Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What happens when a rumour spreads through a school?"

Watch the Musa and Amina cartoon Why Lying Never Works.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who is being warned?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why are rumours so harmful?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Ahzab is surah 33. Find ayah 60. The key word al-murjifun means those who spread alarming rumours. A group in Madinah kept spreading scary news to frighten people and harm the women. Allah warned them to stop. Rumours spread fear, damage trust and hurt people's names.

Fact: Which surah warns against spying and backbiting?

Ages 5–8: Telephone game. Whisper a message along a line and see how it changes.

Ages 9–12: Rumour stopper. Write three things to say when someone tells you a rumour.

Finish with: "I found that it is surah ___."

Talk together:

• Why do rumours spread so fast?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can you stop a rumour?
• How does it feel to be the subject of one?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will not pass on anything I am not sure is true."

• Stop rumours.
• Play the telephone game.
• Share rumour stopper.
• Next time: the next ayah (33:61) continues the warning. Explore it together!

Action: Not pass on anything you are not sure is true.