Messages...and messages

9 January 2025
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He would sit reclining, bring his two fingers together, point to his heart... He would lean towards his companion so that he would think that person was the dearest to him, he would not withdraw his hand from the hand of anyone he shook, he would reduce his words and repeat them until the listener understood them, he would kiss children, stroke their heads and caress them. These gestures and signs with connotations and meanings accompanied a large number of the Prophet's hadiths that narrators were keen to transmit, describe and explain what they meant. Add to that all of his actions, may God bless him and grant him peace, which have come down to us to form a huge asset, considered the actual Sunnah that Muslims should follow, and the researcher and compiler would find in them connotations and educational lessons that the teacher of humanity, our master Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, taught us, and how to make them in the best possible way that rivals what the science of social communication has achieved in any era.


Verbal messages and many other non-verbal messages are sent by people throughout their day through their expressions and body language. So how should educators and teachers deal with their children based on this fact? The fact that our communication with others does not occur solely through what we say.