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Showing posts with label Nov. 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nov. 2008. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Educational Resources IV - November 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC8)
The kids joined in American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC8) on November 18, 2008 in Avon Public Library, Connecticut.
The contest was for kids who were in grade 5 to grade 8.
There was 25 problems for 40 minutes. This test was very good for kids who love math.
It's also helping the kids to prepare for high level in Math.
It was almost the time when we got in library. Everybody already sat and got ready for the test. I let the kids learned and met their other homeschooling friends in this competition.
We didn't forget about our salah Zuhur. We had to stop in rest area by highway I-91 North. The kids learned to find out the Qiblah by using the compas.
We prayed and had lunch in the rest area.
For salah Asar, we tried to go home early. But the traffic was so slow. Finally, we stopped by in Masjid Berlin for salah Asr. Alhamdulillah.
Now, Maghrib will coming soon. On the highway I-91 South, it was really moved slow almost not moving. We had to find another route way to get home soon for Maghrib pray. Finally, we had time for Maghrib in Masjid Al Islam, New Haven.
It's really difficult when we travelled in this winter because the time for salah is so short. We really have to plan a head for the travelling so we will not miss our five daily pray.
Alhamdulillah, the kids had learn:
Insha Allah, the result of the test usually will be in 2 week or beginning in December.
For AMC 10 /12, it will be on February 2009.
May Allah give us useful knowledge. Ameen.
The contest was for kids who were in grade 5 to grade 8.
There was 25 problems for 40 minutes. This test was very good for kids who love math.
It's also helping the kids to prepare for high level in Math.
It was almost the time when we got in library. Everybody already sat and got ready for the test. I let the kids learned and met their other homeschooling friends in this competition.
We didn't forget about our salah Zuhur. We had to stop in rest area by highway I-91 North. The kids learned to find out the Qiblah by using the compas.
We prayed and had lunch in the rest area.
For salah Asar, we tried to go home early. But the traffic was so slow. Finally, we stopped by in Masjid Berlin for salah Asr. Alhamdulillah.
Now, Maghrib will coming soon. On the highway I-91 South, it was really moved slow almost not moving. We had to find another route way to get home soon for Maghrib pray. Finally, we had time for Maghrib in Masjid Al Islam, New Haven.
It's really difficult when we travelled in this winter because the time for salah is so short. We really have to plan a head for the travelling so we will not miss our five daily pray.
Alhamdulillah, the kids had learn:
- Math,
- How to find the Qiblah when travelling,
- and had fun in the same time.
Insha Allah, the result of the test usually will be in 2 week or beginning in December.
For AMC 10 /12, it will be on February 2009.
May Allah give us useful knowledge. Ameen.
Educational Resources III - November 2008
- Islamic Study
- Free Islamic Course
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- Free Islamic Course
- Math
- Science
- Language Art
- Other
- Kid's Letters to President Obama
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- Kid's Letters to President Obama
Friday, November 14, 2008
Azaan: The Call For Prayer
My kids and their friends talked about "What are the three types of calling in Islam?" I thought, it would be useful to share it to others.
It was very good reminder for us to remember that we should always remember and worship Allah in this life.
The three types of calling are:
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Azaan (The Call For Prayer)
Azaan is the first call for obligatory salah/prayer.
Azaan was practised after the migration to Madinah.
Muazzin is a person who reads the Azaan aloud before the prayer.
Azaan is recited in a loud voice by the muazzin facing the direction of the Ka'ba in the following words which are said in the order mentioned:
Note:
The following phrase is added after Item (5) in the azaan of the early morning prayer.
(5a) "As-salatu khairum minannaum"
"Prayer is better than sleep" (to be said twice).
Iqamat
Iqamat is the second call to prayer and is uttered immediately before the beginning of the obligatory prayer (fard). It is similar to Azaan but with the addition of the sentence, "Qad qamatis-salah" i.e., "prayer has indeed begun", to be uttered twice after item (5) above.
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Some of Hadiths about Azaan
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Du'a After The Azaan
"Allahuma Rabba Haazihi Da'watit Tamati Was Salaatil Qaa'imati Aati Sayyidina Muhammadinil Wasilata Wal Fadilata Wad Darajatar Rafi'ata Wab Athoo Maqaamam Mahmoodanil Lazi Wa ad'tahu War zukna Shafa'atuhu Yaumal Qiyaamati. Inaka La Tukhli ful Mi'aad."
"O Lord of this beautiful Azaan and the Salaah which will follow, give our Master Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam's) Wasila and greatness and a very high station. And let him reach the Plain of Mahmood of which You have promised him and let us receive his Intercession on the Day of Qiyamah. Without doubt, You never go against Your Promise."
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Activities for Kids
There are some of activities for kids, you can do at home, such as:
We hope that our kids learn to recite good Azaan and get ready for salah after they hear the Azaan.
For the second and the third calling, Hajj and Going to Alam Barzah, You can find it in another post. Insha Allah.
May Allah always guide us to teach our Muslim kids. Ameen.
It was very good reminder for us to remember that we should always remember and worship Allah in this life.
The three types of calling are:
- Call for salah/prayer. It is Azaan.
- Call for hajj. You are going to perform Hajj in Mecca.
- Call to meet Allah. You are going to alam Barzah for the next life.
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Azaan (The Call For Prayer)
Azaan is the first call for obligatory salah/prayer.
Azaan was practised after the migration to Madinah.
Muazzin is a person who reads the Azaan aloud before the prayer.
Azaan is recited in a loud voice by the muazzin facing the direction of the Ka'ba in the following words which are said in the order mentioned:
- 1. Allahu Akbar
"Allah is most Great" (four times). - 2. Ash-hada al la illaha ill-Allah.
"I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah." (twice). - 3. Ash-hadu anna Muhammad-ar-rasoolallah
"I bear witness that Muhammad is the Rasul of Allah" (twice). - 4. Hayya 'alas-Salah
"Come to Prayer" (turning the face alone to the right and saying it twice). - 5. Hayya 'alal-falah
"Come to Success" (turning the face alone to the left and saying it twice). - 6. Allahu Akbar
"Allah Is Most Great" (twice). - 7. La ilaha ill-Allah
"There is no deity but Allah (once).
Note:
The following phrase is added after Item (5) in the azaan of the early morning prayer.
(5a) "As-salatu khairum minannaum"
"Prayer is better than sleep" (to be said twice).
Iqamat
Iqamat is the second call to prayer and is uttered immediately before the beginning of the obligatory prayer (fard). It is similar to Azaan but with the addition of the sentence, "Qad qamatis-salah" i.e., "prayer has indeed begun", to be uttered twice after item (5) above.
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Some of Hadiths about Azaan
- Allah Almighty gives great reward for those who recite Azaan before the five daily prayers.
Abu Hurairah (ra) reported that the Holy Prophet said:
"If people knew the reward of making Azaan and standing in the first row of the congregation [jama’at], they would cast votes for these." - Baraa son of Aazib (ra) reported that the Holy Prophet said:
"Surely Allah and His angels praise the first row (of congregation) and the Mu'azzin.
He is forgiven according to the loudness of his voice and every living thing whether dry or fresh that hears him confirms him and he will also get the reward like of those who pray with him." - Uqbah son of Aamir (ra) reports that the Holy Prophet said:
"Your Allah is delighted with a shepherd grazing his sheep on a hillside and he makes the Azaan for the prayer and then prays.
Allah says: Look at this slave of mine standing in the prayer and fearful of Me. I have forgiven him and entered him into paradise." - Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri (ra) reported that the Holy Prophet - said,
"When you hear the call to prayer, say the same words as the Mu'azzin."
Therefore the listeners should repeat the text after the Mu'azzin has finished each sentence of the Azaan.
In reply to "Hurry to the prayer" and "hurry to the success" it is permissible to say:
لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله
(There is no strength and no power except from Allah) - Anas bin Maalik reported that the Holy Prophet said:
"No supplication is rejected between Azaan and Iqaamah.“
Abdullah bin Amr reported that a person asked:
"O Messenger of Allah! The Mu'azzins have become superior to us because of their Azaan.
The Holy Prophet said to him :
Say as they say and when you have finished ask and you will be granted (your desires)."
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Du'a After The Azaan
"Allahuma Rabba Haazihi Da'watit Tamati Was Salaatil Qaa'imati Aati Sayyidina Muhammadinil Wasilata Wal Fadilata Wad Darajatar Rafi'ata Wab Athoo Maqaamam Mahmoodanil Lazi Wa ad'tahu War zukna Shafa'atuhu Yaumal Qiyaamati. Inaka La Tukhli ful Mi'aad."
"O Lord of this beautiful Azaan and the Salaah which will follow, give our Master Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam's) Wasila and greatness and a very high station. And let him reach the Plain of Mahmood of which You have promised him and let us receive his Intercession on the Day of Qiyamah. Without doubt, You never go against Your Promise."
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Activities for Kids
There are some of activities for kids, you can do at home, such as:
- Learn and memorize the Azaan and Iqamat.
- Memorize the doa after Azaan.
- Let's learn Geography of Muslim countries. You can start from one of Muslim countries, such as Indonesia country. You have to find what the next Muslim country will do the Azaan after that. You keep continue going around the world in 24 hours. The kids should learn the world Muslim maps by listening Azaan that was recited by the muazzin around the world.
- Go to masjid to hear the Azaan.
- Make a contest about Reciting Good Azaan in your Muslim community.
We hope that our kids learn to recite good Azaan and get ready for salah after they hear the Azaan.
For the second and the third calling, Hajj and Going to Alam Barzah, You can find it in another post. Insha Allah.
May Allah always guide us to teach our Muslim kids. Ameen.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Educational Resources II - November 2008
- Islamic Study and Arabic
- Free Islamic TV online: Iqra TV
You can choose different channels, most of them in Arabic.
- Free Islamic TV online: Iqra TV
- Math
- Language Art
- Science
- Reading
- Other
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
What Reward Man gets after his Death?
Last weekend, my husband shared the true story to my kids about digging the grave in Indonesia. They were digging because the cemetery was going to move to other place. He really didn't know why.
Before they put one of the death bodies back to the new place in graveyard, the family of dead person opened and changed the kaffan (white fabric was used to cover the dead body) with the clean kaffan.
The whole dead body was perfectly in good condition, but the skin was so dry.
Althought that the death was already more than years, but the body was still not decaying.
My husband said to the kids that, Insha Allah, it was the good sign to the dead person. My husband was asking to the family of that dead person to find out what kind of ibadah that the dead person always did in life time.
The family answered that:
May Allah accept all this dead person's ibadaah and forgive all the sins. Ameen.
Insha Allah, the story will give very good advise to us so we can do more ibadah to prepare our next life, especially to our kids.
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What Reward Man gets after his Death?
Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah's Messenger (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) as saying:
"When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three,
1. Recurring charity,
2. Or knowledge (by which people) benefit,
3. Or a pious son, who prays for him (for the deceased)."
[Sahih Muslim : Book 13 Kitab Al-Wasiyya, Number 4005]
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Insha Allah, we will start to do some of the activities. Time goes by so fast. Don't you think so?
May Allah help us to teach our kids to be pious.
May Allah guide us always to do more ibadaah in this life.
Ameen. Ameen. Ameen.
Before they put one of the death bodies back to the new place in graveyard, the family of dead person opened and changed the kaffan (white fabric was used to cover the dead body) with the clean kaffan.
The whole dead body was perfectly in good condition, but the skin was so dry.
Althought that the death was already more than years, but the body was still not decaying.
My husband said to the kids that, Insha Allah, it was the good sign to the dead person. My husband was asking to the family of that dead person to find out what kind of ibadah that the dead person always did in life time.
The family answered that:
- This dead person never missed salah five times a day.
- This dead person always performed salah tahajjud at midnight.
- This dead person did fasting Ramadan, other fasting sunnah, and fasting Monday & Thursday.
- This dead person always helped others and gave charities even in small amount.
May Allah accept all this dead person's ibadaah and forgive all the sins. Ameen.
Insha Allah, the story will give very good advise to us so we can do more ibadah to prepare our next life, especially to our kids.
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What Reward Man gets after his Death?
Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu) reported Allah's Messenger (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) as saying:
"When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three,
1. Recurring charity,
2. Or knowledge (by which people) benefit,
3. Or a pious son, who prays for him (for the deceased)."
[Sahih Muslim : Book 13 Kitab Al-Wasiyya, Number 4005]
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- Charity
All the charities that we gave to the right place, it will give rewards continuesly when we die. The examples of this kind of charities are such as:- Build masjid.
- Build house for orphans.
- Build school.
- Help poor people and other people who need out help in financial.
- Help the orphan for their basic needs.
- Give book or Audio of Al Qur'an.
- etc.
It is important to teach our kids to be generous and always to help others in any situations.
There are so many people who are in need to fulfill for their basic needs day to day, such as food, drink, clothes, and place to live.
In US or in develop countries, the muslim kids are missing this kind of situations.
Most of them live happiness and have alot of foods, drinks, and good clothes.
Insha Allah, we can teach our kids to be generous to other kids who need our helps.
Activities for kids- Go to shelter home.
- Join the social activities.
- Help to collect clothes for refugee.
- Gather the can foods for the food bank in your area.
- Sell something and then send the money to other poor people who need our helps in other countries.
- Collect the pennies from all your friends then send the money to poor people in other countries or give the money to charity/fund organization.
- etc.
To read more about charity and zakah, please go click below links.- Bathe Yourself with Money.
- How to Calculate Your Zakah
- Figh us Sunnah: Monetary Holdings subject to Zakah
- Build masjid.
- Useful Knowledge
The second thing is useful knowledge.
It means that the knowledge can benefits to others, especially knowledge about our religion, Islam.
Something that we can do are:- Tell about Islam to other.
- Teach Al Qur'an to someone.
- Invite non Muslim to learn about Islam.
- Have lecture of Islam on weekend to refresh our Muslim Community about Islamic knowledge.
- Give good Islamic teaching to our friends when we are gathering.
- Sharing Islamic knowledge through internet, book, or other media.
- etc.
Let's teach our kids to learn about our religion and to teach it again to other so the knowledge it will be useful. Insha Allah.
Activities for Kids
Some of the actitivies are:- Let's teach the older kids about Islam, then let the olders teach the youngs.
- The same thing about learning and memorizing Al Qur'an. If your older kids knew how to read Alphabet Arabic, then the older kids should help the young one or other kids to learn it.
- Let the kids tell their friends about Islam and other Islamic activities, such as salah, fasting, charity, and hajj.
- Tell about Islam to other.
- Pious Kids Who Prays For Parent
This is the most important in our lives. Teaching the kids to be pious is not easy task. It takes patient and taqwa for the parents to do this. First of all, we as parents have to be pious, so we can teach our own kids to be pious, too.
We want our kids to pray for us when we die.
Insha Allah, we will start to do some of the activities. Time goes by so fast. Don't you think so?
May Allah help us to teach our kids to be pious.
May Allah guide us always to do more ibadaah in this life.
Ameen. Ameen. Ameen.
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