EDUCATION OF THE MUSLIM CHILD This page includes discusses perspectives in education of the child; although we may refer to Islamic and secular education, the reality is that Islamic education includes everything, even what we may now call as "secular"; do you relate of the earlier generations who produced Alims at the masjid, who also were pioneers in their different academic fields (explorers such as Ibn-e- Batutta, etc.)?. Each parent should value his/her child as it is a precious gift from Allah T'Ala. At the same time Allah T'Ala also places the primary responsibility of education on parents, whether Education is done directly (schooling - Islamic and secular) or indirectly (children modelling Parents' Behaviour). As the child grows, the education is passed onto the teachers' shoulders - while the parents feel they have nothing to contribute. The ideal is involving the child, the parent and the teacher in providing Education for the child, in both the Isl...
It has been noticed recently that Muslims, whether living in the East or especially the West are being exposed to Western “culture” and values; thus due to the influence of the media and society in general many Muslims find themselves confused in what kind of social behaviour they should engage. Thus, some of the Muslims erroneously think that they can celebrate the holidays of the kufaar (such as Christmas, Easter, etc.) – while still being Muslims and praying five times a day. However, this kind of thinking is the result of confusion, because Prophet Muhammad (saaw) told us clearly in the hadiths that celebrating the holidays of the kufaar is haraam and those who do so will be raised with them on the day of Qiyamah. Some of the hadeeths clearly explain what that we should not join them in their celebrations. “ Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood). This is a serious warning. ‘Abd-Allaah ib...
TEACHING ISLAM TO KIDS By sister (cristina) Mariam ( cristinna7@yahoo.com , www.withkidsinmind.net ) May 19, 07 – Jummada al Awwal 2nd, 1428 ¨ This article explores primarily the topic of teaching Islam to childrenas well as methods of teaching, in shallah. ¨ All parents know they have a responsibility to Allah T’Ala to teach Islam to their children. However, the question becomes how early/late they should do this: when is the child formally prepared to start learning about the deen, what kind of info should be taught at what stages and through what methods? ¨ AGE GROUPS & LEARNING: - every child goes through different physical and intellectual stages; therefore, every child is different. However, as general guidelines, we know that small children learn easily by example. They simply love to “copy” their parents. In the beginning years (1 to 4) , parents can teach my making sure that kids learn the “basics” – such as knowing that Allah is One, saying “Bis...
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