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Kamaal and the Cockroach
Ask our children:
1. Should we sit in one place and eat or should we walk around and eat?
2. Should we eat using a plate or bowl or should we let our crumbs fall onto the table or floor?
3. What should we do with the crumbs in our plate or bowl after we have eaten?
Now tell them the story:
Kamaal was a little boy who could NEVER sit in one place. He was …
The Barakah of Surah Baqarah
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Do not make your homes into graveyards – indeed Shaitaan flees from the home in which Surah Baqarah is recited.” (Saheeh Muslim #1824)
In the above hadeeth, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has encouraged us to not make our homes into graveyards. A graveyard is a place that is inhabited by dead people. Similarly, when a person does not have the ‘ibaadah of Allah Ta‘ala in his life, such …
Blessed with Barakah
‘Umaarah bin Hazm (rahimahullah) narrates the following incident from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (radhiyallahu ‘anhu):
On one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) sent me to collect the zakaat that was due on the people’s wealth. While doing so, I passed by a Sahaabi who also needed to discharge his zakaat. Accordingly, this Sahaabi gathered all his camels and presented them to me so that I could calculate the zakaat due. After examining the camels, I determined that his zakaat amounted to a single one-year …
