Are you guys keen on Mosque’s or prefer kid’s that go to someone’s house to read?
I am considering paying a private tutor for my son’s Islamic teaching as I feel in mosque’s the child’s need cannot be fully met as there is a huge number of people, and they often chit chat, and the child can feel daunted as they see the mosque where they will feel the stick on their hands…
I want my son to love Islam, and see it from a nice point of view from day one, and not hear any scary mosque stories.
Does anyone know how long it takes to learn the Quran? I can’t remember how long it took us as children.
I searched google and there is 121 online Quranic teaching.
I rang a local man not sure of title, ‘Molvi’ Ustad-ji’ He’s arabic and I want himt o teach my son arabic and the Quran as I think it would have been wonderful if my parents had done that and we could easily understood what we read.
Anyway my son is 4 n a half yrs old, and I taught him first kalimah, Surah Iklas and started him off on his Arabic Alphabet, but recently he doesn’t want to read it and giggles, so I sat him down and asked if he would like to go learn the Quran as he watches when we read and always pretends to read along, and he said yes and started practising what I had taught him.
I rang the gentlemen and he said for me to suggest how much I would like to pay him but I have no idea?
My kids go to an Islamic program at the masjid where they learn Arabic for the Qur'an with tajweed, hadeeth, akhlaq, seerah, taleem ul haq, etc. 3 times a week after school. Personally I find this very beneficial as the association with other kids their age brings in a healthy competition and creates an environment of excitement towards learning.
The downside is that the progress is slower compared to one on one at home lessons for sure, but who's in a hurry? I feel a good foundation is better than just getting over the formality of learning. The positives, I have already mentioned above.
The best age to start would be when a child can speak clearly and can follow instruction, perhaps 4-5 years of age. It could take anywhere from 2-4 years depending on the program and your child's consistency.
Great thanks, the guys house he will go to will be teaching his own kids at the same time so maybe max 4 people and I am going to ask to sit in another room as I cannot leave my child alone after all the scary stories you hear in the news about abuse, kidnapping etc etc
And I am not in a hurry I was trying to work out the total cost per session so I can budget for it.
It's very hard to find a teacher who teaches children with love and compassion the word of Allah(swt). My son age5 is being taught at home by us parents for the time being, we're only doing memorization and casual Arabic reading like alphabets and vowels at the moment. We started with surah fatiha and other small surahs and now he's started 30th juz and memorized half surah An-Naba.
We'll start to look for a teacher for memorizing Quran and correcting makhrij after he reaches the age of 7 because we parents believe that formal education should start after the seven years. Fiqh and tafsir we believe should be taught at the age of 10 or just after the 9th year.
Stress on Arabic reading and writing should also be after 7 so basically I suggest you should concentrate on the memorization at this age rather than reading, writing or fiqh.
Reading stories of Quran, Prophets(AS), Sahaba and Seerah(SAW) is the best way to introduce your child to Islamic history and for having a love and passion for Islam.
Thanks, but I was thinking if I could balance his school eduation and islamic education now.
I mean at the monet he is young and nursery is all about play time and I want him to go and learn arabic/quran on the weekends, so he is formally learning something, and his school primary education will get harder later at which time he should have nearly completed his Quran inshallah, but Islam recitation and learning is continuous it's for life so Inshallah he will be proactively learning throughout his life.
My son won't site and learn from me, he giggles, so that's fab that u are teaching your children.
May god protect all our kid's and give them good deen knowledge.
We just need to have good intention and plans for them.
mrsshy - I prefer the Mosque environment. My daughter who is 5 goes on weekdays for about an 1/2 hour and reads from the Imam who is from Algeria.
My daughter had a bit of hard time because I taught her (zeer, zabar, peech) and they have a different way of saying that. He is very strong on the correct prounication as well.
He is taking it very slow and I am not in a rush either. I want her foundation to be strong so she can read well.
I prefer it that way because there are kids her age and she learns better in a school setting rather than one on one.
We pay $50 per month per child however the imam does not request anything. You can give it to him or donate it to masjid.
I dont know about the process here...maybe this is Islaamically wrong for me to say but...
I like my boys to learn the Koran through a translated version - one that they can understand and read for themselves without having to rely on anyone else's version of meaning.
Anyone can memorize the sounds. I do understand that its very important to hear and know the sounds of the Koran and yes, its very beautiful to hear. But without understanding the Arabic language, too much is lost I think. So Ihave a DVD set with the full Koran, recorded at Mecca and the boys can listen to this and hear the sounds of the Koran.
But as far as learning it, I'll let them read a translated version.
^ i agree. Although it's important for children to learn how the read the Quran, I believe it's equally important, if not more, for them to be able to understand what they are reading. What's the point of reading something if you're not understanding it?
Even now I can read the Quran with ease, but when I read it, I don't get it. So why read God's word, but not understand what is being said?
I think more emphasis should be placed on learning the Arabic language, so that when our children to read the Quran they actually understand what is being said. So that when they stand in prayer at the mosque or even at home, they know what they are reciting. And not just quickly read off what they've memorized.
I dont know about the process here...maybe this is Islaamically wrong for me to say but...
I like my boys to learn the Koran through a translated version - one that they can understand and read for themselves without having to rely on anyone else's version of meaning.
Anyone can memorize the sounds. I do understand that its very important to hear and know the sounds of the Koran and yes, its very beautiful to hear. But without understanding the Arabic language, too much is lost I think. So Ihave a DVD set with the full Koran, recorded at Mecca and the boys can listen to this and hear the sounds of the Koran.
But as far as learning it, I'll let them read a translated version.
I partly agree. There's so much reward for just reciting Quran and even more for those and their parent who memorize it but without the understanding of Quranic teachings there's no way to know the religion of Islam, **but **translations are not the way to learn Quran if you want it without relying on someone because there are hundreds of translations and all are done by people who understood Quran their way. Other way is to learn Quranic Arabic to understand Quran but for a five years old it's not easy to learn Arabic grammar etc.
For young children it is very easy to memorize hence the stress is on memorization of Quran in it's original language and you have to learn Quran to offer prayers anyway so I think it's worth memorizing the Quran in early years.
^ i agree. Although it's important for children to learn how the read the Quran, I believe it's equally important, if not more, for them to be able to understand what they are reading. What's the point of reading something if you're not understanding it?
Even now I can read the Quran with ease, but when I read it, I don't get it. So why read God's word, but not understand what is being said?
I think more emphasis should be placed on learning the Arabic language, so that when our children to read the Quran they actually understand what is being said. So that when they stand in prayer at the mosque or even at home, they know what they are reciting. And not just quickly read off what they've memorized.
Just my two cents.
Learning Arabic language to understand Quran is not possible because Quranic Arabic is very different to the Arabic language and also you need hadith, sunnah and tafsir to understand Quran, i don't think a 4 or 5 year old can learn all that but he can easily memorize Quran as Quran itself says that "it has made easy to memorize".
Thanks for all the responses guys. As I said I want my son to understand Arabic, and the Quran hence the teaching, meaning and reason of it, and yes that will follow on from, hadiths, etc etc.
Every parent knows what they want for their child and we are all wanting the best possbile start to our children's islamic and other education.