Do your children have a bedtime routine? Today’s post is about teaching children to sleep according to the Sunnah. I found a wonderful book this year, Bedtime Sunnah -Emulating the Prophet One Night at a Time by Alia G. Dada Published by Prolance Publications.
A-Z of Akhlaaq
How to Teach Your Child to Use their Right Hand While Eating
Inside: As part of the Islamic Manners for Children Series, We discuss how to teach your child to use their right hand to eat.
Q is for Quran- Rules for Reading and handling the Holy Quran
As part of the Islamic Manners Series, we are teaching our children the Etiquettes and Rules of Handling the Holy Quran. We also talk about some of the essential manners like ‘reading the Quran without Wudhu’ and the proper way to read.
P is for Patience – Sabr
As part of the Islamic Manners for Children series, we learn about the letter P is for Patience. Patience in Islam is called as Sabr.
E is for Eating and Drinking According to The Sunnah
It is at meal times that our etiquette really show and stress levels go up. Don’t we all want our children to mind their manners when they are eating and drinking? We chose E is for Eating and Drinking according to the Sunnah for A-Z of Akhlaaq series. It is at meal times that…
O is for Obedience: Teaching Children to Accept Authority
Don’t we all want children who will obey our commands and accept our authority as adults? Well.. That is what we talked about today. O is for Obedience: Why you should listen to your parents and teaching children to accept authority. There is a part of me that rejoices every time my children back talk…
N is for Be Good to Your Neighbour
N is for ‘Neighbours who are your brothers too’. We learnt about the Rights of Neighbours in Islam and showing kindness to our neighbours as part of the Islamic Manners series. Read on… The Holy Prophet said, ‘He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should do good to his neighbour and he who…
M is for Modesty in Everything We Do
We talked about M is for Modesty today as part of the #AtoZofAkhlaaq series that we are doing every day this month. My kids learnt the meaning of the word Modest and the three types of modesty that there is: Modesty in dressing, modesty in talk and modesty in living. I discussed with them the different…
L is for leaving alone that which doesn’t concern you
We studied L is for ‘leaving alone that which doesn’t concern you’ for the next letter in the A-Z of akhlaaq series. One of the qualities of a believer is that he leaves alone that which does not concern him. How can you teach that to children? I have thought about this so many times…
Hadith on Intentions:’ Intentions are what governs your deeds’
This post is about how we taught the kids about the Hadith on Intentions. I chose the word Intentions for today’s letter, I. Intentions make or break a deed. I have often wanted to talk to my children about Intentions and how it is important to keep your conscience clear when doing things. This was…