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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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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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Michael Abraham walks through fifteen moments from the teaching of the Prophet ﷺ, as reported in hadith, and draws parenting lessons from each. He…
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In a talk he gave at a convention, Imam Tom Facchine reflects on what it means to be a father in Islam. He describes…
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In this talk, Shaykh Waleed Basyouni speaks to three audiences about the role of fathers: fathers, mothers, and children. He encourages fathers to see…
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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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22 min · Gentleness beautifies everything it touches. Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi explains why knowing your own temperament is the first step toward the Prophet’s…
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A righteous child is one of life’s greatest joys, and a parent’s dua for their child is one of only three supplications the Prophet…
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When a father at a Q&A asks how to raise Muslim children, especially daughters, in the West, Nouman Ali Khan reframes the whole question:…
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18 min · A reminder that no one, adult or child, was placed on this earth by accident. Sheikh Belal Assaad explains why an…
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24 min · Ustadh Muhammad Tim Humble traces a Quranic framework for anxiety, depression, and grief, starting with a simple but easy-to-miss point: much…
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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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20 min · Many people quietly believe that feeling afraid means their faith is weak. Shaykh Dr.
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57 min · With her three sons now grown and leaving home, writer and educator Ustadha Hina Khan-Mukhtar looks back with unusual honesty on…
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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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33 min · Speaking to parents worried about raising children amid today’s competing pressures, Shaykha Umm Jamaal ud-Din — a Sydney-based educator, revert, and…
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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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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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48 min · This is part two of a three-part seerah-based series on building a strong Muslim family, tracing the Prophet Muhammad’s example with…
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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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61 min · Sheikh Belal Assaad, a family and marriage counselor, lays out the Islamic foundations of a healthy family. He traces the theological…
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6 min · Dr. Omar Suleiman connects gratitude and patience as two expressions of the same underlying quality, then applies this to family life,…
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10 min · Dr. Haifaa Younis walks through what the Quran says about children, described as a blessing and a source of joy, illustrated…
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