Islam for chidren

ISLAM FOR CHILDREN

- by Sister (Cristina) Mariam Ignat

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  ISLAM FOR CHIDREN
  

BY: Sister (Cristina) Mariam Ignat

LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario

DATE: DHUL QADA 1427/ December 2006

TO: ALL THOSE TEACHING THE DEEN TO KIDS (Teachers or Parents)

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  PURPOSE OF THIS WORK
  

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  WE, ALHAMDULILAH KNOW WHAT TO TEACH IN ISLAM BASED ON THE QUR’AN AND THE SUNNAH
  
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  HOWEVER, ONE IMPORTANT WAY IS ALSO HOW TO TEACH IT
  
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  THIS UNIT TRIES TO MAKE A SUMMARY OF THE BASICS OF ISLAM – WHAT AND HOW WE SHOULD TEACH OUR KIDS IN A FUN AND INTERSTING WAY
  
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  THE BEST OF TEACHERS WAS PROPHET (SAAW) –HOWEVER, WE SHOULD TRIVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES ~ SO THAT TO INSTILL LOVE OF THE DEEN
  
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  THE BEST MUSLIM EDUCATION IS WHEN WE START YOUNG, BUT IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.
  
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  CONSIDERABLE EFFORT WAS DONE IN REFERENCING TO ELIMINATE MISTAKES; HOWEVER, IF YOU DO FIND THEM, PLEASE CORRECT IT AND LET ME KNOW ([e-mail]) FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH.
  

• BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM

PURPOSE OF UNIT PLANS

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  THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TO TEACH AQEEDA TO CHILDREN IN A FUN AND INTERESTING WAY, SO THAT THEY WILL LOVE THE DEEN OF ALLAH, IN SHALLAH.
  

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  THE UNIT IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN. IT CONTAINS SEVERAL UNITS IN ORDER TO THE FORM THE BASIC ISLAMIC EDUCATION, SUCH AS INDEX CARDS (WITH QUESTIONS AND ANWERS), PILLARS OF ISLAM, DUUAS, INCLUDING QUOTATIONS OF QUR’AN AND HADEETH FOR CHILDREN, WORKSHEETS AND HANDOUTS.
  

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  EVERYONE TEACHING OR LEARNING THE DEEN CAN COPY THIS UNIT in order to teach the kids. TEACHING INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN SEVERAL UNITS.
  

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  THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS UNIT IS THAT IS CONTAINS SEVERAL TOPICS IN ONE FILE, THUS REDUCING DRAMATICALY THE TEACHER’S RESEARCH TIME. RESOURCES IN PRINT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR READING AS WELL AS WEB-SITES TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF TIME.
  

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  I ONLY ASK ALLAH T’ALA TO FORGIVE MY SINS AND ALL THOSE BENEFITTING FROM THIS UNIT MAY ASK FORGIVENESS FOR ME.
  

AMEEN.

UNIT INDEX PAGES

INDEX CARDS 7

* Islamic Questions and Answers for Kids

QURAAN SURAHS 35
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
SURAH EVALUATION WORKSHEET

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  1. SURAH AL-FATIHA – The Opening
  
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  96. SURAH AL-‘ALAQ – The Leechlike Clot
  
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  114. SURAH AL-NAAS – Mankind
  
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  113. SURAH AL FALAQ – Daybreak
  
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  112. SURAH AL IKHLAS – Purity (of Faith)
  
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  111. SURAH AL-LAHAB – The Flame
  
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  110. SURAH AL-NASR – Divine Support
  
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  109. SURAH AL KAFIRUN – Disbelievers
  
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  108. SURAH AL-KAWTHAR – Abundance
  
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  107. SURAH AL MAUN – Small Kindnesses
  
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  106. SURAH QURAISH
  
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  105. SURAH AL-FEEL – The Elephant
  
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  104. SURAH AL HUMAZA – The Scandal Monger
  
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  103. SURAH AL ASR – Time Through Ages
  
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  102. SURAH AT-TAKATHUR – Piling Up
  
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  95. SURAH AL TEEN - The Fig
  
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  87. AL-ALA – The Most High
  

SURAH EVALUATION WORKSHEET
ISLAMIC DUUAS 56
BASIC DUUAS

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  WHEN WAKING UP
  
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  WHEN WEARING A GARMENT
  
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  BEFORE ENTERING THE TOILET
  
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  AFTER LEAVING THE TOILET
  
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  WHEN STARTING ABLUTION
  
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  UPON COMPLETING ABLUTION
  
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  WHEN LEAVING HOME
  
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  UPON ENTERING HOME
  
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  WHEN GOING TO MOSQUE
  
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  UPON ENTERING MOSQUE
  
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  REMEMBERANCE AFTER PRAYER
  
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  MORNING REMEMBERANCE
  
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  EVENING REMEMBRANCE
  
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  BEFORE SLEEPING
  

DUUAS IN THE QURAN
DUAS EVALUATION WORKSHEET
ISLAMIC ARTICLES OF FAITH: 68

• AN EXPLANATION OF THE

PERFECT NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH

• THE ISLAMIC BELIEF

• THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM

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  HOW WILL ALLAH JUDGE?
  
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  THE HOLY QUR’AN
  

1^ST PILLAR OF ISLAM – SHAHADA; TAWHEED 79

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  TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
  
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  SHAHADA
  
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  ALLAH IS THE ONLY ONE TO BE WORHIPPED
  
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  THE MEANINGS & CATEGORIES TAWHEED
  
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  SHIRK – THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN
  

2^ND PILLAR OF ISLAM – SALAH 85

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  THE ATHAN – THE CALL TO PRAYER
  
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  DUA OF ADHAN
  
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  WHY DO WE PRAY
  
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  HOW TO MAKE WUDU – HADITH
  
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  HOW TO MAKE WUDU – 2
  
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  HOW TO MAKE TAYAMMUM
  
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  HOW TO PRAY SALAH
  
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  EVALUATION SHEET – STEPS OF WUDU
  
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  EVALUATION SHEET – STEPS OF SALAH
  
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  ORAL EVALUATION SHEET – ON WUDU AND SALAH