Islamic Studies

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An eBook on Ramadan, resources for a project book, presentation scripts, colouring-in picture, make a hijri calendar.  More to follow insha'Allah

A detailed set of lessons for teaching this subject, covering the basic fiqh of ghusl, wudu, tayyaymum & salat including its timings, conditions, pillars, wajibaat and sunnan as well as sujood as-sahw.  While this was prepared as lessons for a class of children up to the age of 16, it would also be a good basic overview for a new Muslim or someone wanting all the basic information in one place as a reference.

Can be taught as one large lesson or broken down into chunks.  The lesson is a basic summary of the fiqh of fasting and Ramadan in particular, including the virtues of fasting and the virtues of Ramadan, the timing/sighting of the moon, the conditions & sunnah of fasting.

An 8-page PDF file containing the following: a basic explanation of Hajj (which can be read by older pupils and read out or used by a teacher/parent for younger pupils or in a class setting) along with resources for the pupils to then make their own wall project/poster or project book.  These include pictures of the places on Hajj, a basic line map that the pupils can use to draw their own arrows of the route on to and an unlabelled satellite map showing Makkah, Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafah.  A labelled version of the satellite map can be seen/downloaded from HERE.    You can see an example of a wall poster made using these resources HERE 

The life of our Prophet prepared as individual lessons/readable chapters, with questions at the end of each one to help memorisation and learning.  Written to be read by younger children (5-8 years) or read out loud to them, but could also be used as reference notes to teach older kids (or even adults!).  These lessons are in the process of being typed up, so keep checking back for updates insha'Allah.

Lesson by lesson teaching notes for the Prophets, listed in chronological order.  These lessons are in the process of being typed up, so more will come soon insha'Allah.

This e-Book, translated and produced by Al-Ibaanah, is of a text by Sheikh Yahya al-Haajooree that he wrote to use to teach his own children while they were young.  It is written as questions and answers, covering all the basic fundamentals of tawheed and aqeedah.  It could be used with any age from 6 years (going into less detail in parts) all the way to young adults (who could learn the proofs off by heart and be thoroughly tested on their understanding).  Also useful for new Muslims, masha'Allah tabarak Allah!

Detailed notes, subject by subject, for teaching the six pillars of Eemaan: Tawheed, Angels, Books, Prophets, the Last Day and Qadr.  

Various puzzle games for children to enjoy but also to help test/strengthen their basic knowledge of Islam.  Also useful to use as a fun but educational element if you are teaching a particular topic since several are themed around particular subjects.  Several wordsearches and one crossword so far (topics include Prophets, Salat, Hajj and more), but more to follow insha'Allah. Follow the link to find the download links for each puzzle but also for a link to the answers.

A series of lessons by which you can study parts of the Quran or specific hadeeth.  These are for older children, or even adults.  All are translations from explanations by scholars.

There are only six little eBooks, but they are very good for those learning to read Arabic and beginning to learn the language as well as (of course) for those children who are native Arabic speakers but are still young.  Each book is no more than at most 4 or 5 pages (A5) with the sentences kept very simple - from one to at most 4 sentences per page - and the Arabic script is clear and easy to read. There are two versions available - one with English translation on every page, and the other with French.  So useful - both for Islamic learning as well as Arabic practice and, as such, could be used for either subject!  This is an excellent site and well worth browsing through the resources - such as learning vocabulary from Quran and Hadeeth and so on.

Resource for either an Islamic or geography lesson, suitable for a wide age range: a world map with all the countries with a Muslim population of 50% or more marked out.  Choose between a labelled version or either black & white or colour unlabelled for the children to label themselves, perhaps as part of a project or group activity. Ideas might also include discussion of different national dress, culture or foods, or even different styles of mesjid!  Perhaps focus on one or two countries in particular especially if the children have any connection to particular Muslim countries.  These are image files, so to download: click the link, then right-click on the image and choose 'save as'.

A project to stick on the wall or else adapt to make a 'project book' as the five Pillars of Islam are taught one by one.  This particular example was done with a young child of 4, but the same idea could easily be expanded and adapted to be done with children of almost any age insha'Allah.