How to Keep That Required Sanity and Iman as a New Muslim Mother
I know handling kids can be over whelming, tiring and feels like a whole tornado inside your body...but I tell you mothers, you should always have a baby small enough to fill your arms, fix in your lap - one who only babbles, squeals n squeaks...because they are the ones who keep you sane too
Sunnahs of Expressing Love to Your Child
5 key ways from the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on how to express love for children that helps them flourish into confident and responsible Muslims in shaa Allah
26 English Letter Crafts for Muslim Kids
26 muslimaat came together to bring you DIY ideas on how to make English letters come to life. Everyone chose one letter from the English alphabet and did a craft related to it. This article is an ongoing series hence we'll be doing these...
How to Teach Kids Asma ul Husna (Names of Allah) + FREE Printables
99 names of Allah free resources for kids, including Islamic crafts, videos, animations, free worksheets, flashcards, color-in printable, workbook and quiz etc.
Finding Hope in Miscarriage as a Muslim
A letter to my sister's stillborn fetus...
How Muslims should React to an Earthquake
How should a Muslim react in the face of natural disasters and how to talk to kids about them. (music-free animated video embedded for explanation along with free printables on survival strategies - emergency plan).
How to Make Learning at Home Fun for the Kids (and Ease for You)
This post is sponsored by Reading Eggs
As many schools and institutes opt for some degree of remote learning due to risks posed by the pandemic, many parents parted ways from traditional schools altogether, adopting their own, more flexible curricula that can be better adapted...
How to Introduce a Concept of Death To a Muslim Child
[A personal experience after death of my son] - Simple steps to introduce the concept of death to a Muslim child in a most natural and positive way - talking to them about life hereafter (grave, sadaqah jaariyah, barzakh, iliyyeen, sijjeen, munkar nakeer, jannah & the circle of life upon which this world revolves).
A List of My Favourite Duas as a Parent
1) Dua for patience
This is one of my favorite duas as a parent - that I find myself repeating often!
"Our Lord, pour upon us patience..."
Fa-Ra-Ghayn (the root letters for the word "afrigh") means to empty, vacate, to unload, to pour out, be free...
Ka’bah Crafts to Try with Kids (2D Kaaba activities)
Scholars have differences of opinion in terms of Kaaba models. Hence I have only included 2D crafts in this blogpost.
The Ka'bah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, lit. 'The Cube') is a building at the centre of Islam's most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It is Bayt Allah (House of Allah) and is the qibla (direction of prayer) for...