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children crept quietly back to Abraham's bedroom.
As the children peered around the bedroom door they saw the jinn still sitting on
the prayer mat and as he looked up he gave them one of his big smiles that
stretched from ear to ear.
"As-Salamu alaykum," said the jinn. "Wa laykum as-Salaam," replied the
children. Although Sarah was excited, she was also a little bit shy. The jinn told
the children that his name was Arafat ibn Jabel Arafat which means Arafat, the
son of the Mount of Arafat. He told them that he had been given that name,
because like his father he had been born not far from Mount Arafat, however,
because he had grown to be rather big, his friends called him Jabel. Sarah
asked, "Is that the mountain people go to on pilgrimage?" "Yes," said Jabel, "I am
glad you know about it. Come and sit down by me and I will tell you two stories."
"The first story," said Jabel "is about Christmas celebrations and the decorations
you have been talking about and making at school. I know you have been
wondering why Muslims don't celebrate Christmas even though we love Prophet
Jesus, peace be upon him. Well, I am going to tell you the reason why we don't
As the children peered around the bedroom door they saw the jinn still sitting on
the prayer mat and as he looked up he gave them one of his big smiles that
stretched from ear to ear.
"As-Salamu alaykum," said the jinn. "Wa laykum as-Salaam," replied the
children. Although Sarah was excited, she was also a little bit shy. The jinn told
the children that his name was Arafat ibn Jabel Arafat which means Arafat, the
son of the Mount of Arafat. He told them that he had been given that name,
because like his father he had been born not far from Mount Arafat, however,
because he had grown to be rather big, his friends called him Jabel. Sarah
asked, "Is that the mountain people go to on pilgrimage?" "Yes," said Jabel, "I am
glad you know about it. Come and sit down by me and I will tell you two stories."
"The first story," said Jabel "is about Christmas celebrations and the decorations
you have been talking about and making at school. I know you have been
wondering why Muslims don't celebrate Christmas even though we love Prophet
Jesus, peace be upon him. Well, I am going to tell you the reason why we don't