Tips to help kids fast (part 2)

Make wudu once you get out of bed because it will fully awaken you. Allow yourself to air dry. Do not towel dry your wudu. Allow wudu to be refreshing.

Make suhoor/Fajr routines as a family, especially if the actions are sunnah. 

For example: We take turns reciting Qur’an between suhoor and Fajr and just sip glasses of water until the adhan, Pray Fajr on time, Do not rush through the two rakas of Fajr, Watch Mekkah live on the internet, Read Qur’an until shurook and share the hadith about staying in the same position you prayed fajr until you pray sunrise prayer.

Let the kids sleep in a little, such as 9 – 10am. Do not let the kids sleep in late, for example, until Dhuhr or mid-day.

Pray all prayers on-time together, as a family.

Have kids pick iftaar meal.

Have kids help make iftaar meal with you, and make a surprise side dish.

Do not have kids help in the kitchen near food if you know they can’t resist tasting the food. For example, one of our daughters loves making salads because she loves eating fresh vegetables. When she was younger, she made innocent mistakes and took intentional snacks. We worked hard to preoccupy her during food preparation until she was old enough to resist this temptation.

Have kids pick iftaar dessert.




Have kids help make iftaar dessert with you, and set aside a tiny sweet surprise.
Encourage kids to walk away from tempting situations involving food (i.e., snack bars at stores, cafeterias, restaurants, etc.)

Encourage kids to walk away from confrontation with others (especially siblings) by saying “I’m fasting” in a kind, gentle way and walk away politely. Do not allow kids to pass it off as a brash excuse to be rude.

Learn Qur’anic Arabic together with rules of Tajweed. Remember it is an obligation upon every Muslim to read and recite the Qur’an. The talent to memorize is a gift.

Memorize Qur’an together. Set a personal and family goal as to number of lines, ayats, surahs, pages, etc. for the month and work each day to meet this goal.

Encourage kids to have private reflexive time to contemplate a given chore: tafsir, reflecting on the poor, etc

Tenets of faith in Islam

Monotheism is the central principle of Islam. Tahwid means the unity or oneness of God; there is no other God but Allah, and this belief is proclaimed five times daily as the believers are called to prayer with these words:

God is most great. I testify that there is no God but Allah. I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer, come to revelation, God is most great! There is no God but Allah.

Allah is the one and only god, unapproached by other divinities and unlike all others in the strength of his creative power. All life, in fact all creation, is the responsibility of Allah alone. His nature is described in many ways and by many names, one of the most beautiful as "light."

Allah is the light of the heaven and the earth .... His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp
is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. (The lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive
neither of the East or the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light, Allah guided unto His light whom He will. And Allah speaketh to mankind in allegories, for Allah is Knower of all things. (This lamp is found) in houses which Allah hath allowed
to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at noon and evening. (24:35)

Islam also recognize the significance and contributions of prophets who preceded Muhammad. From the beginnings of human history, Allah has communicated with his people either by the way of the prophets, or by written scriptures:

Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the Prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon and as We imparted unto David the Psalms. (4:164)

Twenty-eight such prophets are mentioned in the Koran as the predecessors of Muhammad, who is believed to have been the last and greatest of all of Allah's messengers. Muhammad is given no divine status by Muslims, even though he was the one chosen to proclaim Allah's message of salvation in its
perfected form and final revelation; in fact, Muhammad took great care to see that he was not worshiped as a god.

The creation of the universe and all living creatures within it is the work of Allah; harmony and balance in all of creation was ensured by God. In addition to humans and other creatures on the earth, angels exist to protect humans and to pray for forgiveness for the faithful. Jinn are spirits who may be good or bad, and forces known as "the unseen" exist on a level unknown to humans.


Men and women are given a special status in the pattern of the universe, since Allah has endowed them with the ability to know and react to him better than any living creatures. They can choose to obey, or to reject Allah's will and deny him. Allah's message includes the belief in a Day of Resurrection when people will be held responsible for their actions and rewarded or punished accordingly for eternity.

Geographic imagery played an important role in the Prophet's description of heaven and hell: both are depicted in a manner that calls forth an immediate reaction from people living in the desert. Those who have submitted to Allah's law - the charitable, humble, and forgiving - and those who have preserved his faith, shall dwell in a Garden of Paradise, resting in cool shades, eating delectable foods, attended by "fair ones with wide, lovely eyes like unto hidden pearls," and hearing no vain speech or recrimination but only "Peace! Peace!" This veritable oasis is far different from the agonies of the desert hell that awaits the unbelievers, the covetous, and the erring. Cast into a pit with its "scorching wind and shadow of black smoke," they will drink boiling water and suffer forever.

The Beautiful Names of Allah

Islam is Beautiful - Islamic Quote

Islam is not about “we’re better than you”. Islam is about “let me show you something that is better for you”. [Nouman Ali Khan]

 Speech remains as a slave to you, but the moment it leaves your mouth, you become its slave. [Ibn Qayyim]

A good looking woman works out to keep her body in shape. But a pretty woman kneels down in prayer to keep her heart in shape. [Unknown]

And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty) [al-Talaaq 65:2]

The Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam said: “Whoever directs someone to a good, then he will have the reward equal to the doer of the action”. [Saheeh Muslim]

Dont forget to thank Allah swt , because he didn’t forget to wake you up this morning. [Unknown]

Allah says, “If you give charity openly then what a good thing it is; and if you give to beggars hidingly it is better for you than every thing, and He will remove some of your sins. And Allah is Aware of what you do.” [Qur’an 2:271].

Anger begins with madness and ends with regret. [Ali RA]

Only because of ALLAH …….I am free.
Only because of ALLAH …….I am safe.
Only because of ALLAH …….I am strong.
Only because of ALLAH …….I am whole and perfect.
Only because of ALLAH …….I am completely fulfilled.
Only because of ALLAH …….I am alive.

[Unknown]

Love of Allah is a sweetness and pleasure that if you are without it, life becomes a thing of worries and of pain.” [Ibn al-Qayyim]