Monday, 16 July 2012

Ramadhan activities help to encourage children to fast during Ramadhan


  1. creating a 99 names of Allah (SWT) challenge
  2. participating in Ramadhan Quran'-a-thon
  3. making ramadhan crafts







4. Encourage charitable activities, for example:


(a) We distribute donated gifts and create packages for the Summer Islamic Reading Challenge participants and mail them out together during Ramadan (stuffing envelopes, picking the awards, etc.).

(b) Donate perishable foods to a food pantry.
(c) Donate clothes and linens to charitable organizations, ideally a masjid.
(d) Keep a Sadaqah bank, and encourage giving during the last ten days of Ramadan for extra rewards, instead of on Eid.
(e) Create something of sadaqah jariyah (on-going charity) in words together, such as this list that will help other Muslims and their families. My girls and I are writing this together right now while we’re fasting.
(f) Find out if poor families live near or around you, and make Eid/Ramadan goody bags for each of their family members. Deliver zakat al-fitr as a family.
(g) Slaughter as a family, and give the meat you slaughtered to the poor.
(h) Make random donations to the poor, and let your kids go with you. Remind them that any charity offered during Ramadan is multiplied.
(i) By following your example, your kids will start making their own random donations, such as allowance that would normally be used for candy would become a donation.
(j) Volunteer as much as possible together, ideally for Muslim organizations, but don’t discount needs in your community, e.g., we volunteer a great deal of time to homeschool organizations, public libraries, etc.
(k) Offer to organize a fundraiser for your local masjid, or run one virtually online.
(l) Volunteer to hold an Islamic contest, and have your kids participate.
(m) Head or assist in running a Qur’an competition, and encourage your kids to compete.




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