Faith & Identity

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 48 min

Kids Need Less: Here’s Why

48 min · Do our children really need more, or less? In this conversation with Lauren Booth, educator and children’s author Anisa Rasul shares…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Preteen · 19 min

How to Say No to Your Kids and Get Them to Listen

19 min · Saying no is part of loving your child, but how do you set limits without becoming harsh, or giving in to…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 32 min

The Quranic Way to Escape the Age of Distraction

32 min · Shaykh Hamza Yusuf unpacks Surah al-Asr — just three verses, but so central that Imam Ash-Shafi’i reportedly said it alone would…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 14 min

The Simple Solution to Phone Addiction

14 min · Delivered as a khutbah, Ustadh Hisham Abu Yusuf’s talk names the smartphone as one of the biggest barriers between believers and…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 30 min

How to Raise Righteous Muslim Children in the West

30 min · Hisham Abu Yusuf structures his talk around a saying he attributes to Ali ibn Abi Talib: play with children for seven…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 80 min

Home Sweet Home (Part 3/3): Spouses & In-Laws

80 min · This is the final part of a three-part seerah-based series on building a strong Muslim family, focused on marriage and in-laws.…

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Faith & IdentityEarly Childhood – Teen · 34 min

Parenting Strategies for Success in Life & Afterlife

34 min · Ustadha Hina Khan-Mukhtar shares five practical strategies she has observed in families raising confident, grounded Muslim children. She begins by emphasizing…

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