"I was sent as a teacher!" (holy hadith)

Sister: Tiaiba Imane..

How can we relate the reforms of the Prophet ( PBUH ) to the task of teaching ? If we do so we will establish a relation between the teaching of our Prophet ( PBUH ) and the modern teaching. And this will , no doubt , serve as a bridge between the revival of the nation and our roles as future teachers .It is worthy to note here , however , that I am speaking about teaching in general not only foreign languages yet , the ultimate purpose is to make use of the experiment of the Prophet ( PBUH ) in our task . Let us see how?
When the Prophet (PBUH) was in Al-Madinah, he once entered the mosque where he found two groups of his companions: the first group was worshipping Allah whereas the second group was learning some matters related to their life and religion. Both groups expected the Prophet to join them, but he (PBUH) joined his companions who were learning. When they asked him why he did not join the first group, although he was a Prophet he replied "I was sent as a teacher!"
In the light of this incident, it is clear that our Prophet (PBUH) is said to be a teacher. We will try to shed more light on this point and illustrate in what way he can be so, depending on what the task of teaching may be concerned with.
As far as teaching is concerned, it is defined as a process of arranging conditions under which the learner changes his behaviors consciously according to his needs and objectives. The objective of teaching or any educational system at large is to produce whole persons. A whole person is the one who combines two conditions: excellence and experience. To reach this target, the teachers should serve as models in all the tasks they are concerned with. Therefore, they should fulfill certain conditions of being well prepared, and adopting good attitudes and relations with their learners. The key factor in this process is to know how to motivate people to achieve their goals. However, this process cannot be accomplished unless it follows some procedures based mainly on experiment i.e. practical methods. This is ,in brief, how the process of teaching is seen as a whole.
1. As for the teaching of our Prophet (PBUH), it is designed for producing not only whole persons but the best people brought out to mankind. Allah says what can be translated as: " You have been the most charitable nation brought out to mankind: you command beneficence and forbid malfeasance, and believe in Allah .."(TMQ,3 : 110).
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