Pedagogy education and upbringing

I have been married for 12 years. My in-laws have always been mentally and physically abusive to me and my 2 kids. Just last years my marriage was on the verge of divorce,Since then me n my kids have not kept any relationship with my in-laws n alhamdulillah everything is goin great. But past few months my husband is insisting me talk to my in-laws but I fear doing that.

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing

14 Jun

ANSWER: It’s not obligatory upon you at all to maintain ties with your in-laws. However, it’s mandatory upon your kids to maintain ties with their paternal family, you have no right whatsoever in stopping them from meeting their grandparents and uncles and aunts etc.

Sheikh I know that playing musical instruments is not allowed in Islam. Is it also not permissible for small kids to play musical instruments?

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing, Sports, Entertainment and Music

31 May

ANSWER: Yes, it’s not permissible for them as well.

What is the right age for children to know the translation of Qur’an ?

Pedagogy education and upbringing, Reading/Reciting the Quran

03 May

ANSWER: There’s no prescribed age for this and it varies from child to child as not every child has the same temperment and intelligence or grasping capabilities.

In my friend’s family, when a child is born, they ask a Baba/molvi for baby’s name. He somehow figures out that baby’s name must start with M or S or whatever. They believe that if they don’t name their baby starting with the alphabet their Molvi told, it will not be good for the baby. I know this is a total innovation but I can’t find anything to support this fact and correct my friend.

Pedagogy education and upbringing, Shirk and its different forms

02 May

ANSWER: This is shirk! To believe that the fate of a child is dependent on selecting a specific letter for his name which was recommended by this soothsayer, this is shirk.

Is putting Syed and Muhammad before my name from the sunnah/is it a sin. Syed is to show that i am a descendant from the Prophets SAW family (is this showing off?) and my family says putting Muhammad (or Ahmed, Yasin, etc.) in your name is sunnah as it is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad SAW, is this correct to say

Other, Pedagogy education and upbringing

29 Dec

ANSWER: It is not from the Sunnah and a person should only have one name and not a compound name for one person and other compound names for his father and so on!

Please advise if angels will not enter the house or not if kids Toy dolls or colouring papers having living creatures picture are spread across house even regular arrangements/cleaning are done as they often keep spreading through out.

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing

14 Nov

ANSWER: This does not prevent the angels from entering the house as long as these toys are for small children who play with them.

From which age a child should sleep in different bed from parents?

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing

13 Nov

ANSWER: They shouldn’t be sleeping with the parents when they reach 7 years of age.

Recently I told my son (just to scare him and see his reaction) that I will go to his grandma’s house and I’m not gonna be back ! Does this mean anything ?? In fact if I say this to anyone in the future, would it mean anything ?

Pedagogy education and upbringing

22 Oct

ANSWER: This is lying and of course not permissible! This is not good parenting as you are setting a very bad example of lying before your children. Kids learn more from our actions rather than from our words, so even if you teach them that lying is prohibited in Islam while you yourself do that, […]

My wife says to my daughter do this other wise ghost will take you,or dont do that otherwise ghost will take you,or sleep now otherwise ghost will take you, to make her work done. I have told my wife politely to not say such thing. What could be the consequences of this over my daughter?? Or what I should say my wife?

Pedagogy education and upbringing

14 Oct

ANSWER: You must advise your wife not to tell her lies or threaten to talk to your daughter yourself telling her this is not true as this can have catastrophic effects on her Aqeedah making her fear jinn other than fearing Allah. Besides, if she speaks to jinn and asks them to take her, this is […]

Ya Shaikh, what type of videos can we allow for kids to watch. What type videos do your grand kids watch, pls suggest. Most of it has music and cartoon characters!

Halal/Haram Matters, Pedagogy education and upbringing

06 Jul

ANSWER: In Arabia, we have a lot of cartoons that are Islamically based and have no music. Al Majd channel is among the ones that produces such shows.

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