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Narated By Iyad ibn Himar : The Prophet (pbuh) said: He who finds something should call one or two trusty persons as witnesses and not conceal it or cover it up; then if he finds

Salaam Alaikum, It’s been my immense pleasure and an honor to have been part of the Commencement its owner he should return it Speech at the High School Graduation Ceremony of Granada Islamic School on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at to him, otherwise it is ’s 10 AM at MCA. Eight students graduated with 150 people including parents, teachers, staff and community property which He gives to members in attendance at the ceremony. Congratulations to graduates and parents on their well-deserved whom He will. success. I am very proud of them. I ask and pray to Allah SWT to give our new graduates a highly successful career, peace, and happiness. Abu Dawud Bk 003, 1705. Kind Regards, Dr. Nadeem, M., President, MCA,

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3 Companions of the Prophet Zayd ibn Thabit We are in the second year of the Hijrah. and measured paces, he stuck his sword in the in defence of the Muslim community. Madinah the city of the Prophet is buzz- ground as a sign of his disappointment. He was denied the honor of accompanying the Prophet Although Zayd was keen to participate in battles, ing with activity as the Muslims prepare on his first campaign. Behind him was his mother, it is not as a warrior that he is remembered. for the long march southwards to Badr. an-Nawar bint Malik. She felt equally dejected After his rejection for the Badr campaign, he and sad. She had dearly wished to see her young accepted the fact then that he was too young to The noble Prophet made a final inspection of the son go with the army of mujahidin and to be with fight in major battles. His alert mind turned to first army to be mobilized under his leadership to the Prophet at this most critical time. other fields of service, which had no connection wage Jihad against those who had tormented the with age and which could bring him closer to the Muslims for many years and who were still bent One year later, as preparations were underway Prophet, peace be on him. He considered the on putting an end to his mission. for the second encounter with the which field of knowledge and in particular of memo- took place at Uhud, a group of Muslim teenagers rizing the Quran. He mentioned the idea to his A youth, not yet thirteen, walked up to the ranks. bearing arms of various kinds - swords, spears, mother. She was delighted and immediately He was confident and alert. He held a sword bows and arrows and shields - approached the made attempts to have his ambition realized. which was as long or possibly slightly longer than Prophet. They were seeking to be enlisted in any An-Nuwar spoke to some men of the about his own height. He went up to the Prophet, may capacity in the Muslim ranks. Some of them, like the youth’s desire and they in turn broached the God bless him and grant him peace, and said: “I Rafi ibn Khadij and Samurah ibn Jundub, who matter with the Prophet, saying: “O Messenger dedicate myself to you, Messenger of God. Per- were strong and well-built for their age and who of Allah, our son Zayd ibn Thabit has memorized mit me to be with you and to fight the enemies of demonstrated their ability to wrestle and handle seventeen surahs of the Book of Allah and recites God under your banner.” weapons, were granted permission by the Proph- them as correctly as they were revealed to you. In The noble Prophet looked at him with admiration et to join the Muslim forces. Others like Abdullah addition to that he is good at reading and writing. and patted his shoulder with loving tenderness. the son of Umar and Zayd ibn Thabit were still It is in this field of service that he desires to be He commended him for his courage but refused considered by the Prophet to be too young and close to you. Listen to him if you will.” to enlist him because he was still too young. immature to fight. He promised though to con- sider them for a later campaign. It was only at the The Prophet, peace be on him, listened to Zayd The youth, Zayd ibn Thabit, turned and walked Battle of the Ditch when Zayd was about sixteen reciting some surahs he had memorized. His away, dejected and sad. As he walked, in slow years old that he was at last allowed to bear arms recitation was clear and beautiful and his stops and pauses indicated clearly that he understood 4 It was a painstaking task and Zayd was careful that not a single error, however slight or uninten- tional, should creep into the work. When Zayd had completed his task, he left the prepared suhuf or sheets with . Before he died, Abu Bakr left the suhuf with Umar who in turn left it with his daughter Hafsah. Hafsah, Umm Salamah and Aishah were wives of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them, who memorized the Quran.

During the time of , by which time had spread far and wide, differences in reading the Quran became obvious. A group of compan- ions of the Prophet, headed by Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who was then stationed in , came to Uthman and urged him to “save the Muslim ummah before they differ about the Quran”.

Uthman obtained the manuscript of the Quran from Hafsah and again summoned the leading authority, Zayd ibn Thabit, and some other well what he recited. The Prophet was pleased. uscripts in the presence of the Prophet.” In this competent companions to make accurate copies Indeed he found that Zayd’s ability exceeded way, Zayd experienced the Quran directly from of it. Zayd was put in charge of the operation. He the commendation he had been given by his the Prophet himself. It could be said that he grew completed the task with the same meticulous- relatives. The Prophet then set him a task which up with the verses of the Quran, understand- ness with which he compiled the original suhuf required intelligence, skill and persistence. ing well the circumstances surrounding each during the time of Abu Bakr. revelation. He thus became well-versed in the Zayd and his assistants wrote many copies. One “Zayd, learn the writing of the Jews for me,” secrets of the Shariah and at an early age gained of these Uthman sent to every Muslim province instructed the Prophet. “At your command, the well-deserved reputation as a leading scholar with the order that all other Quranic materials Messenger of Allah,” replied Zayd who set about among the companions of the Prophet. learning Hebrew with enthusiasm. He became whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or quite proficient in the language and wrote it for After the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless whole copies be burnt. This was important in the Prophet when he wanted to communicate him and grant him peace, the task fell on this order to eliminate any variations or differences with the Jews. Zayd also read and translated from fortunate young man who specialized in the Qu- from the standard text of the Quran. Uthman Hebrew when the Jews wrote to the Prophet. The ran to authenticate the first and most important kept a copy for himself and returned the original Prophet instructed him to learn Syriac also and reference for the ummah of . This manuscript to Hafsah. this he did. Zayd thus came to perform the im- became an urgent task after the wars of apostasy Zayd ibn Thabit thus became one of the foremost portant function of an interpreter for the Prophet and the Battle of Yamamah in particular in which authorities on the Quran. Umar ibn al-Khattab in his dealings with non-Arabic speaking peoples. a large number of those who had committed the once addressed the Muslims and said: “O people, Quran to memory perished. Zayd’s enthusiasm and skill were obvious. When whoever wants to ask about the Quran, let him the Prophet felt confident of his faithfulness in Umar convinced the Khalifah Abu Bakr that un- go to Zayd ibn Thabit.” the discharge of duties and the care, precision less the Quran was collected in one manuscript, And so it was that seekers of knowledge from and understanding with which he carried out a large part of it was in danger of being lost. Abu among the companions of the Prophet and the tasks, he entrusted Zayd with the weighty respon- Bakr summoned Zayd ibn Thabit and said to him: generation who succeeded them, known as the sibility of recording the Divine revelation. “You are an intelligent young man and we do not “Tabiun”, came from far and wide to benefit from suspect you (of telling lies or of forgetfulness) and his knowledge. When Zayd died, Abu Hurayrah When any part of the Quran was revealed to the you used to write the Divine revelation for Allah’s said: “Today, the scholar of this ummah has died.” Prophet, he often sent for Zayd and instructed Messenger. Therefore look for (all parts of) the him to bring the writing materials, “the parch- Quran and collect it in one manuscript.” When a Muslim holds the Quran and reads ment, the ink-pot and the scapula”, and write the it or hears it being recited, surah after surah, revelation. Zayd was immediately aware of the weighty ayah after ayah, he should know that he owes a responsibility. He later said: “By Allah, if he tremendous debt of gratitude and recognition Zayd was not the only one who acted as a scribe (Abu Bakr) had ordered me to shift one of the to a truly great companion of the Prophet, Zayd for the Prophet. One source has listed forty-eight mountains from its place, it would not have been ibn Thabit, for helping to preserve for all time persons who used to write for him. Zayd was harder for me than what he had ordered me to come the Book of Eternal Wisdom. Truly did very prominent among them. He did not only concerning the collection of the Quran.” write but during the Prophet’s time he collected Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, say: “Surely We portions of the Quran that were written down by Zayd finally accepted the task and, according to have revealed the Book of Remembrance and others and arranged these under the supervision him, “started locating the Quranic material and We shall certainly preserve it.” (The Quran, Surah of the Prophet. He is reported to have said: collecting it from parchments, scapula, leafstalks al-Hijr, 15:9) of date palms and from the memories of men “We used to compile the Quran from small man- (who knew it by heart)”. 5 6 Five Basic Principles of Islamic Parenting

The best gift to a child by his parents is the theory of attribution in social psychology. charges.” [Sahih al-Bukhari] is his proper upbringing. But it can be However, Allah’s subḥānahu wa ta’āla (glorified The child is new to the world so he does not yet and exalted be He) Messenger ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi know what to do. He has an innate nature to be confusing and daunting with so many wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon good, but it needs to be nurtured. His parents theories of good parenting practice to him) said, are the ones charged with this responsibility to follow. No wonder most parents find “No child is born except on al-fitra (Islam or lead, guide and take care of him. If left alone, primordial human nature) and then his parents the child could go either way depending on who it hard to raise productive and pious make him Jewish, Christian or Magian, as an he meets and interacts with. If his parents take children! To make it easy for parents, animal produces a perfect young animal: do you this responsibility seriously to ensure he grows see any part of its body amputated?” [Sahih on al-fitr and obeys Allah subḥānahu wa ta’āla I have narrowed down the Islamic Muslim] (glorified and exalted be He) and His Messenger parenting to five essential principles. If This hadith states that Allah subḥānahu wa ta’āla ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings we take action on these five principles, (glorified and exalted be He) has created children of Allāh be upon him) then he will very likely to pure, sinless and with a natural predisposition continue to do what is good and pure. then it will help guide us and make us for good and a belief in the one God, i.e. there Action Step: Children imitate their parents more productive parents raising productive is a zero possibility of the child being influenced than anyone. If you find any undesired behavior children. by his internal characteristics to misbehave. in your child, check if you or your spouse has Hence, no blame can be placed on a child if he acted similarly in front of your child. Preaching Children are an amanah for us as Muslims, a does anything wrong, especially till he reaches that lying is a sin and then lying in front of the age of 10. No child has any intention of doing children will not help! responsibility as much as they are a gift. It is our wrong except that he is only imitating or applying job to make sure they become hard-working, what he has seen, heard, felt and learnt from his productive and most importantly, God-fearing environment. Principle 3: The essentials of individuals who will be an asset to the Ummah. What we get to see is when the child does upbringing are kindness and mercy The Prophet Muhammad ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa something displeasing to his parents, he is One of the qualities of a great leader is that you sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) immediately scolded and blamed. Parents must care for those whom you are leading. Prophet said, realize that he is only acting on what he sees, Muhammad ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace “When a man dies, his action discontinues from hears and feels. It could be that he has copied the and blessings of Allāh be upon him) had this him except three things, namely, perpetual behavior from what went on around him. quality. He ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and sadaqah (charity), or the knowledge by which Action step: Remember that your child is pure blessings of Allāh be upon him) treated everyone benefit is acquired, or a pious child who prays for and innocent. If he misbehaves, then look at his with kindness and mercy (even to his enemies him.” [Sunan Abi Dawud] environment for a possible cause. whom he did not lead). Our Prophet ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh So our intention and aim when raising our be upon him) was kinder to children, whom he children should be to make them a benefit for us Principle 2: Parents are guides and would let climb over him while in prostration. and themselves for the Hereafter. To achieve this aim, here are the five principles that are essential role models It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Shaddad to ingrain while we undertake our daily tasks of When children are young, they are still in the raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu (may Allāh be pleased with caring for our children: process of learning what is right and what is him) that his father said: “The Messenger of wrong, and the correct way to behave in their Allah ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and Children are born pure environment. It is the parents’ responsibility to blessings of Allāh be upon him) came out to us for one of the nighttime prayers, and he was Parents have a responsibility to lead and guide teach the child how to do this, how to choose his carrying Hasan raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu (may Allāh be their children environment and decide which type of people to fill that environment with, so that they can pleased with him) or Husain raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu Leading and guiding are done with kindness and continue to do what is good and pure. Allah’s (may Allāh be pleased with him). The Messenger mercy Messenger ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace of Allah ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and Children need boundaries and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said, blessings of Allāh be upon him) came forward and put him down, then he said the Takbir and Children need responsibilities “Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible started to pray. He prostrated during his prayer, for his charges. The ruler who has authority and made the prostration lengthy.” My father over people, is a guardian and is responsible said: “I raised my head and saw the child on Principle 1: Children are born pure for them; a man is a guardian of his family and the back of the Messenger of Allah ṣallallāhu A person’s behavior can be interpreted in two is responsible for them; a woman is a guardian ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh ways: the first is that actions are assumed to be of her husband’s house and children and is be upon him) while he was prostrating so I went influenced by his internal characteristics; and responsible for them; a slave is a guardian of his back to my prostration. When the Messenger the second is in which the possible causes of a master’s property and is responsible for it; so all of Allah ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (peace and person’s actions are related to his situation. This of you are guardians and are responsible for your blessings of Allāh be upon him) finished praying, 7 a child,asthey benefit hisphysical, emotional, are vital for‘kidding’ theproper development of them. We must understand that playing and blessings ofAllāhbeuponhim)didnotstop he ṣallallāhu‘alayhi wa sallam(peaceand that itisinachild’s nature to play, andtherefore and blessingsofAllāhbeuponhim)understood Muhammad ṣallallāhu‘alayhi wa sallam(peace and sittingon yourhead. However, the Prophet withyourangry childfor climbingonyour back is oneofthepillars ofIslam,you may become child climballover themwhilepraying? Asit How many parents doyou know would let their [Sunan an-Nasa’i] like to disturb himuntil hehadenough.” But my sonwas ridingonmy backandIdidnot revelation.’ Hesaid:‘Nosuchthinghappened. had happenedorthat you were receiving a for solongthat we thought that something be uponhim),you prostrated duringtheprayer ‘alayhi wa sallam(peaceandblessingsofAllāh the peoplesaid:“O Messenger ofAllahṣallallāhu a set ofboundariesto guidehisbehavior, which rights. Thesamegoes withthechild.Heneeds as anyone can do anything and infringe others’ Without boundaries,society would beinchaos not after them.” [HadithNawawi] compassion for you, notforgetfulness, soseek them; aboutsomethingsHewas silent, outof He hasprohibited somethings,sodo not violate He hasset boundaries,sodonotoverstep them. (religious obligations), sodonotneglectthem. “Verily AllahtheAlmighty haslaiddown fara’id said, him) be upon of Allāh (peace and blessings sallam The Messenger ofAllahṣallallāhu‘alayhi wa be He)hasgiven usboundariesto keep within. Allah subḥānahuwa ta’āla and (glorified exalted the linefor your children? Principle 4:Where shouldyou draw prayers. by explaining theimportance ofourfive daily discourage themfrom thisafter your salah disturb you whilepraying, don’tget angry, but away abaddeed!Moreover, ifyour childdoes habit to teach would bethat agood deedwipes apology to you orsomeoneelse.Anadditional it. Itcan alsobesaying ‘astaghfir-Allah’ oran explain hismistake andsuggest away to rectify and say, ‘Iforgive you. Let’s fixit!’andthen, instead hugorpat ofscolding him andblaming, Action Step: When your childdoesmischief, gets older, but never putanendto it. grows up.Ofcourse, you can limititasyour child affection shouldnotbe stopped when yourchild to make themfeel safe andhappy. Physical We know how important cuddlesare for infants al-Bukhari] exalted beHe)hastaken itaway from it.” [Sahih after Allahsubḥānahu wa ta’āla(glorified and him) said,“Icannot putmercy inyour heart wa sallam(peaceandblessingsofAllāhbeupon don’t kissthem.” TheProphet ṣallallāhu‘alayhi him) andsaid,“You (people)kisstheboys! We wa sallam(peaceandblessingsofAllāhbeupon A bedouincame to theProphet ṣallallāhu‘alayhi ‘anha (may Allāhbepleasedwithher), In anotherhadithnarrated by`Aisha raḍyAllāhu cognitive andsocialdevelopment. 8 larger reward at theendofweek. that they can addto theirchart,culminating ina reminder. Reward good behavior withstickers can hanginthelivingroom orkitchen asavisual simple rulesonalarge sheet ofpaper, whichyou simple. Have anactivitysessionwhere you write Children love logical reasoning, butmake it explain to your childwhy hemust obey them. the family (includingyourself!) andtake care to Action Step: Set rulesandlimits for everyone in not beleft wondering and confused. guidelines to actwithintheboundariesandwill and good behavior, thenhewillhave the If thechildistaught beforehand what iscorrect what isnot. with hisbehavior to seewhat isacceptable and boundaries are thenhewillalways be testing you within them.Ifhedoesnotknowwhat the gives the childthefreedom to actandbehave “Nay, and by themoon, Andby thenight whenit actions: the Qur’an that eachofusisresponsible for our wa ta’āla and (glorified exalted beHe)says in responsible for theiractions.Allahsubḥānahu It alsohelps to teach children aboutbeing acting upoutoffrustration anduselessness. and society. Itwillgive himpurposeinstead of belonging andbeauseful memberofthefamily of feeling useless.Hewilldevelop asenseof role inthefamily andarole insociety instead and productive. Itmakes him feel that hehasa to beindependent, butalsodependable, reliable responsibility. Beingresponsible teaches thechild care, sotoo doesthechildneedto betaught As eachofusisresponsible for what isinour the smallshoulderto make itbig! Principle 5:Smallresponsibilities for what are your action plans. implement theseprinciples inyour homeand with usinthecomments how you are going to Qualities ofaMuslim Parent. Also, pleaseshare you might like to findoutif you have the Top 5 when you take actiononthem.Once you have, parenting. Itmakes parenting alittlebiteasier These are thefive basicprinciplesofIslamic neat andtidy. to putaway thingsproperly andkeep thehouse you outinthekitchen whencooking orcleaning, putting away groceries. Ask your teenager tohelp can beginto wash hisplate orto helpyou when help set thetable. Later inchildhood,your child asking your kidto bringhisplate to thekitchen or Action Step: Somesimple responsibilities include heads towards maturity. childhood years, addingmore asthechildslowly not work! Itneedsto bedonegradually over the teenager to dohischores outofthebluedoes at around preschool age because telling your give him jobs that hecan beincharge. Start This doesnotmeanto overburden himbutto responsible sohewillnotbetaken by surprise. for whenthetime comes for him to befully and let themdown. Italsoprepares thechild what heissupposedto thenitwillaffect others age helps thechildrealize that ifhedoesnotdo Giving responsibility at anearlyandappropriate [Qur’an: Chapter 74,Verses 32-38] is beheld(accountable) onhisown deeds.” remain behind(by committing sins), personEvery to go forward (by doingrighteous deeds),orto warning to mankind,To any ofyou that chooses Verily, itisbutoneofthegreatest calamities. A withdraws, Andby thedawn whenitbrightens,

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