Daily Archives: August 15, 2011

Ramadan : Time is a blessing

August 15, 2011   Islam, Picture Perfects, Ramadan
From Ibn 'Abbas (RA) who said that Allah's Messenger (salAllahu 'alaihi wa'sallam) said: "There are two blessings which many people lose: health and free time." [Al Bukhari] So how can one who has no free time preoccupy himself with this world? How can one whose time is filled experience free time? So consider, may Allah have Mercy upon you, what one of the scholars said about one of the Imams: 'I was a neighbour of his at the school in Cairo, my house was above his house. For twelve years, I did not awake on any night, at any hour of the night except that I noticed candle light in his house and he was occupied with knowledge. Even when he was Read more ...
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Ramadan : Teach Children to Fast in Ramadan

August 15, 2011   Islam, Picture Perfects, Ramadan
Al-Rubay’ bint Mu’awwidh (may Allah be pleased with her) said, speaking about Ramadan when it was made obligatory: “We used to make our children fast, and we would make them a toy made out of wool. If any one of them started to cry for food, we would give them that toy to play with until it was time to break the fast.” [al-Bukhari, Fath, no.1960] Children should be instructed to fast at the age of seven, if they are able to, and may be pushed at the age of ten if he does not fast, just as in the case of salaah. (See al-Mughni, 3/90) The child will be rewarded for fasting, and the parents will be rewarded for bringing him up properly and Read more ...
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