Sunday 26 April 2020

Ramadan Joy

Ramadan Joy is such an apt title because it sums up my feeling when the blessed month arrives. MasyaAllah.


In our 3rd class today for Al Ghazali Mysteries of Fasting for Children, after reading the book Ramadan Joy, the children learnt the outer obligatory parts of fasting. Although there are 6 parts, 2 of them have to do with grown-ups, or those after puberty, and so I only taught the 4 that are in the Al Ghazali Book for Children. 

These are the outer obligatory parts of fasting:
1) To watch the night sky to spot the new crescent moon which signals the start of Ramadhan (or accept the word of an official person)
2) To make an intention to fast every night during Ramadhan (according to the Shafi’i madzhab)
3) To not allow anything to enter the openings of the body during the fast such as food, drink, or medicine (unless it is not intentional and by accident)
4) Vomitting and swallowing some of what you have vomitted would nullify the fast (and that includes phlegm and mucus that we cough out or comes up from the throat to the mouth)

And what makes it really joyful is that later in the day at 5.30pm inshaa Allah, Ustazah Farhana will teach the Mysteries of Fasting from the Ihya Ulumudeen of Imam Al Ghazali. La hawla wala quwwata illa billah. We had not planned it to be that way but it’s all by Allah’s Will. We plan and Allah plans and His Plan is always the most perfect and beautiful for us. SubhanAllah.

Below you can find materials to start teaching your own children too. The free PDF though do not include the activity sheets and teachers’ manual that are included in the paid book or PDF (which is bundled with The Mysteries of Charity)

Listen to the audiobook of Al Ghazali Mysteries of Fasting for Children.

Download Ramadan Treasure Fun with Imam Al Ghazali.

You can listen to the first three recordings of the Mysteries of Fasting, taught by Ustazah Farhana, here (for ladies only):
3) Episode 3

May you have a blessed and joyful Ramadan!

Thursday 2 April 2020

Sirah and Islamic Manners for Kids

I wasn’t a fan of online learning for my children. But we are in a unique situation now which requires a paradigm shift. So many Teachers are now teaching children online and someone who has converted me is Shaykh Mohamed Aslam. 


A few weeks back, he started his series for children called Sirah and Islamic Manners. It’s targetted at children aged 5-10 years old but I know my 4-year-old loves it and so do I! My husband doesn’t gush like I do but I know he likes listening in too with the kids.

Shaykh Aslam is funny, engaging and dramatic and breaks into a joke once in a while. But what I love most is that he always encourages the children to recite the short Surahs with him and always makes du’a for the children. I’m sure the series comes with a lot of noble intentions by him and it’s evident how much the children are benefitting from him. Friends I know whose children have been watching him only have good things to say about Shaykh Aslam and the series. MasyaAllah.

I can’t find the 3rd and 10th lessons but here are the other lessons so far. He goes live on YouTube from Monday to Friday at about 5-5.10pm SGT and he will upload the link before that at his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ShaykhAslam1.

Lesson 1:
https://youtu.be/_j7lcscGsMI

Lesson 2:
https://youtu.be/f3f9WcNEVCg

Lesson 4:
https://youtu.be/_vr5BDNfRTQ

Lesson 5:
https://youtu.be/15LVViW_vws

Lesson 6:
https://youtu.be/7-XYesROkk8

Lesson 7:
https://youtu.be/a-ODJq2sCrk

Lesson 8:
https://youtu.be/DHy_k8b8VVs

Lesson 9:
https://youtu.be/j0z58IXfyE8

Lesson 11:
https://youtu.be/ar47Hj4QYnE

Lesson 12:
https://youtu.be/SMI5Mdqbkac

Lesson 13:
https://youtu.be/FJjWxIJvIDg

Lesson 14:
https://youtu.be/njc9h8OghcY

Lesson 15:
https://youtu.be/Veo3xaY8oVU

Happy watching and may it benefit you and the kids 😘


ps: That’s not my foot. It’s a borrowed picture of my friend’s young son.