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Posted 21 February 2005 - 01:45 PM

biggrin.gif Asalaamu Alaykum Sisters..

When you have children when do u begin to teach them their religion..I mean when do they start praying and so on?

is there a good link for parents?

When do certain things become obligitory?

is there anything in specific a mother o9f girls should know? any advice?

biggrin.gif I will really appreciate any answers....I have read many good books pertaining to this but I would liek teh answers to be readily available on this forum InshaAllah

Jazakum Allah Khairan in advance biggrin.gif

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 02:16 PM

Salaam Aliekum!

I have seen parents already start learn them about Allah (when) when they are babies.Of couerse easy things.I have even seen small children follow the parents example during praying and Ramadan.

Question #22950: Spiritual training of children

Question :

I have a young child who is three years old, and I want to instill faith in his heart. What should I do?
Answer :

Praise be to Allaah.  

A child who is three years old should see his mother and father praying, and he should hear them reciting Qur’aan, for if a child hears his parents and brothers reciting Qur’aan and daily dhikr repeatedly, this nourishes his soul and brings his heart to life as the rain brings life to a dry barren land, because when a child hears his parents remembering Allaah and sees them worshipping him, that has an effect on his own words and actions.

An example of that is the following story of a young girl:

Her mother finished her wudoo’, and her three-year-old daughter washed her face and hands, copying her mother, then she raised her forefinger saying, “Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah.” This indicates that the little girl had been watching her mother and noticed that there was a specific dhikr to be said after making wudoo’.

In another story, a mother did the Sunnah of wudoo’ (saying “Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah”) one day, then she got up to finish her housework. Her daughter had gotten used to seeing her mother sitting after praying until she had finished reciting the du’aa’s to be said after prayer, and she noticed that her mother had got up straight after doing the Sunnah prayer, so she said to her, “Why did you get up before saying, “Astaghfir-Allaah”? This attitude indicates how closely children watch their parents.

Man is exposed to sickness and diseases, and a child may fall ill. Then his illness should be an opportunity to strengthen his relationship with Allaah, by reminding him of the virtues of good health, and that it is the blessing of Allaah, and that we must thank Him for that, and that man has no power and no strength except with his Lord. When giving him medicine or going to the hospital, we should tell him that healing comes from Allaah, but these are means which Allaah has enjoined upon us. Then we should get them accustomed to ruqyah as prescribed in sharee’ah. We should tell them about the example of the Prophets and how they took the necessary means and put their trust in Allaah, such as the story of Ayyoob (peace be upon him) and his sickness, and the story of Ya’qoob (peace be upon him), when he told his sons to enter by different gates, and that would not avail them against Allaah at all, and how he left the matter to Allaah. Allaah tells us that Ya’qoob said:

“Do not enter by one gate, but enter by different gates, and I cannot avail you against Allaah at all”

[Yoosuf 12:67 – interpretation of the meaning]

One of the most important things is to remind children to seek reward and to bear sickness and medical treatment with patience. One little girl reminded her mother that Allaah wanted her to bear with patience the sickness which the doctors described as chronic. That was according to human doctors, but healing is in the hand of Allaah. The mother remembered that this child had to take medicine twice every day, and her mother always reminded her to seek reward. One day this little girl said to her mother, “I will get reward because I am taking this medicine.” She said that as if she felt proud of this reward and the reward that her family and siblings would receive.

From Ummahaat qurb Abnaa’ihinna, p. 21. (www.islam-qa.com)

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 02:28 PM

Salaam Aliekum!

Here comes more from www.islam-qa.com

:arrow: Question #20475: When should a girl observe hijab?

:arrow: Question #65558: What is the right age to get children used to fasting?  

  :arrow: Question #10211: What is the correct way to teach children and call them to Allaah?

About to learn  young children that I wrote about in my last post :wink:


Question #22175: Teaching about the Creator in simple terms

Question :

How can we help a child to know his Lord?

Answer :

Praise be to Allaah.  

A child can be taught about Allaah in a suitable manner, according to his level of understanding. He can be told that Allaah is One and has no partner. He can be told that He is the Creator of all things, so He is the Creator of the earth, the heavens, people, animals, trees, rivers, etc. The educator can make the most of some situations by asking the child, whilst walking through a garden or in the countryside, about Who made the water, rivers and things in the natural scenery around him, to draw his attention to the greatness of the Creator. The father, mother or educators in general may be with a child or group of children in a car on a journey or a trip at the time of sunset, when the sun disappears from sight gradually. All that the educator has to do at that point is to draw the attention of those who are with him to the power of Allaah displayed in that.

A child can also be taught to understand the bounty of Allaah and the blessing of good health that He has bestowed upon him. For example, you could say to him, “Who gave you your hearing, sight and mind? Who gave you strength and the ability to move?” and so on. The child can also be encouraged to love Allaah and to thank Him for this blessing and bounty.  Making a child love Allaah and the things that Allaah loves is a good action which will bring educational benefits sooner or later, by Allaah’s Leave.

A mother opened a window on the second floor of the house to let some air in, but her child came and quickly closed it. When his mother asked him why he had done that, he said, “I saw the dish on one of our neighbours’ roofs and I don’t want to look at anything that my Lord does not like.”

A child may ask about his Lord, whether He eats or sleeps. In that case we have to answer and tell him that there is nothing like Allaah, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing; neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. Allaah is not like us, He does not need to sleep, eat or drink.

If these meanings are made simple for a child and explained to him in a way that is suited to his age, then the veneration of Allaah in his heart is one of the things that will help him to be aware that Allaah is watching him in secret and in public.

From Ummahaat qurba Abnaa’ihinna, p. 26. (www.islam-qa.com)

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 03:02 PM

Salaam Aliekum!

Here I come with some more :oops:

:arrow: Question #1956: When should we teach children about removing body hair?

:arrow: Question #1154: When to Start Ordering the Young to Fast?

I know I have seen something about prayign too but I can`t find it sad.gif

I guess Sisters that have practise to learn children knows more then me. :wink: I have only been an outsider that have seen how parents have educate the childern and sometimes I have helped them.

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