Raising our children with His Blessings...

Bismillah In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Loving, the Most Forgiving   Alhamdulillah we went to the Whipsnade zoo for the first time. We really had a great time watching the animals. We also went on the steam train. It was a rainy day but we were quite well prepared alhmadulillah. We hope we can go there again inshAllah.   Apparently lions sleep most of the day!     Fantastic Flamingos  Our first ride on a steam engine Alhamdulillah, loved the smell :-) I love the smell of oil, petrol etc .   Humble elephants...       We loved the sea lions. Kids really enjoyed listening to their sounds. We have learnt to sound like them. I just love their smooth skin mashAllah. Apparently the male ones are very loud and territorial.   Beautiful butterflies...what an amazing creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala! I took a lot of photos of them.       ...

Bismillah In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, the Most Loving, the Most Forgiving   Alhamdulillah we have tried to go to park several times during the summer break. It is Yusuf's last summer before he starts full time schooling. We tried our best to get the most out of this beautiful and very rare sunny weather in London. I love nature and I am trying to instil that love in our children inshAllah. The more connected I am to the creations of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the more I will appreciate Him and His amazing qualities. We are so blessed to be able to visit all these beautiful places, Alhamdulillah.   Roaming around the local park, collecting Dandelions. We enjoy making Dandelion pakora, pancakes. Very healthy snacks for the family mashAllah.       Another lovely local park mashAllah. They went with their friends Hafsa and Ayman and have learnt some new skills Alhamdulillah.   We went to the central library where they have le...

Alhamdulillah Imran made his first short movie with Lego with the help of his chacha (uncle) and chachi (aunt) at their flat. He is really happy with his movie. I hope he will enjoy his journey as a movie maker inshAllah and make some great movies inshAllah.

Bismillah In the name of Allah the Most Merciful the Most Forgiving the Most Loving Alhamdulillah our children can read the Arabic words. They are learning the chapters from juz amma i.e the 30th part of the Qur'an with their teacher Ranna. To facilitate learning the Qur'an, I am using the following videos. I have recently read this very useful post on memorization. I have attached the original source. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward the blogger, ameen! A sample Hifdh Schedule for children One of my beautiful friends has memorized the Qur'an mashAllah. She always suggests me that I listen to the Qur'an on a daily basis as that will definitely help me to memorize the chapters of the Qur'an inshaAllah. Learning the Book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is a lifelong mission. It is not just a task to force on our children. We must show our love and dedication to learn the Qur'an. Only then our children will also love the Qur'an and will have...