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.


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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!

My Colouring Book 1
This book practises these words: Arrow, necklace, bowl, bed, honey, drink, grapes, house, curtain, shoe, boat, roof, ring, ring, treasure, soup and town.

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My Colouring Book 2
This book practises these words: Rope, perfume, stones, key, rain, wooden peg, gold, supper, half, flag, wood, bones, cloak, road, food and vessel.

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My Colouring Book 3
This book practises these words: Battle, spear, quiver, sword, cave, musical instrument, tambourine, wing, pillars, mountains, leather bag, seashore, meat, shoelace, jug and tin.

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My Colouring Book 4
This book practises these words: Tent, egg, bandage, scrolls, turban, pearls, wind, tree, well, bucket, weapons, milk, stick, fingernail, dust and straw.

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My Colouring Book 5
This book practises these words: Basket, rock, knife, clouds, break, thumb, wall, moon, smoke, corner, cucumber, dates, bread, big tray, dining table and water skin.

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My Colouring Book 6
This book practises these words: Garment, shirt, earring, bangle, rein, chair, piece of gold, voice, mouth, village, drought, Iron (metal), booty, mud, forest and the Hebrew language.

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My Colouring Book 7
This book practises these words: Whip, (money) bag, night, sun, journey, thirst, grass, river, raisins, silver, cushion, ear, trouser, brick, eye an fort.

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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)

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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)

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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”

The son shocked at his response for the second time repeated: “father it’s a crow”

The crow which still hadn’t moved from the window ledge began to move from side to side, making strange movements, then he turned back and was glancing at father and son. Once again the father asked: “son what is this?” His son impatiently answered: “father don’t you hear me, it’s my third time telling you it’s a crow”

And when the father persistently asked for the fourth time, the son infuriated and outraged raised his voice and said: “Father it is your fourth time asking me the same question, each time I answer you, you without hesitating ask again, are you trying to test my patience?”

The father who still hadn’t lost his soft smile got up from his place and went inside to another room, and when he came back he had in his hand a book, and he said: “do you know what this is?” and continued “it is a diary, filled with my memories”

After flicking through the worn out pages he found what he was looking for, and handed the book towards his son to read the page…

“Today with my 3 year old son we were sitting by the window playing on the couch when suddenly a crow landed on the ledge, he was amazed and asked me exactly 23 times what it was, and without any hesitation I answered his question; I told him that it was a crow each time he asked me and when he asked me on the 23rd time I hugged and caressed him with great tender, not even the slightest feeling of impatience did I feel, because his repetitive question, made me stare at him and notice his total innocence, and how much I really do love him”

Allah (s.w.t) has not only commanded us to be good servants to Him, but also to our mother and fathers, it is stated in the Holy Quran:
“And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him. And to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age (while) with you, say not to them (so much as), “uff,” and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.” (Surah al-Isra, 17:23)

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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].” ‘Aa’ishah said, “Sit here until the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) comes. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came and she told him about the girl. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sent for her father, then he gave the girl the choice of what to do. She said, “O Messenger of Allaah, I have accepted what my father did, but I wanted to prove something to other women.” (Reported by al-Nisaa’i, 3217).

So, both the guardian and the woman must agree to the marriage. With regard to your request for our advice regarding the problem mentioned in the question, so long as this marriage has taken place, it is better for the woman to try to keep it going as much as she can, and to try to accept this husband. She should seek reward through pleasing her parents and also try to reform her husband through a gentle approach and praying for guidance for him. And Allaah is the Source of Strength.

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We should remind ourselves and our children that all provision and blessings are from Allah and that we should be grateful to Him. This supplication should be said after we finish eating. This sheet also includes a reminder about how Allah is pleased with a person who praises Allah after eating and drinking.


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This eBook is an extract from the popular, “The Ideal Muslimah” book by By Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Hashimi.

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• 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
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• She is alert to everything that may have an influence on them
• She instils good behavior and attitudes in them

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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”

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This small eBook is ideal for those beginning to learn the Arabic language. It covers the basics of the following topics:

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• Numbers: Singular, Dual, and Plural
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• 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

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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 she might hurt and oppress her son or daughter. Usually such mothers are blindly prejudice because they consider that her son or daughter had gone astray by leaving the faith of his fathers and ancestors and she must do something to help go back to the right path (according to the mother).

The following are three stories that took place at the time of the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, that involved three of the Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him) which illustrates the reactions of their mothers after they embraced Islam:

Story #1

On the authority of Asmaa’ Bint Abi Bakr she said “My mother came to visit me one day. At that time she was still a polytheist and there was a pledge between the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, and Quraish (one of the great tribes in Arabia that lived in Mecca in the pre Islamic Period of Ignorance who used to enjoy great spiritual and financial powers). I requested the Prophet’s , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, religious verdict and said: Oh Prophet of Allah, my mother came to visit me, seeking my help; should I keep a good relationship with her? Yes, keep a good relation with her said the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him:. Reported by Bukhari and Muslim, and this narration is listed in Sahih Muslim under # 1003.

In another version narrated by Ahmad, on the authority of Asmaa’ Bint Abi Bakr she said ” My mother came to visit me when she was still a polytheist and she was living amongst Quraish. She was desirous, meaning in need, so I asked the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, and said: Oh Prophet of Allah my mother came to me and she is a polytheist and she needs help. Should I keep a good relationship with her? He said yes maintain a good relationship with her.

Story #2

On the authority of Abu-Huraira, who said: I used to call my mother to Islam when she was still a polytheist. One day, while I was calling her she mentioned something about the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, that I detested. So I went to see the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, while crying and told him: I used to call my mother to Islam and she would refuse. I called her today and she mentioned something about you that I detested. Please invoke the blessings and guidance of Allah on her. Then the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, said: O Great Allah guide the mother of Abu-Huraira. So I left full of hope because of the Prophet’s supplication for my mother. When I reached home I found that the door was partially closed. My mother heard my footsteps and said: Stay still Abu-Huraira, then I heard the water running; he added my mother performed body ablution, put on her cloths and hurriedly opened the door without her head-cover and said: “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad, Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, is the Messenger of Allah”. I went back to the Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, crying of joy and told him: I am bringing you good news; Allah answered your prayers and guided the mother of Abu-Huraira. The Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, praised and glorified Allah and said: this is good. I said: Oh Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me and my mother beloved by Allah’s believing slaves and make us love them. The Prophet , Peace and Blessings be Upon Him, said: Oh Allah, make this little slave of Yours and his mother (meaning Abu-Huraira and his mother) become beloved by your believing slaves and make the believers love them. Ever since, there was not a believer who heard of me, even without seeing me, that did not love me. Reported by Muslim in Sahih Muslim (Muslim Authentic volumes) under # 2491.

Story # 3

On the authority of Saa’d (Ibn Abi Waqas May Allah be pleased with him) who said that verses of the Qur’an revealed his story. He said Um Saa’d (his mother) swore not to talk to him ever nor eat or drink until he renounces Islam. She said: You claim that Allah commanded you to obey your parents. I am your mother and I order you to do this ( to renounce Islam). He said: She stayed with nothing to eat or drink for three days until she fainted because of strain. Then one of her other sons named Umarah gave her water to drink. And she started to imprecate against Saa’d, then Allah revealed this verse in the Qur’an, which translates to the meaning of {And We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents; but if they strive to make you join with Me (in worship) anything (as a partner) of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is your return and I shall tell you what you used to do} Verse 29:8 - Surah 29, Al Ankabut. This Hadith is narrated by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad and in Sahih Muslim in his Sahih under # 1748.

Also, Allah revealed another verse in the Qur’an, which translates to:

“But if they (both) strive with you to make you join in worship with Me others that if which you have no knowledge, then obey them not; but behave with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of him who turns to me in repentance and in obedience. Then to Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what you used to do”( 31:15 - Surah Luqman).

Based on the above stories one can determine how to deal with a non believing mother and can draw the following significant conclusions:

1- The importance of good presentation of Islam to the non believing mother and to try to kindly persuade her and to strive to convince her as Abu Huraira did (story # 1)

2- Continue to do good to the non believing mother and to remember that her disbelief does not justify disobedience by the son or daughter and that doing her good does not contradict with your innocence of her as a non believer, on the contrary as it is stated in Verse 31:15 above, Allah has commanded us to treat the non believing parents kindly even if they strive to make their child a polytheist because of their rights as parents hoping that they will embrace Islam.

3- Continue to sincerely pray and supplicate for the non believing mother hoping that Allah may guide her, as evident in Abu Huraira’s story (story #2).

4- The divine guidance of Allah may come after continuous strive by the child and strong objection of the mother as in Abu Huraira’s story, therefore the son should never surrender or give up but should continue to pray and supplicate for the non believing mother.

5- Regardless of how hard does the non believing mother strive to make the son renounces Islam, and the pressure she will exercise against her son such as refusing to eat or invoking upon him , the son should never surrender or give in nor should he retrocede away from the righteous path as one of the Sahaba said to his non believing mother in a similar situation: :If you had one hundred (100) souls and it all left your body one after the other I will never give up my religion (Islam)”.

It seems that the mother in question deliberately oppresses her daughter through estrangement which makes her emotional torn but that should never weaken the muslim or shake his faith and belief in his religion. There is no objection to make the non believing mother understand that you are not going to retrocede , however she (the mother) can kindly ask for anything and she will be immediately answered to it except for giving up this religion.

We ask Allah to quickly guide her to the righteous path and give you patience to call her to Islam and lead you to the righteous and correct way.

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)

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