Idrees In Ramadhaan | Abdul Malik Mujahid

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Idrees
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Ramadhaan
دار السلام |
DARUSSALAM
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Allah.
In this book for children, the manner of spending the month of Ramadhaan in a right way is shown in an interesting supplexthlandw
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We should teach our children the merits of this month of piety, and show them how to spend the fasting time in obedience to Allah in word and deed. mirl Ramadhaan is not a month of laziness, eating, drinking and wasting valuable time in watching television until late at night. But it is a month of reciting the Qur'an, offering prayers, feeding the poor and doing good deeds to please Allah. The children should learn about it from their early childhood.
0 701 May Allah help us all in the right upbringing of our children.with others Abdul Malik Mujahid
General Manager, Darussalam
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The Prophet also said:ibado ni om
The Frophet also said:
لَيْسَ الصِّيَامُ مِنَ الْأَكْلِ وَالشَّرْبِ، وَإِنَّمَا الصَّيَامُ مِنَ اللغو وَالرَّفَتِ
"Fasting is not (merely) abstaining from food and drink, but also avoiding idle talk and obscenity." Mand idle talk an mada
There are also those who think only about food and drink. As soon as the sun sets, they sit at the table and set about devouring the food greedily. When they have had their fill, they lazily sit in front of the television, switching between channels until late at night. Then they have their pre-dawn meal or Suhoor, and go to bed without even offering the dawn prayer (Fair). To these type of people, Ramadhaan is not a month of purifying the soul, ridding oneself of bad habits and developing good character. Neither is it a month of worship, recitation of the Qur'an and complete devotion to Allah. Rather, for them, it is a month of
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laziness, eating and drinking and wasting valuable time. Such people are in fact losers because they do not realize the importance of this month.
Idrees recites three parts of the Qur'an everyday in Ramadhaan. One day, on the tenth of Ramadhaan, the mosque was full of people after 'Asr prayer. It was like a beehive because of the recitation of the people. Some people were lying down on their sides and talking to one another. Idrees chose a quiet place in one of the corners of the mosque, away from the playing children who had accompanied their fathers, and he started reciting the Qur'an in a very beautiful and melodious voice. His teacher, 'Aatif, was sitting next to him. 'Aatif was well aware of Idrees' talents and abilities and he had always shown him love and affection.
When Idrees finished his recitation, his teacher asked him in a loud voice, "Should children be encouraged to fast,