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Faith in Everyday Life

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Faith in Everyday LifeAll ages · 45 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 3

45 min · In the third part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda completes his list of twelve habits he says wear…

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Faith in Everyday LifeAll ages · 59 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 2

59 min · In part two of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda describes three styles of parenting: the firefighter who steps in…

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Faith in Everyday LifeAll ages · 77 min

There’s More to Raising Children Than You Think

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Faith in Everyday LifeAll ages · 8 min

Parenting Lessons from the Quran: Listening to Your Children

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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen

15 Ways to Teach Like the Prophet ﷺ

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen

Fatherhood & Islam

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen

The Role of Fathers in Islam

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly 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 in Everyday LifeMiddle Childhood – Teen · 46 min

Reflections: 12 Years of Homeschooling

46 min · As his eldest son prepares to graduate, Shaykh Ismail Kamdar looks back on twelve years of homeschooling his children: why he…

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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen

5 Duaas for our Children from the Quran

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 24 min

How to Deal With Anxiety & Depression in Islam

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 57 min

Mistakes, Mercy & Motherhood

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 33 min

Advice for Raising Steadfast Children in Times of Fitnah

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 48 min

Home Sweet Home (Part 2/3): Children, Parents & Relatives

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly 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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 61 min

Home Sweet Home (Part 1/3): Raising Children

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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Faith in Everyday LifeEarly Childhood – Teen · 10 min

EP 11: Children? The Qur’an Has It All

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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