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A Children’s Guide to Sunnah

4:80 He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah. But if any turn away, We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).

The guardian of a Muslim child knows the importance of teaching, and bringing up his children upon the pure Islamic knowledge, in order to fulfill his duty entrusted by Allah (swt). This handbook stems to facilitate the parents in honouring this responsibility, insha Allah.

This guide is aimed for boys and girls in the age group 5-12 years. The topics cover comprehensive areas of their everyday life and religion, and explained in concise and easy to understand terms. The goal is to nurture them into strong upright young Muslims, whose practice of Islam is based on knowledge and understanding.

Clear verses from the Quran & quotes from Hadeeth have been taken as primary reference sources. Further information has been sourced from reliable Islamic website. To make it more applicable, several rulings have been taken from Islam Q&A and included in brief forms. Also included are some guidelines for guardians when researching for their children’s academic needs. The guardian is also requested to refer to the full explanations of the rulings quoted in this guide, from Islam Q&A, to ensure a clear understanding. Read More...

Path Finder

Pathfinder is a compilation of words that have encouraging quotes from the Quran, Hadeeth, statements from, Scholars .

Perfection	Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet said, "Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the nights." (See Fath-ul-Bari, Page 102, Vol 1).
Self Criticism	The intelligent is the one who accounts his self and works for the Hereafter, and the incapable one is he who follow his soul's whims and then depends on Allah.(Narrated by Tirmidee, Ibn Majah & Ahmad)
Accounts	Umar said "Account yourselves before you are brought into account. Weigh your deeds before they are weighed against you. Maymun Ibn Mahran said, "The God conscious person is more severe in accounting his own self than a tyrant ruler and a stingy partner"
Wishes	Ali Ibn Ali Taalib said to his son Al Hasan "beware of depending on wishes. Wishes are the stock of fools." An Arab poet says "do not be a slave to wishes for wishes are the capital of the penniless.

Islamic Glossary

Al-Amr	Positive Ifollowing our meeting you could request VMC to provide me a soft copy of the manual to make the necessary changes so that I could make the changesmperative - It is seeking to do something by using one of the forms of command, for example, “Obey your parent.”
An-Nahy	Negative Imperative - It is seeking to refrain from doing an action by using one of its forms for example, “Do not curtail your duties”.
Al-Istifhaam	Question - It is seeking to understand something for example, “Have you revised your lesson?’
At-Tamannee	Desire - It is to seek for something that is either impossible or extremely difficult to achieve and one of its forms is used for example, (a) “I wish youth were sold so that I could buy some.” (b) “I wish if Muslims could unite.”
At-Tarajjee	Wish - It is to seek for something that can happen by using one of its forms, for example, “I wish the Muslim youths turn towards the fountain from which their pure religion is established.”
Al-‘Ard	Petition - It is the request to be gentler for example, you say to a friend, “Oh won’t you visit your friend.”
At-Tahreed	Incitement - It is the request to do something by urging and encouraging, for example, “Will you not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Messenger and took the aggressive by being the first to assault you!”

This Time in History

A compilation from the the Seerah of the Prophet (saw) Ar Raheeq Al Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar), and others. If you wish to contribute to this section, please write to us at editor@targheeb.com

Rabi-Al Thani

Events

Buhraan Invasion took place in 3 A.H^[43]
Invation of Najd 4 AHM^[44]
Dhat Ar Riqa campaign 4AH^[45]
Muhammad bin Maslamah’s Expedition to Dhul Qassah 6AH^[46]
Abu Ubaidah bin Al Jarrah Expedition to Dhul Qassah 6AH^[47]
Ali bin Abi Talib Expedition Tai – 9AH^[48]
Ukasha bin Mihsan Al Asadi Expedition (Udhrah and Baily) 9AH^[49]

Jumada-Al-Awwal

Events

The Prophet (saw) married his first beloved wife; Khadijah (ra) 15 years prior to his Prophecy.
Dhil Ushairah Invasion 2AH^[50]
Buhran Expedition (from the Direction of Al Fur) 3AH^[51]
Zaid bin Harithah Expedition to Al Ais, 6AH ^[52]
Battle of Mu’tah 8AH (Sept. 629AD)^[53]
In the same Battle Khalid ibn Walid 8AH (fourth general of the Battle of Mr’tah) was proclaimed by the Holy Prophet saw as being "one of the swords of Allah".
Alqamah bin Mujaziz Expedition 9AH^[54]

Jumada-Ath-Thani

Events

Muslins took Bai’ah at the hands of Umar Ibn Al Khattab in Medina 13AH^[55]

Death

Abu Bakr Siddiq died 13AH^[56]