeah Sorry come on everybody So in two weeks insha'Allah Osala Shamir will be holding a blessed Birthing workshop here about the spirituality and ficca of pregnancy. This is for all women 16 years old or pregnant not pregnant So today she's doing a primer session in classroom nine. So if you're here, maybe your husband is here if you want to Join that it's in classroom nine right by the kitchen and It's it's for from 12 o'clock till 1 30 They just asked me to make an announcement that if any sisters would like to join that you're most welcome to join that It's a classroom nine for those parents that came for the puppet show But didn't register yet for the craft session the story time you can attend But the craft session if you want to attend You'll have to do an rsvp real quick you can do that on your phone And the way to do that is to go to mccesb.org for its slash rsvp hyphen crafts Sister shaz is there in the lobby she can help you with that as well. Sorry to interrupt All right insha'Allah you guys have been great. That was an excellent hedge adventure now We're going to start our story time. Do you guys want to start our story time? No story time You guys just want to skip and go straight to the craft You guys have learned so much about hedge that after hedge what happens It's a read so our story time because we won't be together next week Is all about reed Who knows what this read is called adha. Why do you guys think it's called read them adha We just suck I want to call on someone. It's called raising their hand Answer because it's the the reed that we slaughter an animal to remind us about the story of prophet ibrahim aleyhi salam. Good So today i'm gonna read a book. I'm gonna read two books. Insha'Allah. This is the first book It's called peg and cat the eid al adha adventure So what I do for anybody who's new here is I will read the book But then I will make sure to show the page to everyone So if you're sitting kind of far, I'll try and do a little bit high But everyone should get a turn to see the page So if you can't see it when i'm reading it, don't worry insha'Allah I will make sure to share it with you all So the first book peg and cat the eid al adha adventure By jennifer oxley and billy erin sun Can I put it on the floor? Bismillah Peg and cat were visiting their friends. Yesmina and amir during a very special holiday Adha a holiday. Yesmina and amir celebrated every year Peg and cat had never even heard of eid al adha Until yesmina and amir invited them to the celebration to check it out We're gonna make your first eid al adha the best ever said yesmina Let's rock out said amir. They said they saying amir here and yesmina the machina Rocking the house just like rocking the arena Got my new tie and jacket saying amir Got my best his jab said yesmina Got my suit cat said has a scarf on saying peg. I'm no slob Saying cat actually a cartoon show too. You can watch the episode It's on pdskids. Yeah Eid al adha is really fun said yesmina. There are presents and lots of food But mostly said amir. It's about giving to those with less I like the presents and food said cat, but giving stuff away. How is that fun? You'll see said amir Peg drew pictures of plates with food on them to remind cat why eid al adha is really about This sign means less. She said this one means more than I like the more sign better said cat Amir played his stringed instrument called an aude. Yesmina played her electric guitar Peg and cat played ukulele and drums as their hosts sang about the holiday Eid Mubarak means happy holiday. So we say eid Mubarak as we celebrate On eid al adha even tat is going to see how awesome giving can be We'll see if I see said cat Time to go to the celebration Every year we bring this silver tray. Yesmina explained filled with almonds olives apricots and I love apricots and peg Then let's add more said yesmina Are those honey cakes cat asked Should we yesmina added more said cat more more. Do you think cat likes the honey cakes? Yeah, I think so too An important tradition said amir is dividing the meat into three equal parts When you have three equal parts of something each part is a third said peg We keep one third We give one third to our neighbors and we give one third to share to with someone with less Less what asked cat Well food or clothes the basic stuff that everyone needs said peg We have divided the meatballs into three parts Um The three bowls all have different amounts of meat amir said peg But I put the same number of meatballs in each bowl said amir But the meatballs are different sizes though If we don't divide the meat into three equals parts, this won't be the best read ever We've got a big problem Peg noticed cat playing with a pair of small swinging pans That's it. She said the pan balance. Do you guys think you could help them with their problem? It's not a problem. Why why is it not a problem? There's two two and two so isn't that fair No, why is that not fair? Because this one has tiny meatballs and this one has humongous meatballs But it's the same amount But they don't have the same amount of meat in each okay Let's see what they do Peg put one pair of bowls on the pan balance This pan goes down because the bowl on it has more meat. It's heavier. She said But we can take from more and give to less said amir until The pans are the same levels said yasmina The meat in the bowls weigh the same. How do we know they weigh the same? What's it showing us? An equal sign The Peg replaced one bowl on the balance with the third bowl Those weighs the same too. They all weigh the same Problem solved a mubotic said cat Not not the end the group headed out for the party But first they had to drop off a third of the meat to someone with less We've come to the soup kitchen Because the people who eat here have less said yasmina At the soup kitchen they can each get a good free meal As the door to the soup kitchen opened amir said it's run by Ramon Said peg Cat took the bowl from peg and handed it to ramon. We hate to run and eat But we have a party to go to he said I almost didn't show you guys the picture Said ramon, I really need your help with There's a man who lives in that building across the yard He's always comes here for meals, but today he hasn't come I wonder if he's sick or if those crates of canned food That were just delivered are blocking his way Really big problem See what they do in order take out ask cat No said peg today's about giving we're going to give We'll cross the yard with the meatballs the crates were piled so high Cat wondered how they would ever get past them Let's count the crates To find the piles with less said yasmina. They'll be easier to step over So what is their solution? What are they going to try and do? Yeah, so they're going to count the crates to see which ones have less to see if those would be easier to step over They stepped across a pile that had only one crate and another pile of two crates One is less than six said peg and ten is more than two said cat But there were even more crates to get past yasmina and amir were Totally freaking out Cat held up his paws cat's right said peg you should count backwards till you calm down We'll count from seven said yasmina. We like seven seven days of the week seven colors of the rainbow What else has seven? What did we learn today? We do seven times Seven stones for jamarad Seven times to offer on the Kaaba It's seven times a seven So let's all count down from seven. Can you guys count down with me guys? As they counted cat gazed at those juicy meatballs He was about to take a bite when peg shouted That's it. That's it. That's it. You meatball loving cat. We'll divide the crates into thirds Just like we did with the meatballs. That'll be easier to move Problem solved They're gonna make the big crates smaller When peg knocked on the door she heard a familiar voice invite them in Mac s pig i've had some bad luck mac explained I usually go to ramon soup kitchen for food last night. I stubbed my toe and this morning I stubbed another toe. I'm not going any place You don't have to said yasmina. We brought you meatballs Mac was so hungry That he ate the meatballs quickly and then for dessert a mirin peg offered him olives and apricots Cat wanted to keep the honey cakes for himself But he remembered that either the adha is about giving to those with less So he took the tray over to mac Would you like a honey cake asked cat ass? I love honey cakes Said mac cat gasped Hey, giving does feel good You're all so nice said mac. I don't know what to say I do said peg Eid mu bara Eid mu bara That was very nice lesson for peg and cat to learn about eid al adha. What do you guys think? So what did we teach? What did they teach? Uh Peg and cat. What did they teach them? What should we do with our meat on eid al adha? How should we do it? How should we divide our meat on eid al adha? So we talk? Hold it, okay One two three So we learned in hedge that we slaughter a sheep or a goat or a camel right one of those animals So now what do we do with the meat? What do we learn from peg and cat that we do with the meat? We divide it into three parts. Do we keep all three parts? We keep it all I don't know about that That would be greedy What should we do with the three parts that we that we do? We have one third to our neighbors One third to those who have left and then we keep one third for ourselves Alhamdulillah All right, masha'Allah. Do you guys want to do one more book? Honestly, no Yeah, let's do it Let's do one more book One more book masha'Allah, and then we'll go to the craft I think you guys can handle it. We're gonna do our sheep cupcake cake. Okay, and get some shaking out Everyone shake shake shake some of that Trust me after sitting all this excited to go and eat some of those cupcakes It's called the best and this is by esmat mubin udin. Are you guys ready? Before I start a book. All right. Anise sat in her bed looking out the window Her parents were away at the Hajj pilgrimage and she missed them Saudi Arabia was so far from her home in America She thought about last Eid's holiday when she had worn her shawar kamis with flowery orange hinnah designs on her hands Daddy had said she looked just like a princess Mommy had left her eat let her eat candy for breakfast They all went to Eid prayers together and then visited friends all day But today the house was quiet Just then anise's grandmother bustled into the room So it sounds like her aid this year is going to be very different than last year We'll see maybe it'll be worse. Maybe it'll be better. We'll see Anise happy Eid Nani sat on in the bed and greeted her granddaughter with her granddaughter with a big hug and kiss Time to get ready for prayers Anise returned the hug and then slumped back onto bed Why the sad face my dear nani gently brushed the hair out of anise's eyes. Do you miss mama and baba? Anise nodded. She felt like she might cry I know it's hard without your parents here. Nani said, but please don't be sad today of all days We'll have fun together. Just you and me. Okay Anise tried to smile. She didn't want her grandmother to feel bad Okay, she said as nani stood up and walked over to the closet Now I have a surprise for you Nani lifted up a blanket on the closet shelf and pulled out a gift wrapped box That had been hidden underneath Do you guys see the gift box that was hidden underneath? What color is it? It kind of looks red to me. It looks like pink Right We'll say reddish pink with a purple ribbon Anise pulled the ribbon off the box and opened it her eyes lit up As she saw the beautiful Eid clothes from pakistan Pulling out the kurta on top She ran her fingers over the soft shimmering fabric and its gold embroidery and shiny sequins Purple and gold vangals clinked together as nani unwrapped them Hand made pakistani shoes Tucked in tissue paper still lay in the box Nani, I love my new Eid clothes. How did you know that purple was my favorite color? Thank you Anisa hugged her grandmother. I can't wait to get dressed There's still more nani said smiling as she pulled a bright red Shalu al kameez and a silky yellow Gharaha out of the box Each outfit had matching bangles and shoes There are three sets of eid clothes one for each day of the three days of eid Which one do you want to wear for prayers this morning? Which one do you think she's gonna pick the purple one? Yes, because purple is her favorite color The purple one nani smiled. It will look beautiful on you I'll iron it while you're getting ready. But first I have to sir the lamb kurma That sounds yummy Lamb kurma Anisa jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen The aroma of her favorite dinner cooking on the stove made her mouth water Please can I taste some nani scooped out a spoonful of bubbling lamb curry Blue on it made sure it wasn't too hot And then gave Anisa a taste Anisa's savor the salty spicy curry in her mouth. Yum. It's good I'm glad you like it. Now. Let's hurry and get ready. So we're not late for the prayers That sounds good. I'm kind of hungry, but you guys So that sound good. You didn't like it Sometimes we like something when we try it. Sometimes we don't it's very important. We always try something, right? So you never know At the prayer hall the imam gave a sermon about the hedge pilgrimage And nisa had a hard time paying attention because she kept thinking about her parents and wishing they were there After the sermon ended the women and children in the women's section of the prayer hall Folded their prayer rugs and greeted each other and nisa hugged so many people The donuts on the back tables were quickly finished Is there usually donuts when you guys go to the message at all night? No When we we came from Tampa, Florida and every eat we go that's covered in donuts everywhere So it's something that we remember Outside the prayer hall because we don't want to make a mess in the prayer hall, right? Anisa noticed two young girls standing alone watching the excitement around them the older girls hijab Do you guys know what the hijab is? The scarf we were in our head. Yeah, the older girls hijab was torn The younger girls dress fell almost to the floor and she kept her arms bent So her sleeves wouldn't slip down over her hands Anisa walked over to them Why didn't you wear your eat clothes today? She asked the older girl stared shyly at the floor Seeing that her sister was not going to answer the younger girl blurted out We don't have no clothes to say we have to leave all our stuff and run away because our fire burned down The older girl turned towards her sister medium. We have to be thankful. The war can't get us now We are safe and we are together Papa says a law will give us whatever we need I wish bobo was here with us now But ever since we came to america. He always has to work medium told anisa. He even had to work on her eat But later he's going to bring zanab and me candy and we're going to go to the message together for the afternoon prayers Before anisa could say anything auntie salma pulled her into a big bear hug Anisa beti eid mubarath. My dear happy eid. You look so pretty. Masha Allah As god has willed you and your nanny come and visit me today. Okay Anisa was swept up by other aunties and friends and hugs and kisses and greetings while hugging auntie barak Anisa saw medium pick up a piece of doughnut off the floor The girl looked around quickly and then she put the doughnut piece into her mouth and licked the sweet glaze from her fingers Why do you think she took it off the floor? Maybe she was really hungry and there wasn't any more That's a good reason that we shouldn't take too much, right Even when we have a lot of something we should only take one or two so that we can make sure everyone gets on right As people were leaving the prayer hall anisa kept looking back at the girls Finally, she let go of nanny's hand and went back over to them. She didn't know what to say But she couldn't leave them without talking to them again Hesitantly she asked them. Maybe we could play some time together Instantly medium's face lit up. Sure. She said Uh with a flashing bright smile Xenob continued to look at the floor Where um, where do you live now? Anisa asked In the apartments by the mosque medium answered Xenob lifted her head to look at anisa a small shy smile Crossed her face in number 63 A motherly woman ushered her three children and Xenob and medium out of the prayer hall that afternoon While nanny was heating up the food for dinner anisa told her about the girl she had met nanny listened quietly Sometimes when family leave their home leave when families leave their home because of war or other bad problems They have to leave everything they have behind nanny told her Many families have come to america as refugees Looking for a safe good place for their children to live and grow up Does Allah help these families? Of course my dear Allah helps everyone nanny was stirring the curry, but sometimes not in the way you might think He might send good people to help them through bad times Meanwhile, the families have to work hard and trust that Allah help Allah's help is always near Nanny opened the open the oven door to check on the roti Do you remember the story of prophet ibrahim his wife hajir and their baby ismaeem? Anisa nodded Mommy and daddy had told her that many of the lessons of hajj pilgrimage were based on this story Prophet ibrahim's family trusted in Allah Even in very difficult times and Allah always took care of them Nanny and anisa said a prayer for xenob and medium's family Then anisa told nanny about a plan she had made So anisa made a plan Do you guys want to see what anisa's plan is? Afternoon as shadows lengthened across the city Muslim families were leaving them as soon after the prayer of aah said prayer Anisa sit quietly anisa sit quietly someone will hear you Nanny whispered to her granddaughter as they crouched behind the bushes outside the apartment building next to the mosque Here they come duck down Through the leaves they saw the two girls and a man stop In front of the decorated baskets near neatly arranged on the cracks tube in front of their door What's this? In surprise the man read the attached card happy eid to medium xenob and their papa Anisa felt as if she must might burst with excitement Would they like the presence xenob and medium opened the basket Wow Beautiful beautiful clothes. Look at the sparkles on this yellow shirt I can't believe this the man said softly lamb and chicken rice and vegetables Even desserts and candy Who could have left all this? Papa help us carry the baskets inside medium was trying to drag a basket across the sidewalk Put them down girls. They're the father commanded. We don't take charity. Let's see what happens their father paused Then medium asked softly But can I keep the yellow clothes? I love yellow And and what about the sparkly bangles? No, my dears. The father spoke again. You know that a muslim does not beg from others But but papa we didn't ask for them zana pointed out papa didn't budge I will provide for my family. There are other people who need this food and these clothes more than we do now. Let's go Can I just eat this cookie right now? Anisa could hardly breathe. What if they didn't take the gifts as she leaned forward to see better a twig snapped And she fell down And she ducked down What's what was that noise the father asked as he turned around to face the bushes Anisa and nani ducked as his heavy footsteps approached their hiding space Are they going to be found through the leaves anisa could see the man's Stern features and firmly set chin coming towards them Hidden behind thick eyebrows were soft gentle eyes In these eyes anisa recognized the same look of tenderness. She often saw in her own father's face Anisa and the man looked at each other for a long moment Then abruptly he turned around and walked back to his daughters What do you think's gonna happen? He knelt on one knee and opened his arms The girls wrapped their arms around him and medium climbed onto his knee Papa, there's more food here than we need. She said small fingers gently touching his cheek Why don't we share it with the neighbors and please can we keep their clothes? Please as zana Anisa saw the man's face soften as he drew his daughters close to him as he hugged them He nodded and he smiled at anisa and nani through anisa and nani returned home Nani picked up the phone and dialed. Hello. I'd like a medium vegetable pizza. Please for delivery She hung up and shook her head eating pizza on her My dear child. I have never had her eat like this one Me either anisa said I can't wait to tell mommy and daddy all about it Later in the evening as anisa and nani snuggled up on the couch and ate pizza for dinner They both agreed this has been the best feed ever I am very very very impressed with all of you guys You made it through a puppet show through a hedge adventure and two stories You guys give yourself a round of applause Now are you guys ready and excited to do the cake decorating? Yes, let me show you what it looks like again Bismillah I have the cupcake boxes with all the on the table and me and the volunteers will help you If you guys need any help, but parents there's a video tutorial that gives step by step There's a video youtube Tutorial You can watch step by step and then we'll have the sample over there for you guys to see But the video shows step by step. It's very simple and i'm going to be there to help you as well So i'm going to meet you guys all in the back. You can get set up at the tables