tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434055006780066334.post4870294585618204275..comments2023-07-05T04:07:04.275-04:00Comments on The Child in Islam: Establishing Family SalahMuslim Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348519197648250777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434055006780066334.post-54908867912141013232010-05-05T21:21:56.703-04:002010-05-05T21:21:56.703-04:00Thanks Norma for writing this. I agree that establ...Thanks Norma for writing this. I agree that establishing a routine helps stabilize the family flow. Long ago, when my sons were very young and Muslims were very few in the land, we established that Fridays were our family day. The kids would comeback from school excited, not only because it was the end of the school week, but also because it was our night. We would have a family halaqa where the kids would address issues about living Islam and ask questions about things that either happened to them, or around them; their father would ask them questions about the world and current events and we would all discuss them and connect them to the hadith or the ayah we were studiying that week. Then we would cook a feast. Sometimes they would invite their non-muslim friends to join our family halaqa and eat with us afterwards. Some of Fahad's friends became regulars, and used to show up more times than not, I would notice changes in their behavior as the weeks passed. They would wear cleaner socks(they knew that shoes would come off at the door)they were more polite and respectful, but one thing that impressed me about a boy was that he started to follow the news(NPR) so that he could participate in our discussions. Our scheduled Friday halaqa was the hit of our circle of family and friends for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com