Wahnan Ala Wahn – How to Survive Hardships of Motherhood
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...
Eid ul Adha Crafts to Try with Kids (DIY sheep activities and more)
Muslims celebrate two Eids every year. One which marks the end of Ramadan (the month of fasting) and the second marks the completion of...
Short Ahadith for Kids to Learn (in Arabic): 2 Words (Part 2)
Previous: Part 1 ; Part 2
All the ahadith references from sunnah.com are embedded in the (green) hadith text (The purple underlined text means a...
A Parent’s Dua Toolkit: Supplications that Guided Me
PREVIOUS (relevant post): A List of My Favourite Duas as a Parent (1-8)
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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).
5 Pillars of Islam – Fabric Quiet Book for Muslim Kids
"5 Pillars of Islam" is an Islamic fabric quiet book with 10 interactive pages for helping little Muslims practice and improve their fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, and sensory processing through play. Let your child learn the basic foundation of Islam - its five pillars: Shahada (TAWHEED), Prayers and its various positions (SALAH), Sunnah foods to start or end the fast with (SAWM), the meaning of giving (ZAKAT), and the rites of HAJJ through visual stimulation and tactile sensation.
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).
How to Raise Young Worshippers (who hope to be under the shade of Allah)
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]
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...
How to Teach Kids 12 Months in Islam
Free printables, videos (rhymes/anasheed without music - English/Arabic), products, resources, craft ideas, games and stories to teach kids about the 12 months in Islam (Hijri Calendar).