I couldn't post last week since we had a busy Sunday. We had a family picnic with R's family and boy! did we have fun! I thought I would put up the post any day during the week but have been swamped with work, alhamdulillah. One blessed and wonderful addition to my days is a Tajweed class I have begun at my home for women, every Tuesday evening. Unlike the kid's Sunday class, Tajweed is not something that I imagined I would teach. The first reason being that I am no expert. But I have learnt Tajweed from my mother. And when I spoke to a mom of one of the kids in my class, I learnt that there were a few people interested in learning. My first thought was to find a proper learned instructor who would teach us. But this looked unlikely. So I settled for Plan B. I began relearning and revising the rules of Tajweed in order to teach 'basic' Tajweed to these women. And alhamdulillah, in the process, teach myself and my kids proper Qur'an recitation. All of you reading this, please please make dua' for me and pray that I will be able to do a decent job of this new responsibility. InshaaAllah!
Now coming to our Sunday class, last week we had a surprise quiz. I quizzed them on the things we had already learnt. The questions were very basic but things that need to be engraved in the heart of every little Muslim.
1. Who is Allah?
2. Who is your Lord?
3. Who made everything that exists?
4. What is the name of the last Prophet of Allah?
5. What is the name of our Holy Book?
6. Which language is the Qur'an in?
7. How many pillars of Islam are there?
8. What are the pillars of Islam?
9. What is the Shahadah?
10. What does it mean?
11. What is meant by Salaat?
12. How many Salaat in a day?
It was very rewarding to hear the little ones stand up, as their name was called out, and then answer the question.
The children have often heard the name of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) and I have taught them to say Sallalahu alaihi wa sallam. But learning about the Prophet's (saw) life and listening to stories about him is an important way of instilling love for him and true iman into our hearts.
So I told them the story of Prophet Muhammad's (saw) birth. We talked about the desert's of Arabia in the old times, about the people, the clothes they wore, their livelihood, the animals, the scarcity of water, the heat, the customs and traditions of the time and the ignorance of the people. Then we spoke of his birth and how the desert sky lit up that night, as nature celebrated the arrival of this special little baby boy, who was named Muhammad - The Praised One.
As an activity related to the story, we had a camel colouring sheet. We spoke about the camel - the ship of the desert and how it could go many days without food and water because of its humps.
Now coming to our Sunday class, last week we had a surprise quiz. I quizzed them on the things we had already learnt. The questions were very basic but things that need to be engraved in the heart of every little Muslim.
1. Who is Allah?
2. Who is your Lord?
3. Who made everything that exists?
4. What is the name of the last Prophet of Allah?
5. What is the name of our Holy Book?
6. Which language is the Qur'an in?
7. How many pillars of Islam are there?
8. What are the pillars of Islam?
9. What is the Shahadah?
10. What does it mean?
11. What is meant by Salaat?
12. How many Salaat in a day?
It was very rewarding to hear the little ones stand up, as their name was called out, and then answer the question.
The children have often heard the name of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (saw) and I have taught them to say Sallalahu alaihi wa sallam. But learning about the Prophet's (saw) life and listening to stories about him is an important way of instilling love for him and true iman into our hearts.
So I told them the story of Prophet Muhammad's (saw) birth. We talked about the desert's of Arabia in the old times, about the people, the clothes they wore, their livelihood, the animals, the scarcity of water, the heat, the customs and traditions of the time and the ignorance of the people. Then we spoke of his birth and how the desert sky lit up that night, as nature celebrated the arrival of this special little baby boy, who was named Muhammad - The Praised One.
As an activity related to the story, we had a camel colouring sheet. We spoke about the camel - the ship of the desert and how it could go many days without food and water because of its humps.
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