How to make the most of Ramadan when you are not fasting.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When Ramadan begins, the gates of Paradise are opened. Narrated Abu Huraira Sahih al-Bukhari 1898 Ramadan is such an important month in the Muslim Calendar, there is excitement in the air when it is due to arrive and muslims look forward in anticipation for a month of worship and fasting. It

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My First Quran with Pictures – Juz Amma Part 1

Disclosure: I was sent My First Quran with Pictures for the purposes of review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. This post contains affiliate links.   **********************************   My First Quran with Pictures – Juz’ Amma Part 1 Translated by Shereen Sharief Illustrated by Nicola Anderson Checked and Approved by Sheikh Dr Abduallah ibn

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Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Children

This post may contain affiliate links. Now that Bee is 5 we have been focusing a lot more on her learning her Arabic alphabet in preparation for her reciting her Quran. She is currently attending madrassah and we have been helping her at home, even before she started attending classes. I remember when I was

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Review: My First Book About the Qur’an

My First Book About the Qur’an Author: Sara Khan Illustrator: Ali Lodge ‘This simple but beautiful book introduces the Qur’an’s main teachings, to care for all creation; to be good to one another; to respect the Prophet’s and the books of God; and to believe in Allah, the One.’ Obviously as a Muslim the Quran

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