Tag: children

Children (who did not reach puberty) are not commanded to fast. However, their parents or guardians are strongly recommended to encourage them to fast few days so that they get used to it and they grow up knowing of the worship of fasting as they would know that of praying. In fact this was ...

Children have a lofty status in Islam, and a high rank. Allah has encouraged us to seek after them: {So now have sexual relations with them and seek that which Allah has ordained for you (offspring),} [Al-Baqarah 2:187].

What happens during the school years is very important. Many parents and community leaders brush-off unfavorable and un-Islamic Muslim youth behavior as being a short-term phenomenon; a mix of hormones and bad friends. Time, it is argued, will mature their thoughts and bring them in line. ...