Parenting

Allah calls the initial years of motherhood "WAHNAN ALA WAHN" (hardship upon hardship) in the Quran - basically the era of pregnancy and breastfeeding... Read this brief survival guide in collaboration with *Liamanah* on how to make it through this tough stage of life in shaa Allah...

A love letter to my daughter <3 expression of love from a mother to her precious daughter

Teach children Arabic alphabet recognition according to their learning style for the most effective results. Following are 10 activities to do with your kids to know whether they are visual learners, auditory learners or kinesthetic learners. Featuring Thinkernation's beautiful wooden Arabic products for kids.

Muslim kids need representation in the books they read to be able to strengthen their identity and Islamic books to strengthen their faith - so scroll through to find 30 crafts based on 30 Islamic and Muslim books. This can be ideal for Ramadan, but works even when kids are on their school break or after school or when you are looking for ways to add some creativity in your homeschool.

Mini Ahadith series is the collection of short ahadith for kids to help them memorize parts of a hadith (or full) one by one, while practicing Arabic too. Starting from two word ahadith and gradually progressing to more.

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List of resources and advice from Arabic teachers etc. to help instill the love of Arabic in kids from a very young age - to help them learn and understand Qur'an better once they grow up in shaa Allah - refer to the previous post for more steps.

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Following are some ways to raise Muslim kids through provision of Islamic environment and resources (like MY SALAH MAT) to make their path towards Allah easy and not forced. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade. (They will be), a just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for Allah's Sake, a man who is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and he says, 'I am afraid of Allah,' and (finally), a man who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given." [Bukhari]

The Rules of toddler-ingdom - 6 rules in each empire of clothes, food, play & sleep. A free printable for your sanity to understand your toddler's code of conduct.