Faith & Identity

Helping your child understand who they are, what they believe, and the values that guide them.

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 60 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 4

60 min · In the final part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda walks through the stages of a child’s growth that…

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Faith & IdentityAll ages · 58 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 1

58 min · In the first part of his series “Our Ways” on raising children, Sheikh Ali Hammuda argues that raising righteous, capable children…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 9 min

Why Don’t Kids Respect Elders Anymore?

9 min · Children today spend most of their time with peers, and many rarely spend real time with grandparents or older people. In…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Middle Childhood · 11 min

Why Won’t My Child Say Salam?

11 min · Many parents feel embarrassed when their child won’t say salam. In Episode 4 of Raising Beautiful Hearts, Ustadha Hina Khan-Mukhtar and…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Middle Childhood · 22 min

Teach Your Child This Before Anything Else: Adab

22 min · When a scholar was asked what parents should teach their children first, he didn’t name a fiqh book or a list…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 12 min

How to Raise Children in Islamic Way? Great Lessons From the Mother of Imam Ash-Shafi’i

12 min · Imam Ash-Shafi’i — founder of one of the four major schools of Islamic law, and the first scholar to systematize the…

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