Inshallah, my first step will be to put the love of Allah and Prophet muhammad :saw: in their hearts so that they follow the teachings without any “choo chaan” (complains)
Secondly, Put them in compnay of practicing muslims… they could be father, mamus, chachus (i hope they’ll be good muslims),Grandparents, teachers…anyone at all with whom they have a personal link.
bad TV :nono: Indian movies/music to the least
And the foresmost important thing, should come first: Manners… Nothing beats kids with excellent ettiquettes
SO thats my plan, May Allah give me enough strength to follow it and make my kids the best of muslims, Ameen.
Those with children: how do u manage? And for **kid-less ** ppl, how do u plan to go about?
i agree wod bulbuli too..........unlike my parents i would want my kids to follow islam strictly...i mean my parents never forced me for namaz i started it myself so i would want my kids to have an islamic environment wid fun annd widout a lot of strictness Inshallah :)
i like when parents take their kids to mosque in their early ages, i will try my best ... INSHALLAH. I will try to teach them every little thing which i m supposed to. May God Bless Our kids
i do agree with u too but trust me if your parents had forced you to
religion or to pray namaz ro cover you would be one of those
who take it off when they go out and dont follow any religion at all
so you should be proud that you started it all when you wanted it
coz any forced thing doesn’t last longer i thing we should tell them
we should do our part but let them decide what they want to do
coz i think if you force some one to do any thing they dont tend
to do it specially in uk when they go out and are bieng asked questions
why you cover instead of saying because WE wanted it
they say our PARENTS wants us to do that
and this where the problems starts so i think
i will tell my kids about islam and all aspects of it
but i will live all up to them how they want to adopt to it
bulbulli weldone (for opening this thread)
and pls dont mind any thing i said coz every
one has different thinking and trust me
i have seen girls and guys doing this kind of this
thats why i mentioned them
I would tell them stories about then Prophet (s.a.w.) and his companions, teach them the Quran, read namaz in front of them so as to be a good model for them to take after, and live in Pakistan for awhile, so they could really get in touch with Islam and culture and all those good things :)
i would from day 1 start reading spara with them and make them learn about Allah (swt) and his Messengers. Then when they are old enough and i think they know a lot about their religion i will then let them have just a little bit of independance …(that would be the age of about 16)
everything u do from early on...everything u teach them....tends to stick with them later on in life.
I know some parents who pray 5 times daily and made their kids stand/sit next to them from infacy...those very same kids continued to do the same as they became older. You must MAKE ur kids pray with u from the start...but u have to be tactful in doing so.
My imam once told us......"a family that prays together....stays together".....i believe that to be true.
I didnt grow up in a very religious family either and thats why i wanna provide my kids with an islamic enviroment especially if they are gonna be here in US.
…(that would be the age of about 16)
