July 3, 2012 Ahmed Parenting 3 Comments

Manners for Young Children

1. Teach children to use the right hand for eating, drinking, giving and taking. To eat and drink while sitting, and to stay, ‘Bismillah’ before eating and, ‘Alhamdulillah’ after finishing. 2. Teach children hygienic etiquette, to clip fingernails and toe nails, and to wash hands before and after eating. 3. Teach them how to clean themselves after using the toilet and how to keep urine off their clothes. 4. Correct their mistakes kindly and privately without scolding them. 5. Instruct

June 27, 2012 Ahmed Quote Leave a comment

Naming Children

Parents are responsible to give their children the best names possible. When naming our children we should ensure a beautiful meaning rather than an exotic sounding name void of meaning.Some parents ignorantly choose names that have a bad meaning just because it sounds good. The child grows up being called a bad name. It is wise to choose a name that will be pronounced with ease by the community the child will grow up in. This will avoid distortions or

January 6, 2012 admin Stories 12 Comments

Standing by Mothers Bedside

A long time ago there lived a great saint. His name was Sharafud-Din and he loved his mother very much. Once, when Sharafud-Din was still small, his mother fell very ill and had to stay in bed. One night she awoke with a burning thirst and called out to her son to bring her a bowl of water. The young boy hurried to her bedside, but when he returned to her bedside with the water, he discovered that she had

May 17, 2011 admin Pregnancy One comment

Halal Diet and Pregnancy

We are what we eat. Today we complain our children are disobedient towards us, but why the surprise? If we feed our children haram (even while in the womb) then the thoughts that will be bred in their minds (later in life) will be haram. Understand well, halal foods breed halal thoughts and halal actions whilst haram food breeds haram thoughts and haram actions. Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanwi narrates, ‘If before birth of the child, parents were to reform themselves

November 30, 2010 admin Stories 13 Comments

Paid in Full

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said: For cutting the grass: $5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00 For going to the store for you: $0.50 Babysitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $0.25

February 23, 2010 admin Parents 3 Comments

Our Children

This is the story of a Muslim named Mo. It’s a symbolic story that many of us may know. He was born in a Muslim family but they were weak in the deen. He was a lovely child, he was more precious then anything you’ve seen. He grew up so quick; it was just a flash before his parent’s eyes. They didn’t get to teach him about Islam. You know how the time just flies. Before they knew it, they

August 4, 2009 admin Parents Leave a comment

The Real Orphan

The real orphan is unruly yet he thinks he acts coolly He loves to rant and rave; is it attention he craves? Who has produced one so errant? surely it is the hopeless parent! The father too busy in the shop the mother buying another shapely top! The parents cares for him not letting him to lie and rot If one has to about him complain the parents says; ‘surely my angel isn’t to blame!’ To the parents I

April 12, 2009 admin Family, Islam 24 Comments

Rights of Parents

1. You should not cause them any harm even if they commit any excesses. 2. Respect and honour them in your speech and dealings with them. 3. Obey them in permissible acts. 4. If they are in need of money, assist them even if they are kafirs. 5. The following rights are due to parents after their death: (a) Continue making duas of forgiveness and mercy for them. Continue sending rewards to them in the form of optional acts of

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