You
can organize a daily session with your children throughout the holy
month in which you can recite one part of the thirty parts of the Noble
Quran. What can be better and more beneficial for Muslims than gathering
to benefit themselves by pondering over the Noble Quran in these Quran
sessions?
Family Trip
You
can organize a daily family trip with your children after Iftaar
(fast-breaking meal) to the mosque to perform Taraaweeh (the
night-prayer in Ramadan). This would help to familiarize your
children with performing Taraaweeh prayers in congregation. Performing
Taraaweeh has been scientifically proven to have great health benefits
as well as a great psychological impact.
An Hour for Studying the Quran
One
of the main factors that helps to instill ethical behavior and core
values within the hearts of our children is edifying them on the
meanings of the Quran, the reasons for the revelation of its verses, and
the like that can be materialized through collective reading of a
simple book of Tafseer (Quranic exegesis) or a book of prophetic
biography written for children.
New Recipes and Cooperation (in their Preparation)
Plan
with your wife to distribute the roles in the cooking process so that
each member of the family would participate in the preparation of the
fast-breaking meal and Suhoor (pre-dawn meal), each according to hisher
ability. Do not forget to prepare a list of new recipes and meal ideas
in order to guarantee some variety in the month of Ramadan.
Religious Lessons
Make
sure, dear mentor, to allocate a short time per day to explain the
provisions of fasting in Islam to your family members, and this would
preferably be done in the context of addressing and correcting errors or
during a discussion on a book.
Ramadan: A Very Special Family Occasion
You
should give priority in this blessed month to being with your family at
the Iftaar table and render it a quality family-time instead of quality
time spent with friends. This does not mean depriving oneself of the
reward of offering Iftaar to fasting people (other than family members),
but there are so many ways to do so while giving priority to one’s
family in Ramadan.
Neighbor's Rights in Ramadan
Ramadan is the month of goodness and mercy. A means to leave a lasting impression on your neighbors in Ramadan is to share Iftaar dishes with them, especially those that they love. The Prophet , taught that exchanging gifts fosters mutual love among people.
Fun Ideas
Encourage your children to be creative and come up with new ideas to be implemented in Ramadan in fun and joyful family gatherings.
Charity
Encourage your children to offer charity in Ramadan;
the season of charity and doing goodness, and urge them to give charity
every day to the poor or to the oppressed or other worthy charity
recipients.
Memorization of the Quran
Take
advantage of this opportunity and invest the clarity of minds and
spirits that exists during fasting in helping your children to memorize a
few verses of the Quran every day before the Fajr (dawn) prayer or
before the Maghrib (sunset) prayer. Teach them that their level in
Paradise will be dependent upon the amount of Quran they memorized (and
acted upon) in this worldly life.
Maintaining Kinship Ties
Accompany
your children every day after the Taraaweeh prayer on a short visit to
one of your relatives. It would be beneficial if you were to edify them
on the virtues of maintaining kinship ties and how it is rewarded with
having blessed lives and livelihoods.
Supplications Answered
Allaah
The Exalted loves to hear the supplications of His servants. Among the
times in which Allaah The Exalted answers the supplications of His
slaves is while he or she is breaking fasting. The supplication of a
fasting person breaking the fast is not rejected. One should supplicate
for his fellow Muslims as well at that time.
Brotherhood
Remind
your children - especially if one of them complains about hunger or
thirst - that their Muslim brothers and sisters in many countries are
deprived of the warmth of family and parental care, so that they would
remember them in their supplications while breaking their fast.
Preparations for ‘Eed
Invite your children to cooperate in the last days of the holy month of Ramadan to launch a campaign for cleaning and decorating the house in order to receive ‘Eed Al-Fitr (the 'Eed that follows Ramadan).
‘Eed Clothes
Be keen to accompany your children on a visit to the mall to buy ‘Eed clothes and some gifts for ‘Eed Al-Fitr. This is a joy for fasting people and a reward of Allaah for His slaves after their fasting and performing night prayers in Ramadan.
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