What do you tell your children?
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Everywhere !
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tell the kid Allah is everywhere like the air...u can't see but u can feel...Allah is in you, in me, in everything...earth and the sky and in between :) that's enough for a kid i suppose :)
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I start with the concept of Arsh, as my kids cannot comprehend the theory of something being everywhere at the same time. I would rather have them 'Allah is watching us from Arsh' as it makes sense to them that someone can watch them from up there, than Allah is everywhere and they lose the concept by thinking that is something magical or non-real.
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Everywhere !
How would you answer if your child says, Is Allah there when i am taking bath?
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The saying that Allah swt is everywhere means that he is watching and aware of everything.
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It is better to keep it simple for the kids and tell them that He is aware of everything that is going on. He listens to our prayers even if we pray in our heart. So be good since Allah loves those and accepts the prayers of those who are good and do good deeds.
Apart from that, being on the Arsh and being omnipresent are not contradictory concepts as Arsh is not like a throne of earthly kings as we know of.
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You do not have to say Allah is everywhere.
You just say Allah knows what happens everywhere.
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I give my kids a lot of information without worrying about whether they don't understand. It appears that they do understand a lot.
I tell them that we can't say where is Allah, because Allah is not like us that we can be located or contained. I do tell them that Allah (SWT) has knowledge of everything and then say that we say Allah (SWT) is High and point upwards as a sign of His Highness (without suggesting it to be physically there).
It's quite easy to explain the "NOT LIKE" ... all we have to do is explain the "LIKE" first ...
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^I don't point towards the sky. I believe Allah is not in His creation nor out of His creation.
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^What does that mean?
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I think Allah is everywhere and I would explain it as Allah being in everything and everyone.
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^What does that mean?
Peace Iconoclast
It means we can't ask the question "Where is Allah (SWT)?" because we'll get answers that we don't understand.
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^ Thanks for clarification :@:
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^What does that mean?
To kids I'd say Allah is very close to you. I wouldn't say He is everywhere because that can be taken into the meaning where Allah is part of creation. I wouldn't say He is above the Arsh because that way I'm limiting His status. So I take the ayah of "Allah is nearer than your jugular vein", simplify it by saying He is very close to you.
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Praise be to Allah
A child can be taught about Allah in a suitable manner, according to his level of understanding. He can be told that Allah is One and has no partner. He can be told that He is the Creator of all things, so He is the Creator of the earth, the heavens, people, animals, trees, rivers, etc.
The educator can make the most of some situations by asking the child, whilst walking through a garden or in the countryside, about Who made the water, rivers and things in the natural scenery around him, to draw his attention to the greatness of the Creator.
The father, mother or educators in general may be with a child or group of children in a car on a journey or a trip at the time of sunset, when the sun disappears from sight gradually. All that the educator has to do at that point is to draw the attention of those who are with him to the power of Allah displayed in that.
A child can also be taught to understand the bounty of Allah and the blessing of good health that He has bestowed upon him. For example, you could say to him, “Who gave you your hearing, sight and mind? Who gave you strength and the ability to move?” and so on. The child can also be encouraged to love Allah and to thank Him for this blessing and bounty. Making a child love Allah and the things that Allah loves is a good action which will bring educational benefits sooner or later, by Allah’s Leave.
A child may ask about his Lord, whether He eats or sleeps. In that case we have to answer and tell him that there is nothing like Allah, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing; neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. Allah is not like us, He does not need to sleep, eat or drink.
If these meanings are made simple for a child and explained to him in a way that is suited to his age, then the veneration of Allah in his heart is one of the things that will help him to be aware that Allah is watching him in secret and in public.
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i dont have children.
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i dont have children.
Then suppose you have them. :D
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I was never dumbfounded about where Allah (swt) was when I was younger, but I never understood where He came from or how He came to be.
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How would you answer if your child says, Is Allah there when i am taking bath?
I don't have kids,but when I was a child I was told Allah is everywhere,and I never thought of about, is Allah there when I'm taking bath,
But it turns out in a +ve way like when ever I was scared or something I used to think I shouldn't be scared coz,Allah is everywhere and here with me too,so I think it depends on the child's mind that how he/she understand this concept .