Lives of the Prophets audio lectures

https://archive.org/details/lives-of-the-prophets

by Anwar Awlaki.

I am grateful for archive, format easier for me to use than scribe but frequently i am able to find books or audio at no cost on archive that have been removed from youtube or other social media or websites.

Even children can listen with adults to these lectures. With his clear English and’s extensive research this is the best series in English I’ve heard, maa shaa Allaah engaging and comprehensive but better yet, relatively chronological.

I hope it is of benefit with the signs and lessons. While many consider these old “stories” or traditions, they are more relevant now more than ever, in this day and age. .

To me, few historical movies compare the story of prophet Yusuf, for instance.

Tafseer poem and classes

Below is a poem written by Abu Taubah to introduce Tafseer.

The title is, “Tafseeru 101”.

This poem in English gives the beginner a broad understanding of the Qu’aan and it’s sciences. It is meant to be memorized but I’ve also listed the several classes below that explain the poem and meanings. The class includes children with the adults maa shaa Allah. Please check back as this in an old file and I must contact author to make sure there are no mistakes.

The essential foundation of understanding the Qur’aan Is made simple by learning this effective poem however it’s usefulness is void without watching the recorded classes.

Unless one has already mastered Arabic or learned tafseer, the classes are well worth the time and upon completion both youth and adult will have a relatively thorough understanding of the Qur’aan in shaa Allah

I ask Allaah us to guide us and grant us profound understanding.

Note: any mistakes below are mine, and not attributed to Abu Taubah in any way. I ask Allaah to bless and preserve him and his family.

Tafseeru 101 is what we’re going to do:
We're going to break each soorah down for every one of you
from whence it came - it’s length & name,
It’s placement and just what it claims
To learn Quran and pass it down
- to Muslims learning all around

The word Quran linguistically when broken down methodically
means “reading, or recited piece” 
by most of those who dare to teach
It’s reached us in its purest form through massive chains
still carried on
The Arabic speech of Allah revealed to ibn Abdullah 
It’s words and meaning both persevered in MusHaf form gone undisturbed

A standing challenge for all time
for those who claim it’s just a rhyme
Fassara yufassiru -
 tafseer from a mufassiru
Explain the meanings of Quran
- with easy words to understand 

So meanings of the words supply- with what came down & reasons why
Use first of course, Quran Quran-
 then find a source in the sunaan 
SaHaabah when they took a stand- 
the language lends a helping hand
Opinions come, Not all conform- 
Some deviate & break the norm

Divide Quraan for Readers Libb-
 in 30 Juz and 60 Hizb 
End long Tiwall reciting taubah 
and with its laws replace the Tawrah
Mi-een at Yoonus one might guess-
a hundred aaya more or less
With al-Mi-een for az-Zaboor-
 he Psalms of David are secure 
In place of Eesaaz lost Injeel-
 use al-Mathaaniz strong appeal
And Basmalaz at Qaaf begin
( Al- Hujuraat or Qaaf begin)-
Mufassal up until they end

((((The make up of the Quran :
First come letters and then their words 
Then the ayah must be learned 
Six thousand plus by all accounts 
But after that we all have doubts
A group of words a sign to see 
Or something that amazes me
Like so and so’s whole house
was wrecked
There’s not even an ayah left
Five hundred ayah for Ah-kaam 
And stories make up half Quran 
Next up the surah’s wall around 
For the ayah they surround 
One hundred surah plus fourteen 
Some Makkiya
Some maddan

PLAYLIST of class videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMepZw7fciU&list=PLLBkzA9QXoAo8yjSpLFUzprcFfe7BSdAU

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I sincerely hope you find something inspiring, new, or helpful here.

* Allaah has not made us in nations and tribes but to know one another >3 *

What type of statement?

My kid and my money go to Tarbiyah. 
(A local Islamic school here.)

Is this a literal statement? Could it be another type? What if any, problem is there with this statement?

Would you feel right about using it as a slogan?  What about as a bumper sticker? Why or why not?

Explain your position for hs (rhetoric) or discuss with stage logic (roughly 5th through eight grade).

 
These are guideposts only, your child dues not have to be on these levels, each child is gifted in their own way.In my experience, all children are smart unless unmotivated or have some biological disability wa Allahu alim. Even some children on the spectrum excel in a particular area or possess a unique interest.

Greetings and peace.

P.S. Despite predictions, dump didn’t win, Biden did! Subhanallah. I’ll have to go back to messenger and find the article I’d shared with a friend that claimed current.potus would win. I think it was based on that almost every previous when, Americans vote according to their party, regardless of ad campaigns.

As always, Allaah is the Best of Planners.

I plan to have Ds(dear son) now 16, finish watching both of nominee’s address to the nation and take notes or discuss his conclusions and thoughts.

I would say then I’ll give him an assignment but I’ve learned to trust the process and focus more on the relationship like Sandra Dodd said. If you focua on a good connection with your child, learning happens.

My job is to facilitate, not control.

~UmSakina

New website, plus advice reading Quran

Well, the website is ‘new’ to me! While i like to list links as resources, i dislike simply reposting other blogs or sites or copying their advice, even when i give credit. However, in this modern busy age and increasingly complex technology, some may not be able to view what I post.

I was excited to find this website because it has classes and lessons on Islamic logic and other topics not readily available in English.
I am not receiving anything in return for listing it here and disclaimer, i have not enrolled yet. However, I found it by a trustworthy source and do intend to enroll as they are affordable and upon the methodology of reason and evidence.

Many classes enable one to purify and clarify one’s personal beliefs, and tools to prevent misguidance and properly defend the correct aqeedah. The correct aqeedah is as was practiced by Rasulullah, salla lahu alahi wa salam,  the rightly guided khulafah and first three generations
I rarely pay for classes, because as an autodidact, why pay for knowledge i can get for free? However, with the ancient and revealed lughatul arabiyyah, a teacher is necessary for properly pronouncing the speech of Allah, not to mention understanding it! As well as the sciences of Quran, fiqh and many other aspects of Islaam, its best to attend classes with a trusted local Imam or Shaykh or if there are none near or upon the correct aqeedah, many learn online or overseas.

As always, you must decide what is the right learning for you and your family, my goal is to benefit and give resources. I ask Allaah to guide me, increase my wisdom and grant me success in this dunya and the akhirah.

Here is the website that has classes on logic from Islamic sources. It also has classes on other unislamic ideologies, and disproves them while showing why Islam is the truth : https://www.alasna.org/

Free academic articles including refutations: (warning for sensitive viewers, it is unapologetically Muslim and contains statements about current events and politics.)
https://muslimskeptic.com/     <the Muslim Skeptic

Again, a site allowing free downloads of many Islamic books published by Darrusalam and others.  It is best to search by author under the tab books, or the search bar. http://www.kalamullah.com

From the website below also an article on raising youth to be responsible in our communities : http://salaficulture.com/index.php/2017/12/20/training-muslim-youth-with-the-mentality-of-communal-responsibility/

Below is the advice for reading the Quran, it is from the book  [Adaab Ḥamalatil Qur’ān by al Ajurrī.]  Translator: Umar Quinn

The source is at the end.

In the Name of Allah, al-Raḥmān, al-Raḥīm.

Al Imām Muḥammad bin al Ḥussain al Ajurī (d. 360 h. [رحمه الله]) said in description of the reciter of Qurān:

“It is befitting that he makes the Qurān the rabī’ (i.e., resuscitating rainwater that falls in the springtime) for his heart, rejuvenating thereby what is not alive in his heart, incorporating the etiquettes of the Qurān,  and inculcating its noble characteristics that distinguish him from the remainder of people who do not recite the Qurān.

The first thing befitting for him is to employ a fearful mindfulness of Allah (عز وجل) in private and public, by employing cautiousness as relates acquiring his food, drink, clothing and earnings.  He is to be insightful as pertains his era of time and the corruption of its people.  He is to be cautious of them regarding his religion.  He is to be directly focused on his own situation, worried about repairing what is corrupted of his situation.  He safeguards his tongue and is selective in his speech.

If he speaks, he speaks with knowledge, so long as he sees that speaking is correct.  If he is silent, he is silent based on knowledge, so long as silence is correct.  Rarely does he delve into what does not pertain him.  He fears his tongue more than he fears his enemy.  He confines his tongue like he would confine an enemy, to be spared of its evil and ill consequences.  He rarely laughs at what people laugh at due to the ill consequence of laughter.  If he is pleased by something in agreement with what is true, then he smiles.  He dislikes joking out of fear of playing about.  When he jokes, then he says what is true.  His face is pleasant and his speech is wholesome.

He does not praise himself for what he possesses, so how about that which he does not possess?  He is afraid of his own self overcoming him in what it impulsively desires of that which displeases his Guardian Lord.  He does not backbite anyone.  He does not hold anyone in contempt.  He does not malign anyone.  He does not gloat over anyone’s misfortune.  He does not transgress against anyone or envy him.  He does not have bad thoughts about anyone except those who are deserving of that.  His envy is based on knowledge (i.e., permissible competitiveness for goodness sake) and his speculations are based on knowledge.   He speaks about the faults of a person based on knowledge and if he remains silent about someone, then that is based on knowledge.

He has made the Qurān, the Sunnah, and religious understanding his guide that leads him to every attractive and beautiful trait of character.  He safeguards all of his limbs from what is forbidden from him.  If he walks, he walks with knowledge.  If he sits, he sits based on knowledge.  He strives to spare people from his tongue and hand.  He does not behave ignorantly.  If he is treated ignorantly, he is forbearing.  If he is oppressed, he pardons and does not transgress.  If he is transgressed against, he is patient.  He suppresses his rage to please his Lord and enrage his adversary.  He is humble within his self.  If the truth is told to him, he accepts from the young or the elderly.

He seeks elevation from Allah alone and not from any of the creation.  He despises arrogance and is afraid for himself pertaining it.  He does not use his recitation of the Qurān to eat and does not love that his (worldly) needs be taken care of because of it.  He does not run towards the princes with it nor sit with the wealthy so that they will generously honor him because of it.

While the people earn a lot from this world without having religious understanding and vision, he earns a small amount while having religious understanding and knowledge.  Whereas people wear what is comfortable and expensive, he wears what is permissible that will cover his body.  When his wealth increases, then he spends more extensively and when it decreases, then he withholds from spending (frivolously).  He is satisfied with a small amount so it suffices him and is cautious against the worldly life for himself as far as that which will cause him to transgress.   He follows the mandates of the Qurān and Sunnah.

He eats his food with knowledge, drinks with knowledge, clothes himself based on knowledge, sleeps with knowledge, and has intercourse with his wife based on knowledge.

He accompanies his brothers with knowledge, visits them with knowledge, seeks permission to enter with knowledge, and visits his neighbor with knowledge.

He forces himself to adhere to benevolence to his parents, so he lowers his wing for them and lowers his voice when they are speaking.  He exerts himself to spend his wealth on them and looks at them with an eye of respect and mercy.  He prays that they remain alive longer.  He thanks them when they reach old age and does not become upset with them are hold them in contempt.  If they ask him to aid them in an act of obedience, he helps them.  If they ask him to aid them in disobedience he does not help them but is kind in his disobeying them about that.  He exhibits good etiquette so that they will turn away from whatever hideous thing they desired that would be inappropriate for them to do.  He joins the ties of the womb and hates severing ties.  He does not cut off those who cut him off.  Whoever disobeys Allah regarding him, he obeys Allah concerning them.

He accompanies the believers with knowledge and sits with them with knowledge.  He benefits whoever accompanies him and has good etiquette in congregating with whoever sits with him.  If he teaches someone, he is gentle with him.  He is not brutish with someone who makes a mistake and does not embarrass him.  He is gentle in his affairs and patient in teaching good.  The student finds comfort with him and a person who sits with him rejoices over him.  Sitting with him amounts to good and he imparts the etiquettes of Qurān and Sunnah to whoever sits with him.

If he is stricken with calamity the Qurān and Sunnah provide him with dignified etiquette.  When he is sad, that is based on knowledge, he cries based on knowledge, and is patient based on knowledge.  He purifies himself based on knowledge, prays with knowledge, pays zakāh based on knowledge, gives charity based on knowledge, fasts based on knowledge, and performs the Ḥajj with knowledge.  He engages in the struggle based on knowledge, earns based on knowledge, and spends based on knowledge.  He extends his involvement in situations based on knowledge and declines from involving himself based on knowledge.  He has been disciplined by the Qurān and Sunnah.  

He turns the pages of the Qurān to impart etiquette to himself and is not please with himself to carry out what Allah has obligated upon him with ignorance.  He has made knowledge and understanding his guide to every good.

When he studies the Qurān with presentness of understanding and intellect, his ambition is to apply understanding to that which Allah has made binding for following what He commanded and desisting from what He forbade.  His ambition is not when will I finish the Surah?

His concern is:

When will I suffice with Allah to the exception of all else?  When will I be from the pious? When will I be from the people of iḥsān? When will I be from the people of reliance?  When will I be from those that are humbly focused? When will I be from the patient?  When will I be from the truthful?  When will I be from the fearful? When will I be from the hopeful?

When will I be disinterested in the worldly life?  When will i be desirous for the hereafter?  When will I repent from sins?  When will I realize my multiple blessings? When will I be grateful for them?

When will I understand what Allah is addressing to me?   When will I deeply understand what I recite?  When will I defeat myself against its impulsive desires?  When will I strive for Allah’s sake with a true striving?

When will I safeguard my tongue? When will I lower my gaze?  When will I protect my chastity?

When will I be shy of Allah with true shyness?  When will I be preoccupied with my own flaws?  When will I rectify what is ruined of my situation?  When will I hold myself accountable? When will I prepare provisions for the Day of my Return?

When will I truly be pleased with Allah?  When will I truly trust in Allah?  When will I take admonishment from the warnings of the Qurān?

When will I occupy myself with remembrance of Him beyond anything else? When will I love what He loves?  When will I hate what He hates?  When will I be genuine with Allah?  When will I make my actions sincere for Him?

When will I limit my expectations of this worldly life?  When will I prepare for the day of my death?  When will I realize that my lifespan is unknown?  When will I prepare for life in the grave?  When will I think about the standing (for judgment) and its severity?  When will I think about my seclusion with my Lord (for questioning)?  When will I think about my destination?…

When the intelligent believer recites the Qurān he self-assesses, so it is like a mirror for him by which he sees what is good of his actions and what is hideous.  Whatever his Guardian Lord warns him from he is cautious of.  Whatever He frightens him from of punishment he fears.  Whatever his Guardian Lord encourages him regarding, he is desirous for and hopes for it.  Whoever meets this description or comes near this description has recited it with a true recitation and carefully observed it with true inculcation.  The Qurān will serve as a witness, intercessor, comforter, and protection in his favor.  Whoever meets this description will have benefitted himself and benefitted his family.  He will have reciprocated to his parents and children every good in this world and the Hereafter.”

http://salaficulture.com/index.php/2020/05/20/imam-al-ajurris-invaluable-advice-on-assessing-oneself-while-reading-the-quran/

Why I chose the Trivium for homeschooling

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It just dawned on me why I chose the Trivium as an outline for homeschooling my children.

While The Well Trained Mind is an essential guide for educating your children, whether home schooled or not, the foundation is the Trivium.
What bothered me most about my public education, (oh wait I cannot just pinpoint ONE, so many come to mind) was how UNEDUCATED I felt once I graduated. Even though I was well read as an independent reader, when I had the freedom from eight hours of state mandates and testing, I learned from more sources. Aghast, I understood I’d been practically brain washed into this pseudo patriotic, nationalistic mentality without any true comprehension of the role my government played in shaping history.

Our teachers weren’t allowed to tell us the truth of U.S. interference in other country’s governments, much less the practical genocide of an entire population whilst stealing this continent from the Native Americans. Of course we weren’t told the ‘glory’ of our nation was achieved almost purely by building it on the backs of slaves.

I wanted not just to teach my children what I had learned after high school, but I wanted them to love learning and be able to think critically, enabling them to come to their own conclusions.

When researching “medieval” history of the Arabs (I use quotes because during medieval times, they were enlightened with Science and Mathematics) related to Classical learning and the Trivium, I came across this video. It is edited much but concise.
In one statement, Hamza Yusuf states WHY the Trivium is critical; I then realized definitively THIS was why I chose the Trivium. It only took me twenty years to declare it!

Great resource for American History:

If We Knew Our History

 

 

 

 

How to Raise and Discipline Children

By Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597H)

THE best of discipline is that which is done at a young age. If a child is left to his own characteristics and he or she matures into an adult possessing those characteristics, changing the person would be difficult.
A poet said:
“If you straighten the branches they will straighten up,
But wood does not soften if you amend it.
Discipline benefits children gradually,
But it will not benefit those who have aged.”
Being perseverant in discipline is important, particularly with regard to children, as it benefits them and doing good becomes a habit.
A poet said:
“Do not neglect disciplining a child,
Even if he complains of the pain of exhaustion.”
Know that a doctor considers the age of the patient, as well as his place and time before prescribing the medicine best suited for him.
Likewise, discipline should be suited to each child, and signs of the success or failure of a child can be noticed from a very early age.
A man once told Sufyan al-Thawri, “We hit our children if they do not pray.” Sufyan told him, “Rather, you should encourage them and tell them about the reward.”
Zubayd al-Yafi used to tell young boys, “Whoever prays will have five walnuts.”
Ibrahim ibn Adham said, “O son! Seek knowledge of hadith. I will give you one dirham for every hadith that you hear.” On account of this, the boy started to seek the knowledge of hadith.Taking Care Of The Trust
A Father (and mother) should know that his child is a trust placed in his hands. He should make sure the child avoids bad company from a young age. He should teach him to do good, for a child’s heart is empty and accepts anything that is given to it.
The father (and mother) should also instil the love of hayaa (modesty / shyness) and generosity. He should tell him stories of the righteous, and keep him away from ‘love poetry’ because it is a seed of corruption.

However, he should not prevent poems about generosity or courage, so the child can exalt these characteristics and becomes courageous.
If the child makes a mistake, the father should overlook. His teacher should expose his secrets and mistakes, but his father should only reprimand the child in private.
His father (and mother) should prohibit excessive eating and excessive sleeping. Instead make the child accustomed to simple food and minimal sleep, for it is healthier. He should be treated with physical exercises such as walking and disciplined in proper manners by being prohibited from turning his back to people and from sneezing and yawning in their presence.

If he chooses to exhibit an ill characteristic, he should be deterred from it excessively before it becomes a habit. It is fine to discipline him if leniency is of no use.
Luqman told his son, “O son! Discipling the son acts as a fertiliser for sowing seeds.”
If the boy is aggressive, his father (and mother) should be lenient with him.
Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The aggressiveness of a boy is an increase in his intelligence.”

The Future Of Your Child
Wise people used to say:
“Your son is like your flower the first seven years, and your servant the second seven years. By the time he reaches fourteen, if you have been good to him, then he will be your partner, and if you have bad to him then he will be your enemy.”
A child should not be beaten or offended after he reaches puberty, because he will hope to lose his father in order that he may have his own way.
Whoever reaches twenty years of age and has not become righteous, then his godliness is remote; however, leniency should be practiced with everyone.
– Excerpt from the book ‘Disciplining the Soul’

About The Author
His name is Abu’l Faraj Jamal al-Din Abdul-Rahman ibn Ali, but he is famously referred to as Ibn al-Jawzi. He was born in 509 or 510 AH.
Upon reaching adolescence, his aunt took him to Ibn Nasir, from whom he learned a great deal. He came to love preaching while barely having reached puberty, and from then on he started to give sermons to the people.
While still very young, he became known as a religious person who would not socialise with anyone. He would only leave his house for prayer and he would not play with others of his age. He was a person of great determination and ambition, and he spent all his life busy in seeking knowledge, preaching and authoring. He authored approximately 300 books.
Ibn al-Jawzi passed away in Ramadan in 597A.H. and was buried next to the grave of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in the cemetery of Bab Harb.~ Baraka Allahu fiki ya Tanesha!

Corona times at home

This is how we are spending our coronavirus “isolation”.

First, I want to post this quickly and will be coming back to edit punctuation and spelling.

SO:
I finally succumbed to getting Instagram. New to Instagram and not very good with technology in general since I still don’t know how to run an MP3 player, I went ahead and explored it as best I could without a tutorial. Then I set up following either friends or educational resources and websites that we are familiar with and some that were suggested.
We as a family particularly love animals and I myself owned many pets throughout my life and am fascinated by animals all over the world so i followed National Geographic. I’m also just realizing now that I should have looked up NPR national public radio, There are many broadcasts and programs we enjoy on our nearby station, WHYY Philadelphia.
As a family we are used to being together for extended periods of time because we have home-schooled as well as “unschooled”. Both have their benefits and drawbacks however, I do believe that children need structure and it is a biological need and definitely in my religion it is a requirement to have structure and to have systematic study. This goes along the lines of the classical method.

However in addition. Unschooling has its advantages because it opens up the vistas of learning and enjoying to discover by oneself or in cooperation and collaboration with others but in a way that is free and without limitations, imo.
There are many benefits to both the Trivium aka The Classical Method and unschooling but far too many to list here, nor am I an expert. There are many websites, blogs, Facebook groups, and books on the subject, some I have read.

Check either way of learning and see what’s right for your child or family. Eclectic may be the way to go for you, that’s actually what we finally did; i just didn’t know the name for it at first.

Labels are not important, happy, well adjusted kids who love to learn and are able to teach themselves is what matters. That reminds me, read “The Teenage Liberation Handbook” I would be shocked if you were anything but amazed.

You won’t be disappointed, and has many ideals that may resonate with any person interested in education from teachers to strict teach-like-a-classroom parents, to libertarian home schoolers. From conservatives to anarchists and even nihilists, there’s something for everyone in this revolutionary book by Llewellyn. Order it online or through your local Bookstore, if it’s open.

Thank God the bookstore is open here, it’s the only place open other than grocery stores.

Update from my absence from the prior post:
As a mother who has grown children now and only one left at home at the age of 15, he is the last biological child I have that wants to graduate and go on to college.lol,  I don’t mean that my other children do not wish to go to college but rather they are toddlers and preschoolers much too young to even grasp the concept of college.
College is something important to me because I completed two years but never my dream of attending a well respected University and getting my bachelor’s degree. Since a child, I always believed that it was the end-all-be-all of education and the way to a successful life and career of one’s choice.
However of course, I learned that this is not true. There are many avenues of not only education but self-fulfillment and getting the right job for an individual.

What is important is to respect the child and adolescent’s goals and as a parent, facilitate them in reaching those goals.
At this point my 15 year old has a very clear idea of what he wants to do and how he wants to achieve those goals. He is choosing the way to educate himself and receive his diploma according to our state standards and what is legal of course. His older sister received her diploma through an online school that we paid for, it was an inexpensive compared to other schools; however I will not mention the name here. It’s not particularly that I would not recommend the school, it was a good establishment and they are accredited however in general, I believe the subject matter requirements and curricula to be somewhat lacking. It is still a valid choice for many families especially for the student that wishes to graduate either easily or quickly.

It’s also a good option for the parent or student that wishes to go or to return back to high school whether public or private, because that is possible because the online school was accredited. I like the flexibility of that choice that way of the student decided that they either wanted to go back to school,  such as for either social reasons or to be able to attend certain clubs or increase their portfolio for college admissions.

In our case, my daughter wanting to return to school at first for social reasons and then her primary reason became because the course plan she was planning in college required Algebra 2 and Spanish 2 for a foreign language of the second level. So for this reason she chose to return to high school and transfer most of her credits she received at the online school and attend Algebra 2 Spanish 2 so that she could add that to her transcript , receive her diploma, and meet the requirements for her planned course of study in college.
At this time my son is planning to dual enroll in online school I pay for as well as attend public high school. He is open to taking courses through the same online school his sister did, but I would like something more rigerous and either equally respected or better respected. Were it not for the expense and unfamiliarity with the courses, I would want him to choose Laurel  Springs. What’s do know of their program and his particular desire to get his diploma within a year, I don’t think that’s feasible. Instead, we are considering Clonlara which is double monthly what I would pay with the program his sister used. We are going to discuss the benefits and drawbacks, comparing it to what he wants and what the school he plans to attend requires; including possible schools he may apply for acceptance.

To proceed on the original topic of how we are occupying ourselves in this unexpected and unusual time, as I said we are as a family, used to being together or at home during the day, so it isn’t new. However with isolation or possible quarantine and then the closure of libraries, government buildings, clothing stores, restaurants, and finally parks it’s like being stuck at home on a rainy day. Some of those can become fun, though and a chance to connect more as a family.

So I’ve connected more on social media for my own learning as well as the youngin’s, watched less tv at times, more reading and reading aloud, listened to audio books, to talk radio or the news, had theoretical and theological discussions, including exploring ethical dilemmas and stating our arguements using logic and reminding each other of fallicies we’ve learned through a few books. Picked up  other books we had forgotten or meant to read. I reviewed my Pinterest not to necessarily add more pins but consider making that dish, ordering that book on my wish list, or finally doing that craft I’ve always wanted to try.

Last but not least, of course  we mentally and physically began preparing for Ramadan. al hamdulilah.

Great article relating to history, prophets and the importance of understanding by correct reading فسحه, اللغة العربية

https://alqamar5417.blogspot.com/2012/09/6-nations-destroyed-by-allah-and.html?m=1

Short example copywork Islamic basis

This is just a short sample of a document I began a couple of years ago. I hope to add to this and complete copywork up to year four in sha Allah.
Since Writing With Ease daily lessons are broken up into narration, dictation, and copywork usually taking a mere 15 minutes to complete with the student, I should be able to complete just the copywork sentences within a few months by writing <15 minutes a day.
I do own a student workbook, (year three) which many have said you don’t have to buy if you have the Instructor text: The Complete Writer, Writing With Ease: Strong Fundamentals, which is a guide to design your own curriculum year one through four.

Below is an example how a parent can use the instructor book to write their own copywork. On amazon and on the publishing site as well I believe, you can view pages from the book which is useful in deciding which you will purchase or if you’ll want both. (I’m obsessive and thorough like that.) However if you buy the student workbooks, you will need all four but it’s all planned for you with a script, and excerpts for each lesson.

Writing with Ease, Year Two weeks 1-10

Copywork and Dictation ten to twelve words. Narration 3 to 4 paragraphs.

Action verbs, the pronoun I (capitalized).

Adam and Hawa ate from the forbidden tree in Paradise.
I do not drink alcohol because I am a Muslim.
Allah created the heaven and earth in six days, (yaum) equal to 50,000 years.
(70:4)

 

Linking Verbs

Habil was jealous of Qabil when his offering was not accepted.                                             There had been no murder committed on earth until then.
For the believers who worship Allah alone the promise will be paradise.

Commands and Questions

Prophet Idris was mentioned in the Quran but where was he from?

Produce your proof if you are truthful. Surah 2 ayat 111.
Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe. 3:191

Has not the news reached you of those who disbelieved aforetime? 64:5

Do you have no more sense than to indulge yourselves in vanity? 2:44

Do not say a word of disrespect to parents 17:23

 

 

And so on……..

 

Commas in Dates…..

 (Add your own using the directions in Writing with Ease Strong Fundamentals)

 

 

Commas in addresses

 

 

Commas in a series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quran and Arabic classes online for children and adults

I just wanted to post quickly a few learning options I am familiar with that have helped many with tajweed or learning foos-ha (classical Arabic such as Quran.) These classes are very flexible: offered online, through apps via phone, laptop or tablet, or even in person if you live in the area. I have listed several links for self-teaching.

I will add to this post as I learn of more classes I’ve experienced or others I know have.

https://www.kalamullah.com/80-percent-of-quranic-words.html

http://www.timbuktuedu.com/  Ustadh Abu Taubah formerly of Florida, relocated to North Carolina.

http://markazulbayaan.com/      Philadelphia, PA.

http://www.albinaa4kids.com/

https://bookstolearnarabic.wordpress.com/   AMAZING, exhaustive resource! i ask Allah to reward the sister.

https://www.arabiyyah.com/downloads/     al Arabiyyah Bayna Yadayk free download *

https://archive.org/details/BaynaYadaykBook2Vocabulary/page/n3/mode/2up  Book one and two vocabulary (View online or download in formats like kindle or pdf)

https://archive.org/details/ArabiyahB1L91051 audio book one Bayna Yadayk

Playlist of videos teaching book one Bayn Yadayk.

https://www.memrise.com/course/343634/al-arabiyyah-bayna-yadayk-book-1-

Memrise is an online flash card learning app. You can also download the app on your phone. There are many courses on the same book, language or subject; search google to find specific courses.

Another playlist, different teacher.

Please see my previous post on Madinah Book resources.

*Note: The three books of Bayn Yadayk are focused on teaching vocabulary while the Madinah books are more grammar based.

May Allah give us steadfastness in learning this beautiful deen and righteous children who will pray for us.

 

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