My eldest son gave his first Friday sermon and led his first Friday prayer last week & I am shamelessly gonna take all the creditπ.
Though I know we merely plant the seeds. Allah is the One who makes them grow & blossom.
Alhamdulillah. Thumma Alhamdulillah.
One of the blessings of #motherhood & #fatherhood is...seeing the the seeds you planted in their childhood bring forth fruit. And why should you not beam with joy when you see them? You invested years of your life, hours of your time nurturing that seed.
We donβt need to lead prayers to be empowered women...weβre in the business of raising Imams! Our influence is there in every thought that crosses their mind and that they convey to their congregations.
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Advice for parents of Muslim girls starting secondary school:
π§π½π§π»π§πΏ When your daughter starts secondary school, if she doesnβt already wear hijab, itβs a good time to start from day 1 of secondary school.
Why? Because many girls find it really hard to start wearing it later once their friends at school know them as non-hijabis.
And they will probably reach puberty at some point during secondary and it will be obligatory for them, so it makes the transition easier.
How I brought my children up with Arabic as one of their languages - despite not being an Arab.
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Arabic is not my first language. I grew up reading the Qur'an & not understanding it until I was 16 and went to Egypt to learn Classical Arabic. So how did my kids learn Arabic?
#RaisingBelievers
Children have the propensity to learn languages like a native until they are around 12 years old, when their brains change modes and certain types of language acquisition and pronunciation become harder. Children learn languages through osmosis - essentially immersion.
So first of all I recited Qur'an to my child (having studied Qur'an recitation myself) till they began memorising Qur'an themselves. Apart from the blessings of learning Qur'an, this meant my child's brain was becoming used to Arabic sounds and cadence.
@GoldingBF Secondary schools and doctors in UK literally give underage girls access to contraception and the pill without informing their parents. This young lady has been saved.
@GoldingBF Young and elderly English people are embracing Islam.
Girls in the West are groomed away from the protection of their fathers and menfolk. They have to fend for themselves as soon as they mature. When a man shows a modicum of protective jealousy or sets standards, he is shamed. This opens girls up to abuse.
βAre you saying all men are predators?β
No. But good men have to protect women from the predatory men. When a society tells men that women donβt need them, they donβt need their protection or guardianshipβ¦the wolves in that society have a banquet.
Islam seeks to protect girls from the cradle to the grave. Her father is responsible for her care & provision until she gets married. He is her guardian. He facilitates her getting married. Then her husband is responsible for provision and protection.
My kid came home anxious about what humans are apparently doing to cause βclimate changeβ.
How to have the βclimateβ conversation with Muslim kids who are anxious:
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1. Explain to them that Allah is in control of the world, the weather, the βclimateβ, the universe. Nothing good or bad happens without his permission. So always ask for good from Allah and expect good.
2. If all of the world gathers together to cause harm, they cannot, unless Allah allows it, if all the world got together to cause benefit, they could not without Allah allowing it. These are fundamental theological beliefs for us as Muslims and should cause us to rely on Allahβ¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1β¦
Imagine a scene in the park where the sun shines brightly and the air is filled with the laughter of children. In this idyllic setting, I found myself engaged in a deeply moving conversation with a young mother.
Fatigue was etched upon her face and her weary eyes spoke volumes about the sleepless nights she had endured while caring for her two little ones.
She felt ill-equipped as a mother, longing for a sense of freedom she hadnβt anticipated before becoming a parent. She yearned for freedom from the demands of raising children, which had taken its toll on her marriage and disrupted her plans.