Introducing your kids to the Quran is a huge responsibility. Children have a very short attention span and if you don’t help them understand the Quran the right way, they will disconnect from it for life, or worse, find it boring. In this digital age, it is important for Muslim parents to keep up with …
“Allah will punish you if you don’t listen to your parents.” “Allah will get angry.” Unfortunately, this is how most of us introduce Allah to our children. This approach leads to a fear based obedience, a sort of coercion that is not good for the long term relationship of the child with Allah. The child …
Children love animations and we tend to show them ones which hardly show anything productive. Well, it is never too late to change. Aya and Yusuf is yet another exciting show on Ali Huda meant for children around 6 years of age. This riveting animated series features Aya and Yusuf, two adorable and adventurous 6-year-old …
You’ve probably heard of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Hucklebury Finn. This show brings to light their Muslim counterparts – Ali and Huda. Together they discover the stories of forgotten Muslim heroes, scientists, and innovators who brought about a golden age in the Islamic history while the rest of the world reeled in ignorant …
History, civilizations, accounts and more – the gen Z is taught all aspects of the world’s past, present and potential future. All that is great until you realize that their religious legacy is never really brought to light. Generation after generation passes and the rich legacy is lost within the pages of unread books compiled …
Islam was sent to the Arabs at a time when their ignorance was at its peak. From a group of camel herders, the Arab nations achieved growth and glory through Islam. But what was it about Islam that transformed their state from one extreme to the other. What was it that led to the Islamic …
As children progress towards teenage, they also move towards a sense of greater independence. In this process, they end up turning rebellious towards their parents (who still treat them like a baby) and try to resist the household rules. This holds especially true for Muslim teens in the West who struggle to find a balance …
Muslims parents across the world wish to raise their children with faith and imbibe the love of Allah in their hearts from a very young age. Parenting is a tough task and Islamic parenting is even more daunting, considering the not-so-Islamic influences your little love is subjected to everyday. While we look for Muslim parenting …
Tantrums, attention seeking, consistent crying, noise, refusing to listen to you – come to think of it, children are quite difficult to deal with. Sometimes understanding your little bundle of joy drains you out of your patience. You find yourself being harsh, shouting or even worse, beating up your little one, only to regret it …
Muslim parenting has been reflected over by many and yet it remains mastered by a few. To be fair and honest, it is a daunting task for parents to imbibe basic Islamic values in their children, especially when they are living in Non-Muslim countries. How do you make them strike a balance between the Dunya …
