The seven Arabic words we’ll be covering today occur in the Qur’an nearly 200 times combined! This is because each of these words (and their various forms) are repeated very often. The 7 verbs included in the below PDF document are:
- To Complete (occurs about 17 times in the Qur’an)
- To Not Recognise / To Deny (25)
- To Conceal / To Speak Secretly (18)
- To Produce / To Create (22)
- To Make / Cause to grow (16)
- To Befall / To Inflict (65)
- To Send Forward / To Proceed (27)
For each word, there are at least 7 examples of it being used in the Qur’an. This makes remembering the words easier inshaAllah. View or download the PDF using the below link. Continue Reading…
Below are 7 free worksheets that contain colouring in pictures for your children. They contain pictures of common words used in hadith books. It’s a fun way to teach your children Arabic! Continue Reading…
The four Arabic words we’ll be covering today occur in the Qur’an nearly 80 times combined! This is because each of these words (and their various forms) are repeated very often. The 4 verbs included in the below PDF document are:
- To Bear a Load (occurs about 19 times in the Qur’an)
- To Describe / To Ascribe (14)
- To Deceive / Entice (24)
- To Embrace / To Comprehend (25)
For each word, there are at least 5 examples of it being used in the Qur’an. This makes remembering the words easier inshaAllah. View or download the PDF using the below link. Continue Reading…
The four Arabic words we’ll be covering today occur in the Qur’an nearly 150 times combined! This is because each of these words (and their various forms) are repeated very often. The 4 verbs included in the below PDF document are:
- To Possess / To Own (occurs about 49 times in the Qur’an)
- To Leave Behind (45)
- To Put / To Set (22)
- To Befall (20)
For each word, there are at least 5 examples of it being used in the Qur’an. This makes remembering the words easier inshaAllah. View or download the PDF using the below link. Continue Reading…
A very old man at the age of eighty was resting and contemplating in a small corner of his room when suddenly the silence was broken with the entrance of his 45 year old son who had come to visit his father, as father and son got into deep conversation about his sons wife and children, how his coping with his job and his financial wellbeing…
A deep silence fell into the room, just about when the 45 year old son was about to leave, a crow landed on the window ledge right where they both were seated, as the old man stared at the crow he smiled and after a while he asked his son:
“What is this son?”
The son with a stunned reaction replied: “father it’s a crow”After gazing back at the crow the father asked the same question again: “What is this son”
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This Islamic ruling deals with the often misunderstood concept in Islam about parents and forcing their daughters into a marriage.
Question:
I am muslim. I have to ask a question about my friend who is being forced to marry someone by her parents. She wanted to marry someone else. The guy who she is being forced to marry is more educated and wealthy than the one who she wanted to marry. Her parents has disapproved of her choice and they are forcing her to marry that guy. The guy who she likes is also muslim and very much devoted into islam. But just because the society would not talk about them they don’t like the guy who she loves. Any suggestions??
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
It is not permissible for a woman to be made to marry someone she does not want. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“A previously-married woman should not be married without being consulted, and a virgin should not be married without asking her permission.” They said, “O Messenger of Allaah, how is her permission given?” He said, “By her silence.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 6455).
‘Aa’ishah reported that a girl came to her and said,
“My father married me to his brother’s son in order to raise his social standing, and I did not want this marriage [I was forced into it].” Continue Reading…
This eBook is an extract from the popular, “The Ideal Muslimah” book by By Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Hashimi.
One of the chapters was very relevant to Islamic parenting so we extracted only this chapter and made it available for download here. Chapter 5 is titled, “The Muslimah and Her Children” and contains the following:
- She understands his great responsibility towards her children
- She uses the best methods in bringing them up
- She equally treats her sons and daughters equally
- She demonstrates her love and affection for them
- She does not pray against her children
- She is alert to everything that may have an influence on them
- She instils good behavior and attitudes in them Continue Reading…
So what can we do for our parents if they have passed away?
The answer is there in the Hadith reported by Abu Osaid Ibn Assaaidi who said that we were near the Prophet (peace be upon him) when a man of Banu Salma came to Him and asked: “Ya RasulAllah (peace be upon him), Is there any obedience to parents left that I can show to them after their demise?” He said: “Yes! (You can be obedient to them) by praying for them, to seek forgiveness for them by fulfilling their instructions after their death, by keeping affinity to those who are not connected with you but through them and to honour their friends” (Abu Dawud and Ibn Maja)
Every human being having reached old age needs more service and care. The society must not ignore the rights of senior members of the community. Allah Most High said:
“And lower to them shoulders with humility and meekness and say my Lord have mercy upon them (both) as they brought me up when I was little.”
When we were weak and in need our parents did hard labour in nourishing and rearing us. They have performed numerous sacrifices for our comfort and welfare. They were the main source of our safety from a number of difficulties. As Allah Most High has mentioned we must sincerely ponder over the many hardships, which were taken by our parents for our comfort.
The five Arabic words we’ll be covering today occur in the Qur’an over 200 times combined! This is because each of these words (and their various forms) are repeated very often. The 5 verbs included in the below PDF document are:
- To Bewitch (occurs about 49 times in the Qur’an)
- To Plot (43)
- To Transgress (54)
- To Understand (49)
- To Perceive (29)
For each word, there are at least 5 examples of it being used in the Qur’an. This makes remembering the words easier inshaAllah. View or download this small and helpful PDF using the below link. Continue Reading…
The Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded people to eat with their right hands and forbade them to eat with their left hands. He said, “The Shaytaan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.” Narrated by Muslim (2020). This implies that eating with the left hand is haraam, and this is the correct view, because the one who eats with his left hand is either a shaytaan (a devil), or he is imitating the Shaytaan.
Below is a little poem to teach your kids which is there left hand (so they don’t using it).
WHICH HAND DO I EAT WITH?
- Which hand is my right hand?
- It’s sometimes hard to know.
- But I have a special way
- That I will share and show.
- Put both hands out in front of you.
- Then it is easy to tell.
- Cause when you straighten out your thumbs
- The left hand makes an “L”
To make it more fun for your children to memorise Qur’an and to add an element of fun to it, you could download and print the below one page progress chart of Juz ‘Amma. As your child memorises a Chapter, you can get them to colour it in.
Download Progress Chart (right click and select ’save as’)
This small eBook is ideal for those beginning to learn the Arabic language. It covers the basics of the following topics:
- Subject and Predicate
- Masculine and Feminine Genders
- Numbers: Singular, Dual, and Plural
- Adjective and its Noun
- The Possessive Case or Genitive
- Interrogatives
- Pronouns
- The Prepositions
- Subject, Verb, and Object
- The Tense
- Past Tense
- Imperfect Tense
- Imperative and Negative Imperative
- Derived Forms of the verb Continue Reading…
Question: My wife’s mother has in effect cut herself off from her daughter in recent times. Whilst there was some form of communication it was often quite turbulent and heated. My wife has tried a number of times to re-establish contact yet her mother refuses, quite stubbornly, to reply. We are both reverts and have often felt that our acceptance of the religion has played some part in her mother’s negative attitude. I would be grateful if you could advise us on what me might possibly do to rectify this situation.
Jazak Allahu Khairan
Answer: Praise be to Allah. The reactions of non-muslim mothers towards their children’s embracement of Islam varies. Some mothers are peaceful and passive considering this as a personal matter which does not affect the relationship between the mother and her son or daughter. In such cases more piety by the child towards his or her mother will make the mother admire and respect Islam.
Other mothers adopts a more stubborn approach at the beginning but the mother finally gives in and accepts the new religion as a fact of life after she sees the child’s determination and persistence which could lead the mother herself to embrace Islam.
In the third case we find that some mothers are constantly stubborn to the extent that Continue Reading…
This slide show looks at the muslim family in western countries. It is based on research in North America but other western conuntries have similar environments.
It is focused more-so at the immigrant Muslim parent and their children being raised in western countries.
Word Search #009 is available by clicking the link below. Insha Allah this word search will familiarise your children with some concepts of Prayer. Continue Reading…
“I hate Arabic class!“
After years of teaching in Muslim schools, Sunday schools and summer schools, this is the one universal phrase uttered by children and teenagers of all ages. I have never once heard, “I love Arabic class.”
Even if the children like the teacher, they rarely like the subject. Why is that the case? After all, we adults emphasize that Arabic is the language of Allah’s last Message: the Holy Qur’an. To know Arabic is to have the clearest understanding of what Allah wants of us in this life.
But the youth never budge in their dislike. Can it be the youthful rebellion against learning in general? Maybe for a few, but I remember in high school that my favorite subject was Spanish. And in junior high I liked English very much. I even wanted to take Chinese language courses but there were none offered in my home town.
I’ve met Muslim kids who attend public schools, quite a few in fact, who say they love Spanish class. I even know some who are taking German or Korean in their schools- and they’re so excited! So why don’t the kids like Arabic class?
Are you ready for the answer? It may surprise you and you may not agree with me. But what I’m telling you is my heart-felt observation with the goal of getting people to learn Arabic. Everyone should learn it. Allah’s revelation is waiting to be unlocked in its entirety and we’re Continue Reading…
By Tawfique Chowdhury
May Allah the great accept from us and you! You have fasted and prayed and wept and begged Allah the Great and now is your time to rejoice as His mercy and forgiveness envelopes the Universe. May Allah shower you and your family with His choicest rewards and please you on the Day you meet Him just as you are pleased today.
A lot of people ask the question: How do I know if Allah has accepted my Ramadan? How do I know that my deeds were not rejected, but accepted and written in my scale of good deeds? And you too must ask this question, since Ali radiallahu anhu said: “Do not be so concerned about the number of deeds as the acceptance of it. Continue Reading…
This eBook is an extract from the popular, “The Ideal Muslim” book by By Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Hashimi.
One of the chapters was very relevant to Islamic parenting so we extracted only this chapter and made it available for download here. Chapter 5 is titled, “The Muslim and His Children” and contains the following:
- He understands his great responsibility towards his children
- He uses the best methods in bringing them up
- He demonstrates his love and affection for them
- He spends on them, willingly and generously
- He does not discriminate between sons and daughters in his affection and spending
- He is alert to everything that may have an influence on them
- He equally treats all his children
- He instills good behavior and attitudes in them Continue Reading…
This 26 page book is by IslamQA’s Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid. It covers the following topics:
- Definition of Siyaam (fasting)
- Ruling on fasting
- The virtues of fasting
- The benefits of fasting
- Etiquette and Sunnah of fasting
- What should be done during this great month
- Some of the ahkaam (rulings) on fasting
- How the onset of Ramadaan is determined
- Who is obliged to fast?
- Travellers, the sick and the elderly
- Niyyah (intention) in fasting
- When to start and stop fasting
- Things that break the fast
- Rulings on fasting for women
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