In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Sneezing is a health phenomenon that you’ve definitely seen happen to you and those around you numerous times… So why does sneezing occur?

Sneezing occurs as the body tries to cleanse the nose. When foreign objects such as smoke or dust get stuck in it, the nose becomes irritated, making sneezing the primary defence mechanism against bacteria and insects.

When a foreign object enters the nose, it interacts with the fine hairs and sensitive skin in the nostrils, causing discomfort. This sends messages to the brain telling it that the nose needs to clean itself, and in response the brain sends a signal to sneeze, preparing your body for it.

The eyes are usually closed during a sneeze, the tongue moves towards the roof of the mouth, and the muscles contract, all within a few seconds. During a sneeze, the body gets rid of the mucus and air stuck in the nose. A sneeze may also carry microbes that transmit diseases such as the flu… That is why sneezing is very important for your health and is a blessing. Subhan Allah!

Because Islam is a beautiful, wholesome religion, it covers all aspects of our lives… Even sneezing has to be done in good manners and good practices… So, let’s get acquainted together with the Sunnah of sneezing…

How do we apply this Sunnah?

• If a Muslim sneezes in front of you, it is his right for you to pray for him… This supplication is called: Tashmeet

Abu Huraira t reported Allah’s Messenger ﷺ as saying, “A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim:

to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say, ‘God have mercy on you’ when one sneezes.”

How do I respond to a sneeze? I say, “Yarhamukum-Ullah” (may Allah have mercy on you.)

  Abu Hurairah reported:

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning. When any one of you sneezes and says `Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah)’, it becomes obligatory upon every Muslim who hears him to respond with `Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you)’. Yawning is from the devil. When one of you feels like yawning, he should restrain it as much as possible, for the devil laughs when one of you yawns.” [Al-Bukhari].

 

• What do I say when I sneeze?

Abu Hurairah t reported:

The Prophet ﷺ said, “When one of you sneezes, he should say: ‘Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah),’ and his brother or his companion should say to him: ‘Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you).’ When he says this, he should reply: ‘Yahdikum-ullah wa yuslihu balakum (may Allah guide you and render sound your state of affairs).”‘ [Al- Bukhari].

• I only respond to those who praise Allah. If the sneezing does not say, “Al-hamdu lillah,” I do not respond, “’Yarhamuk-Allah.” That is until he remembers himself and praises Allah Almighty.

Anas t reported:

When two men sneezed in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, he responded to one with “Yarhamuk-Allah (may Allah have mercy on you)” and did not respond to the other. The latter said to him: “You invoked a blessing on this man but did not do so in my case.” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “He praised Allah (i.e., he said ‘Al-hamdu lillah’) but you did not.”

Abu Musa t reported:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When one of you sneezes and praises Allah (i.e., says Al-hamdu lillah), you should invoke Allah’s Mercy upon him (i.e., say Yarhamuk-Allah); but if he does not praise Allah, you should not respond.” [Muslim].

• When sneezing, I try to lower my voice… and use a tissue or the back of my elbow to cover my mouth so as not to harm those around me…

Abu Hurairah t narrated that when the Prophet ﷺ would sneeze, he would cover his face with his hand or with his garment and muffle the sound with it.

• If someone sneezes more than once, the Sunnah is to respond to him each time, up to three times:

Iyas bin Salamah t narrated from his father: “A man sneezed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was present, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Yarhamukallah (May Allah have mercy upon you).’ Then he sneezed a second and third time. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “This man is suffering from a cold.'”

May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon our Prophet and Master Muhammad, who taught us the matters of our religion and was keen to guide us to what is best for us… Whenever you apply this Sunnah, remember your love for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and follow his guidance and actions until you met him in heaven, inshaa’ Allah.

So: make sure to apply this beautiful Sunnah starting today!

To remember today’s Sunnah, here is a beautiful colour-in printable to hang in your room…

Special thanks to my wonderful friend Nada Sheikha for providing the art for today’s topic:

you can find this printable in Arabic  here: فاتبعوني يحببكم الله: تشميت العاطس

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In the name of of Allah the Merciful

This is the beginning of Tafseer Series for Kids starting with Surah Al Fatiha Tafseer.. then moving to Juz Amma

Today’s topic includes the following points :

• A brief simplified interpretation that the mother uses to explain Surat Al-Fatihah to her child
• Cards that help in the process of memorization and building visual memory
• Fun worksheets to motivate the child
• Note: The pictures in the topic are for display only, and you will find all papers and cards in a file for download at the end of the topic

First: Surah Al Fatiha Tafseer, which is easy for the little ones

Be careful, mother, to teach your child Surat Al-Fatihah yourself, because he will recite it later throughout his life in every prayer, and it will be a great reward for you..

Hold the Qur’an and carefully present it to your child… Do you know, my love, what is the best and greatest surah in this Qur’an.. Guess… Let him open, turn and choose a surah..

Open the page of Surat Al-Fatihah and put his finger at the name of the surah… This is Surat Al-Fatihah .. Certainly you hear me when I recite it in prayer.. It is very special.. One day a door was opened from heaven… An angel of angels descended from it… and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, told Peace be upon us , if we read Surat Al-Fatihah, then God responds to everything in it and achieves it for us, so there are beautiful supplications… Do you want to know what they are together?

Let’s start… what do we start with. What is the first verse… In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful: with it we start all our affairs and say them before food.. and before all actions.. so that God helps us to perform them..

Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds: If someone does a favor to you, what should you say to him? Thank you.. well done..don’t you see that God has given us many beautiful things? He created these two beautiful eyes for you.. you see a rainbow with them.. he created for you a strong hand that you build with cubes… he created for you food that you love.. what food do you like to eat the most?

How do we say thank you God? We say: Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds

The Most Merciful, the Most Merciful: God understands us and loves us as I understand and love you, even more… and I forgive you when you make mistakes.. God forgives us and has mercy on us with a great deal of mercy.

Owner of the Day of Judgment: The Day of Judgment is the day God promised His servants who worship Him and obey Him that He would admit them to Paradise on it and there all their beautiful wishes would be fulfilled.

Thee we worship and thee we seek help: to worship God means to do what He commands us… and to seek His help means to ask Him for help in all the times of our lives.. Who is the strongest one in our house? Baba ? Don’t you see how much I ask for his help sometimes because he’s stronger than me? Baba asks God for help to give him strength, health, money and everything

Guide us on the straight path…..: You can make a race between you and your child… Draw a line to reach or tie a tape between two chairs… Let it be easy in a straight line and you will walk in circular and coiled lines… You can do this game on paper as you will see later… Ask him why I didn’t get to the end, do you think? Because I did not walk in a straight path… which is the correct and shortest way to reach… When we do things in the right way as God commanded, this means that we are on a straight path and the people who do not do that are the lost, i.e. the lost…

Secondly, the cards for reciting Surat Al-Fatiha:

You may ask: What is the benefit of opening the Qur’an and the cards on which the verses of the surah are written for a child who has not yet read…

The visual memory of a child up to the age of 5 years is at its height… It is like a video recorder… But he is not able to use and employ it yet, he only records…

What we can develop now is his memorization of the form of the verses so that he can distinguish it even without reading… and you will see that he will start reciting from the Qur’an much earlier than his peers, God willing..

How do I use the cards with my child?

 You can find the Arabic original of this Series here:

Index of interpretation of Juz Amma

Third- working papers for Surah Al Fatiha Tafseer :

We designed two worksheets for you in the event that memorizing Surat Al-Fatihah will take place in two stages…

The first paper is an application on the meaning of praise be to God….. The child will draw things that God Almighty created for him.. One on each leaf of the rose…

Then he cuts and glues the parts to form a rose of praise

The second paper, to show the child the meaning of the straight path… Which road leads to the end faster? … You can use the paper as a race, take a pen and draw the zigzag line and let your child precede you by reaching the straight line…

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Repeating after the Mo’athin Sunnah is an act of worship and obedience that many people forget. It was mentioned in the hadith of Abu Saeed al-Khudri t, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“When you hear the Mo’athin (pronouncing the call to Salat), repeat after him what he says.” [Agreed upon].

It is nice to draw our children’s attention to this Sunnah, urging them to follow the guidance of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and to glorify of Allah’s commands.

It is a beloved Sunnah that could easily be done wherever they are…

How do we apply this Sunnah?

In a normal voice, we repeat exactly what the Moazen says in all verses except two: after “Hayy ‘AlasSalaah” and “Hayy ‘AlalFalaah”, we say “La Hawla Wala Quwwata Ila Billah” meaning “there is neither might nor power except with Allah”. This is because we believe we have no strength and nor power except if Allah ﷻ helps us… We worship Allah and we ask Him to help us worship Him…

If we are in the middle of something, such as playing or watching TV, we should stop for a moment to repeat behind the Moazen.

There are also some beautiful remembrances we could say after the call to prayer… These supplications connect us to our Prophet ﷺ; and they are:

Prayers for the Prophet ﷺ and asking Allah ﷻ to grant him Al Wasilah:

‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “When you hear the Athan, repeat what the Mo’athin says. Then ask Allah to exalt my mention because everyone who does so will receive in return ten rewards from Allah. Then beseech Allah to grant me Al Wasilah, which is a high rank in Jannah, fitting for only one of Allah’s slaves; and I hope that I will be that man. If anyone asks Al Wasilah for me, it becomes incumbent upon me to intercede for him.” [Muslim]

The best form of the Abrahamic prayer is:

Allāhumma ṣalli `alā Muḥammadinwa `alā ’āli Muḥammadin,

kamā ṣallayta `alā ‘Ibrāhīma wa `alā ’āli ‘Ibrāhīma, ‘innaka ḥamīdum-majīd.

Allāhumma bārik `alā Muḥammadin wa `alā ’āli Muḥammadin,

kamā bārakta `alā ‘Ibrāhīma wa `alā ‘āli ‘Ibrāhīma,

‘innaka ḥamīdum-majīd.

O Allah, bestow Your favour on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad as You have bestowed Your favour on Ibrahim and on the family of Ibrahim, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You have blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.

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How do we ask Allah ﷻ to grant the Prophet ﷺ Al Wasilah?

Allāhumma rabba hādhihi ‘d-da’wati ‘t-tāmmah

waṣ-ṣalāti ‘l-qā’imah,

‘āti Muhammadani ‘l-wasīlata walfaḍīlata,

wab ‘ath-hu maqāma ‘m-mahmūdani ‘l-lathī wa`adtahu,

[‘innaka lā tukhliful-mī’ād]

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who says upon hearing the Athan: ‘Allahumma Rabba hathihid-da’wati-ttammati, was-salatil-qa’imati, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadhilata, wab’athu maqaman mahmuda nillathi wa ‘adtahu [O Allah, Rubb of this perfect call (Da’wah) and of the established prayer (As-Salat), grant Muhammad the Wasilah and superiority, and raise him up to a praiseworthy position which You have promised him]’, it becomes incumbent upon me to intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection.” [Al- Bukhari].

The call to prayer is called twice… the first Athan is to inform people that the time for prayer has begun… and the second is to announce the standing and lining up for prayer. The second is called the Iqamah…

There are a few minutes between these two calls to prayer, some of the best times of the day for supplications are answered, as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us:

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The supplication made between the Adhan and the Iqamah is never rejected.” [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].

We only repeat after the Mo’athin during the first call to prayer and not during the Iqamah…

To sum it all up, make sure to apply this Sunnah as follows:

1. When you hear the call to prayer (Athan), stop what you are doing for a few minutes to repeat behind the Mo’athin
2. After Athan stops, take advantage of this time, and pray for our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and ask Allah ﷻ to grant him Al Wasilah
3. Then make any Du’aa you like until the Iqamah is called
4. Be sure to pray as soon as the time for prayer has begun! That is one of the most beloved deeds to Allah ﷻ

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To remember today’s Sunnah, here is a beautiful colour-in printable to hang in your room…

Special thanks to my wonderful friend Nada Sheikha for providing the art for today’s topic:

you can find this printable in Arabic  here: فاتبعوني يحببكم الله: الترديد خلف المؤذن

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In the name of of Allah the Merciful

Mawlid al nabi activity:

Today, on the cusp of the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the month of mawlid al nabi (pbuh), we present to you a special activity that can be applied with your children at home, or islamic school…

The activity is designed for the purpose of teaching kids how important is to love prophet Muhammed pbuh, as well as guiding the child to the practical and applied love that is good following, remembrance and supplication…

Mawlid al nabi printables are available in Arabic too, check out: نشاط المولد النبوي للأطفال

In the mawlid al nabi file attached to the end of the topic,

you will find a cover for the activity with two designs… colored and non-colored to suit the purposes of printing according to your needs..

The shape of the cover is cut out after it is printed and pasted on cardboard… Then the short pages are cut and pasted into the booklet by the child… and he can finally make a hand for the booklet, decorate it or color it if he likes…

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