We are Still Around!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Assalaamu alaikum dear sisters!

Jazzaakumullaah Khayr for all of you who mailed me, left comments, and sent me messages inquiring my well being. It was indeed touching and may Allaah bless all of you. I have been battling for time to blog, subhanallaah as right now I have some family commitments that needs to be attended to! Please do keep us in your duaa and ask Allaah to rectify our affairs!

All of us are well by the grace and mercy of Allaah, Maimoonah is growing and is busy with her work and reading even though we are not giving her enough attention these days. Inshaa Allaah things will change soon and we should be sharing some beneficial projects she has been doing and will explore more possible projects too.

Blogging will happen slow inshaa Allaah for the next few months and we will try to share as and when possible what we have been upto!

Baarakallaah Feekum to all of you.

Umm Maimoonah

Tarbiyah Girls Club - Level 2 - Class 5

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

At the 5th Class of the Tarbiyah Girls Club we learnt the next part of "Who is your Prophet?" in Al Waajibaat where the kids learnt the interesting parts of seerah with regard to receiving the revelation and the details of the Prophethood and Messengership. We learnt the excellent example of Khadeejah radhiyallaahu anhu as well along with the other incidents!

We also learnt the benefits of the ahadeeth mentioned.

As for Tahaarah the children learnt the next hadeeth from the book of Tahaarah - Continuing with etiquettes in relieving oneself we learnt the ruling of facing the Qiblah.  

Alhamdulillaah there was a lot of benefit in learning this hadeeth as it explains the ruling and also teaches the kids what to do in case of already built toilets that are facing the Qiblah and gives the example of the sahaabah with explanation. The kids were busy thinking about their own toilets and bathrooms at home and in which directions they were built. Its really pleasing to see the girls trying to apply and act upon the knowledge they have learnt. Alhamdulillah

For the next few classes we hope to get the kids to make some crafty items for a reason! We thought of educating them that the skills that Allaah has given us can be used to worship Him alone and please him. We hope to do a community project with the girls where the kids will make some items each week and after few weeks and when we have enough items the kids will organize a yard sale and sell those items. The proceedings from the sale will be given in charity Inshaa Allaah. Our main aim here is to make the kids go through the process from scratch which is first and foremost the "Intention" then the learning the skills, then using them well to please Allaah, understanding how to organize and plan an event, and of course the essence and benefit of giving charity!  

So we started off with talking about intention and what our intention should be. We made them understand how this project is connected with worshipping Allaah alone and the reward for every step they do, We hope to talk more about Ibaadah next time Inshaa Allaah!

Then we started with our first project which is making some little magnetic items. This week the girls painted and made the papers to past on the items!

As for Great Women in Islaam we learnt the life story of Aayshaa Radhiyallaau anhu. 

Alhamdulillaah the kids really enjoyed and there was a lot to learn from this for all of us. The kids were amazed to know the size of the house she lived in and the things she used to do. Every incident was filled with lessons to learn and discuss. They all loved the little stories of Aayshah and Inshaa Allaah we will continue it next session as well.

Tarbiyah Girls Club - Level 2 - Class 4

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Continuing with Level 2 of the Tarbiyah Classes we had Class 4 sometime back. The Girls learnt the second part of "Who is your Prophet?" in Waajibaat. This included the following:

• Where he was born
• Names of his parents
• How many years did he live in makkah and how old was he when he died
• Knowledge about his life

Learning about our Prophet sallaahu alaihiwasallaam is always refreshing and the kids are enjoying!

As for Adab Al Mufrad we continued with obedience to parents this time the girls learnt about Avoiding cursing the parents. This hadeeth also brought out many other aspects that we discussed such as how the companions were so diligent is preserving knowledge and conveying!

We had completed the cutting skills for home making at the last class. Since there are few new students enrolled for this level we decided to talk about our Role Models and make a poster as a revision for all!

So we spoke about who is Sahaabiyaat and there characteristics and why are they our role models. The kids used their creativity and made some beautiful posters! I have lost the pictures of the posters Qadarallaah.