“I am terrified by the stories of young Muslim teenagers being brainwashed by the violent ideology of ISIS. How do I make religion an important part of my children’s lives while at the same time protecting them from religious extremism?”
Our obligation as parents is not merely to get our young children to perform the action of praying Fajr. Rather, our obligation is to get them praying in a way that trains them for their own independent religious lives as adults.
Is lying a cardinal sin? Read Shaykh Hamza’s answer on dealing with young kids who lie to their parents. Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space.
Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space. This week's answer deals with preventing jealousy and malice among siblings.
Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space. This week's answer deals with raising Muslim children in the age of LGBTQI+ influences.
Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space. This week's answer deals with teaching our children about sexual ethics and knowledge.
Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space. We are all human beings, and sometimes we get frustrated, lose our temper, and say things that we shouldn’t. Learn how to protect your children from verbal hostility this week.
Introducing Parenting Question of the Week! Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space. Read the first answer now.
The Biblical Flood narrative has been altered by the hands of men, leading to contradictions with the geological and biological record of our planet. The Quranic narrative is not the same. It contains corrections, additions, and omissions that restore the narrative to its original revelatory purity and re-align it with modern scientific and historical knowledge.
“I recently learned the term “deism” and I was wondering, from an Islamic standpoint, how do we refute or deny the arguments that deists make about how there is a God, but one who doesn’t intervene in the matters of the universe?”
Do Muslims consider non-Muslims as Infidels? The answer is NO! Read Shaykh Hamza’s full answer on how to respond to such misconceptions by our friends from other faiths.
People from other faiths don’t believe in the necessary being that we believe in. Read Shaykh Hamza’s answer on how to know that the necessary being is the God of Islam.
This is a four-part answer on protecting your children from Religious Extremism. Read the second part where Shaykh Hamza talks about the Superficial Religiousness of Extremism.