Family Building & Parenting

• The Elevated Status of Parents : Rights, Respect of Parents as well as Rights of Children
• Heaven under your Feet : Pregnancy for Muslim Women
• A Mothers Rights : 
• Muslim Parents Guide to the Early Years : (0 - 5 years) 
• Educating your Child in Modern Times : Hamza Yusuf 
• The Ideal Mother : In Light of Qur'an & Sunna
• The Ideal Father : In Light of Qur'an & Sunna 

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Page Last Updated: 8th October 2011

The Elevated Status of Parents    
Paperback - 80 pages   

by Allama Mufti Muhammad Nizamuddin Razvi Misbahi
(Head Mufti: al-Jamia'at'ul Ashrafiyyah)

English Translation by: Sadia Mehmood (UK)

This excellent book is the English translation of the urdu book Azmatain Walidayn. Particularly useful so that the youth of the West may be able to learn about the blessings and rewards they can earn in both worlds by taking care of and pleasing their parents. 

Contents:

---Huqooq Allah (Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala's Rights)
---Huqooq-e-Nafs (The Rights of the Body and Soul)
---Huqooq-al-Ibaad (The Rights of the People)
---The Status of Parents According to the Noble Qur'an
---Rulings of Respecting and Taking Care of Parents
---The Fruits of Taking Care of our Parents
---Narrations of the Pious Righteous Predecessors, i.e Hadrat Uwais al-Qarni & his Mother, etc
---The Strict Forbiddance of Disobeying our Parents
---Disobedience Towards Parents
---Why the Hajj of a pilgrim was not accepted?
---Mothers Rights more than the Father
---Showing Kindness towards Parents Freinds and Their Relatives
---The Biggest Kindness towards Parents
---Status of your Mothers sister (Aunt)
---Method of showing kindness to Parents after their death
---The Rights of Children
---Specific Rights of Sons
---Specific Rights of Daughters  

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Heaven Under your Feet -  Pregnancy for Muslim Women 

 Paperback - 176 pages                                                                 by Umm Hasan Bint Salim
       

Description :  

Pregnancy is an ultimate time to turn to Allah. Not only is it a physical process, it is also a spiritual and emotional journey filled with excitement and apprehension. Heaven Under Your Feet accompanies sisters along this beautiful phase in life.


Whilst there is lots of advice-packed literature out there for the expectant mother, this book broaches the subject from the perspective of a Muslimah, addressing the thoughts and concerns of someone looking for an Islamic viewpoint on what is a unique and special moment in her life.

 
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  A Mothers Rights

  Paperback - 24 pages   

Translated by Matina Wali Muhammad 
 
From the Rear Cover : '' Through these eight short stories, taken from hadith and events in Muslim history, children are taught of the high status given to mothers in Islam.'' 
 
Includes stories about the mother of Hadrat Abu Bakr as-Sideeq, & the mother of Imam al-Ghazali Allah be pleased with themboth. 
 

Illustrated in colour. Recommended for ages 7 and over.

  
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The Muslim Parents Guide to the Early Years (0-5 years)

Paperback - 104 pages

by Umm Safiyyah bint Najmaddin

Synopsis: The books is an invaluable aid for parents to help bring up their pre-school age children in an Islamic setting.

It offers advice from the Qur'an and Sunnah to the busy parent about a variety of issues from how to create a child-friendly, Islamic home environment right through to how to deal with a disruptive child.

It is packed full of ideas and activities that will keep children from the ages of 0 to 5 stimulated in all areas of their physical, mental, emotional and religious development, with sample daily activity plan, themes and observation chart.

 
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 Educating your Child in Modern Times :   Revised Edition  (2010)

Small Paperback - 97 pages  

John Taylor Gatto
Hamza Yusuf Hanson
Dorothy Sayers
Nabila Hanson

97 pages soft bound  |  Revised Edition 2010

Synopsis: These essays are required reading for parents concerned about their child's education. Jon Taylor Gatto gives some insights into the "dumbing down" of America. Hamza Yusuf Hanson delves into the spiritual reasons for an education, Nabila Hanson speaks to the traditional wisdom of delaying formal education, and Dorothy Sayers, concisely and humorously, describes the classical education children used to receive in this country.

John Taylor Gatto: A Short Angry History of Compulsory Schooling

John Taylor Gatto explains in detail why you need to seriously consider other options besides public schools and private schools imitating public schools.

Hamza Yusuf Hanson: New Lamps for Old

Hamza Yusuf explains the importance of education from a spiritual perspective.

Dorothy Sayers: The Lost Tools of Learning

Dorothy Sayers gives a complete understanding of the importance of a classical education; the western model closest to the Islamic understanding of education.

Nabila Hanson: When Play is Work

"Our religious teaching clearly advises us to let our children play for the first seven years. Yet, most American Muslim children are in 1st grade in a public or private school by the age of six, having first spent a couple of years in pre-school programs designed to prepare them for 1st grade."

Recommended for all Parents!!!
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The Ideal Mother : In Light of the Qur'an, Sunna and Tradition

 Paperback - 96 pages                                     by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada  

Without doubt, every father loves his children; however, the phrase ‘motherly love’ has become an aphoristic proverb. For this reason, it has been used as a measure to illustrate Allah’s love for His creation.

THE IDEAL MOTHER: IN LIGHT OF THE QUR'AN, SUNNA AND TRADITION looks at the various stages of motherhood and discusses Islamic rites and tradition, nurturing and fostering, education, upbringing, the onus and rights of the couple, mother and children and also illustrates the differences between imprudent and wise mothers.

It is essential that every mother reads this book. For this book makes her aware of her responsibilities and also provides a means of fulfilling those duties and achieving the desired objective.   Urdu translation below.

 
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The Ideal Father : In Light of the Qur'an, Sunna and Tradition  
Paperback - 121 pages                                     by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada  

THE IDEAL FATHER: IN LIGHT OF THE QUR'AN, SUNNA AND TRADITION ... looks at the various stages of fatherhood and discusses Islamic rites and tradition, nurturing and fostering, education, upbringing, the onus and rights of the couple, father and children and also illustrates the differences between imprudent and wise fathers.

Children are the most valuable asset and investment of any nation. The nation that pays due attention and interest towards educating and upbringing the children enjoys a bright future. While a nation that does not fulfil the right of educating and upbringing the children faces a dark future. For a good son today will be a good father tomorrow and a good daughter today will become a good mother tomorrow.

It is essential that every father reads this book. For this book makes him aware of his responsibilities and also provides a means of fulfilling those duties and achieving the desired objective.

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