In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful

Islamic Education for Children -

Importance, Challenges & Solutions
Program Outline
 Importance of Islamic Studies
 Introduction to the course
 A Typical Class
Kids after 20 years –
the grown-ups
 How would you like to see our kids
after 20 years?
– Morally upright, confident in their
Deen, having Self-esteem and self-
worth, without any identity-crisis.
– They don’t have a sense of guilt that
they are Muslims
At Our Deathbed!
– Among the moments we will
treasure are those we spent in this
class.
– We will have some sense of
satisfaction that this was one of the
best things we did
3 Options for
educating children
(about Islam)
 Send them to a Full time Islamic
School.
 Send the children to a weekend Islamic
school – OR YOUR PERIOD OF ISLAMIC
STUDIES
 Educate them at home.
Four Topics
 Status of our kids
 Our Environment
 The solution: Qurán & Hadith
 Your role as a TEACHER
Our Kids
 Don’t like our language – they want to
speak English
 Don’t like our dress – they want to
dress western style
 Don’t like our culture
 Don’t like our countries – of course
because of our backwardness but also
because they are so much impressed
by the west
 Don’t like to mix with elders - lack of
communication as well as lack of
Our Kids
 Have lack of confidence (because they
don’t have enough information) in
their own Deen – Al-Islam.
 Live physically here but mentally in
the west
 Do not see any future role in their own
community
 Would love to disappear in some
western city, if given a chance
 Most probably the vision they have is:
Get money and enjoy life when they
When they grow up,
they!!!
 DON’T KNOW THE QURÁN (PERHAPS
NOT EVEN 2% OF IT).
 Have almost no exposure to Hadith
 Consequently, have no self-esteem as
a Muslim.
Environment – 1. At
Schools
 Under peer pressure, they may do
wrong things
 Smoking; CDs; ..
Environment – 2. At
Home
 Over-exposure to harmful TV watching,
Computer games, and now the
internet
 Standard Complaint: They are bored
 Their topics of conversation – Latest
Electronic games
 They don’t like school homework,
 They don’t like to help parents in
household chores
 Looking always for an easy wayout
Environment – 2. At
Home
 We had some connection with Deen at
our home, however faint. But now the
situation is reverse. Grandmother vs.
grand-daughter
Media
 Very hostile towards Islam and
Muslims
 Challenges are going to perhaps
worsen
 Well-trained experts / orientalists etc.
are systematically bombarding the
Muslim society.
 They are MIS-QUOTING Quranic verses
and ahadeeth left and right
 Unless our children is equipped with
Qurán and Hadith, it is impossible for
Environment – In
general
 Highly corrupting
A typical Muslim
Youngster
MEDIA
TV,
Newspapers,
Magazines

Political
PEER
Atmosphere
PRESSURE
)Country & world(
Our
Student

Lack of
Lack of
parental
guidance Masjid’s Role
Qurán
 A book of Guidance – And that is the
status we have not given to it
 Human Being – surrounded by enemies
and self-weaknesses
 Daily Exposure – Thru Recitation in
Salahs / and in homes
 How – Always reminds him as to who
he is, where he is, what is his role, his
destination – Thru Promises, Threats,
Examples, Stories, …
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By Teaching Qurán
 You will open up this gate of daily
tarbiyah
 You will establish connection between
the student and Allah directly and for
the rest of his life. This Book will not
change. A Permanent Solution.
 Yes, not all Arabs are good… But the
guidance depends on Inabah, in
addition to the knowledge. InshaAllah,
many will benefit from it.
Qurán
 Solutions to all problems is in Qurán
and Sunnah
 Just establish direct connection
between them and Allah thru Allah’s
book and they can walk with dignity
 But the most critical challenge is –
they don’t know Qurán
 Give them the master key and they
will open all the doors
Why don't the
Students understand
the Qur'an
 (In general) they learn Arabic to pass
exams (my case of Telugu)
 Not motivated to go beyond …
because they do not realize the value
and importance of understanding
Qur'an. In fact, they DO NOT know
what Qurán is!
 Most importantly: Nobody told them
that understanding Quran could be so
simple.
Your Role as a Teacher
of Qurán and Hadith
 To show them the path to Paradise.
 To show the way to success not only in
this world but for the ever-lasting life of
the hereafter
 the representative of Prophetic guidance
and knowledge.
 The Prophet (pbuh): I am sent as a
teacher.
Your Role as a Teacher
of Qurán and Hadith
 How close you fit to this definition. How
lucky you are!!! What a unique
opportunity has Allah placed at your
disposal.
 Excellent choice at your disposal - shape
the generation
 We know that you have been doing
hardwork. But let us take the MOST
important jump here and that is: To get
the students connected with Qurán
directly.
Opportunities
 Students will always remember you
 Among the best category of people on
earth in the sight of Allah, “The best
among you are those who learns
Qurán and teaches it.”
 Parents will be very grateful to you
Opportunities
 In this time of information explosion,
what a disaster it will be, if we, the
inheritors of this Book, miss this
excellent opportunity to pass on the real
book of Information, the book of
guidance, not only for this World but for
hereafter.
 There are "misinformation storms"
running around this world; strong winds
of opposition to our faith, our culture,
and our existence as true Muslims.
Opportunities
 Let us make struggle with this Book.
Here is the real weapon, the weapon of
the ultimate knowledge.
 And if we don’t do that!!!! May be we
may be severely questioned by Allah
for neglecting this EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT DUTY.
 They will know everything except the
Book which changed the course of
humanity and the history of the world.
A Historical
Opportunity
 A source of thawab-e-jariyah – where
the light may spread to hundreds
perhaps thousands
 Almost equally important role or
perhaps more than a Masjid’s Imam or
an Islamic Scholar – because you will
teach them the Book of Allah.
 A model for other schools to follow
Opportunities
 Once truly attached with the Book,
they will graduate with a strong trust
in Allah, with self-esteem, with dignity,
and with a commitment to change not
only themselves but their society.
 Yes, there may be some weak
students; but even if we succeed 60%,
it is still first class! Or even if they
learn 60% of the Book, it is still "First
class".
 If we plan for 100%, then we will reach
Difficult to
understand?
Confusing?
 Do not underestimate their intellect.
They are very sharp and pure.
 When you teach them the pure book of
true nature (fitrah), their intellect will
surely grow extensively.
What Course are we
talking about!
 Just to help them understand the basic
message of Qur'an
 Not for making experts or scholars of
Qur'an.
An Easy Starter Course
 Simplified grammar
 Using Daily and Frequent Recitations
 Will cover 70% vocabulary of
Qur'an !!!
 Almost 1000 words of Qurán per day!
Last Word
 All that I have presented is based on
my humble experience
 We are all going thru a learning curve
 We will learn from each other.