Welcome Back to School Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. Obligation of Fasting ﻳٰٓ ﹷﺎ ﻳ ﹷهﺎ �اﻟ ﹻﺬﻳْ ﹷﻦ ﹷ�ﻣﻨﹹ ْﻮا ﹹﻛﺘﹻ ﹷﺐ ﹷﻋ ْﻠﹷﻴﻜﹹ ﹹﻢ اﻟﺼ ﹷﻴ ﹹﺎم ﹷﻛ ﹷﻤﺎ ﹹﻛﺘﹻ ﹷﺐ ﹷﻋ�ﹷ� �اﻟ ﹻﺬﻳْ ﹷﻦ ﹻﻣ ْﻦ ﹷﻗ ْﺒﻠﹻﻜﹹ ْﻢ ﹷﻟ ﹷﻌ �ﻠﻜﹹ ْﻢ ﹷﺗ �ﺘ ﹹﻘ ْﻮ ﹷن (Verse 183, Surah Al-Baqarah, Part 2) Translation from Kanzul Iman: O believers! Fasting has been made obligatory upon you, like it was made obligatory upon those before you, that you may attain piety. Fasting and children When the children are capable of fasting, ask them to observe fast. When the children fast for the first time, encourage them. Prepare such an eective schedule for your fasting children that it includes time for worship, rest and other activities as well. However, keep them away from playing a lot like a normal day, else it will be quite dicult for them to keep patient until Iftar. The children who are not observing fast due to their lower age, ask them to avoid eating in public to respect Ramadan. Tell your children the excellence of Ramadan and explain the rulings of fasting in an easy way keeping their age in mind. The book of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, ‘Faizan-e-Ramadan’ is very useful in this regard. Tell your children that fasting does not only imply staying hungry and thirsty, it rather refers to refraining from all such acts that Allah Almighty dislikes, i.e. abusing, watching films, getting angry, telling a lie, backbiting and other similar deeds. Tell your children about the history of fasting that fasting is a very old act of worship. Fasting was made and all the Ummahs after him. Fasting was made obligatory on ﹷﻋ ْـﻠﹷﻴـهﹻ �اﻟـﺴـﻼﹷ م obligatory upon Sayyiduna Adam 10 Sha’ban, 2 Hijri. Tell your children that the purpose of fasting is to attain piety and abstinence. ﹷد ﹷاﻣ ْﺖ ﺑﹷ ﹷﺮ�ﹷﺎﺗﹹ ﹹه ﹹﻢ ْاﻟ ﹷﻌﺎﻟﹻﹷﻴه Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Ilyas Qadri By the grace of Almighty Allah, since beginning, my mother ( ) had ﹷر ْﺣ ﹷﻤ ﹹﺔ اﷲﹻ ﹷ� ﹷﻌﺎ� ٰ� ﹷﻋ ْﻠﹷﻴ ﹷهﺎ a mindset to perform and have us to perform the obligatory and Wajib acts. Since our childhood, she would not only instruct me and my siblings to perform Salah, but also have us to perform with her strictness. She would especially wake us up for Fajr Salah. By the blessing of her instructions and training, I don’t remember if I even missed any Fajr Salah in my childhood. Quarterly E-Newsletter 02 January to March 2021 Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. Message from Ather Ali Attari Member of Central Advisory Council, Dawat-e-Islami Widespread evils in society, especially committing sins due to social media have increased the responsibilities of good educational institutions. From the platform of Dar-u-Madinah, we are trying our best to provide the students with such a pure environment that they can get a blend of both contemporary and Islamic education. These children are our future and their good upbringing and education can make our world and hereafter better. I request all the parents and guardians that they should give time to their children. Children have an impact of your personality, habits and manners either consciously or unconsciously. For the betterment of your world and hereafter and good upbringing and education of your children, associate yourself with the environment of Dawat-e-Islami. Ramadan is coming. Along with worshipping, get Islamic knowledge. Think for yourself and tell your family members about the harms of channels broadcasting sinful programmes and social media. Keep watching Madani Channel at your home. May Almighty Allah give us strength to save our children from sins and give them the best education for the betterment of our world and hereafter. How to spend Ramadan? 1. Ramadan is the month of Almighty Allah. Special blessings come down in this blessed month. Therefore, we should do the Zikr of Almighty Allah abundantly, recite Durood-o-Salaam and keep repenting for our sins. 2. Perform Tahajjud prayers at the time of Sehri and tell your children the excellence of performing Tahajjud prayers from the book ‘Madani Treasure of Blessings’ published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah. 3. Help your children memorise the prayers of fasting, Iftar and the Night of Qadr. 4. While taking Sehri and Iftari, make your children sit with you and ask them to recite the prayers. 5. Make it a routine to watch Madani Channel at your home. Note the timings of children’s broadcasts on Madani Channel and make special arrangements for them to watch the programmes. Arrange for your children to listen to Hamd, Naat and Manqabat on Madani Channel and Social Media Pages of Dawat-e-Islami. Quarterly E-Newsletter 03 January to March 2021 Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. 6. Help your children memorise some brief ahadith from the books published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah. 7. Schedule a time for the recitation of the Holy Quran. Make your children sit with you and recite the Holy Quran – if possible, one part (Parah) daily. 8. Father should go to Masjid with mature sons whereas mother should perform prayers with daughters at home. 9. Arrange recitation of the Holy Quran at your home and deliver Dars from Faizan-e-Sunnat. 10. Get your children to give Sadaqah (charity) from their hands. It will increase their passion to spend money in the path of Almighty Allah. 11. Send food and Iftari to your neighbours’ homes with your children’s hands, so that they learn to fulfil the rights of neighbours. 12. Give your children the mindset that we have to continue all the good deeds even after Ramadan. Commencement of admissions in Sindh Admissions are open for the new academic session of Dar-ul-Madinah 2021-22 in dierent cities of Sindh including Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Shahdadpur, Sukkur and Tando Adam. For admissions to Pre-Nursery to Class VIII, please visit your nearby campus of Dar-ul-Madinah today. For further details Visit the website of Dar-ul-Madinah www.darulmadinah.net or email at [email protected] Dar-ul-Madinah online classes The management of Dar-ul-Madinah is striving to continue the academic activities of students with all the possible precautions. It is our foremost priority to ensure the protection and health of our students, teachers, guardians and sta. Coronavirus has not only aected various classes of society, it has also caused the emergence of new ways of teaching. During the session for the year 2020-21, Dar-ul-Madinah started online classes, providing study packs and sending educational videos to continue academic Quarterly E-Newsletter 04 January to March 2021 Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. activities in the midst of lockdown. By the grace of Almighty Allah, thousands of students benefited from these measures of Dar-ul-Madinah and the session 2020-21 has come to an end. We really value the cooperation of parents during these tough times. Certainly, it was not possible without the cooperation of parents. We hope that you will continue to cooperate with us to continue the education of your children. Currently, Dar-ul-Madinah is providing study packs and conducting online classes in the areas where schools are closed for physical classes. Ceremonies for the Night of Meraj at Dar-ul-Madinah Dar-ul-Madinah arranges special activities on dierent Islamic days so that the students can understand the significance of these Islamic days and practise the learning in their practical life. On the occasion of Meraj, dierent campuses of Dar-ul-Madinah arranged a ceremony in which the students recited the Holy Quran, Holy Naat and delivered speeches. Islamic training for the sta of Dar-ul-Madinah Training is an ongoing process that everyone needs to go through. Dierent sessions are conducted for Islamic training of teachers at Dar-ul-Madinah. Deeniyat Department of Dar-ul-Madinah recently conducted a 6-day winter training programme. Dierent members of the Central Advisory Council, Dawat-e-Islami, Haji Shahid Attari, Muhammad Asad Attari, Haji Ameen Attari and Haji Ather Ali Attari conducted Islamic training sessions for the sta of Dar-ul-Madinah. Haji Ather Ali Attari Haji Ameen Attari Muhammad Asad Attari Haji Shahid Attari 8 Training Sessions More than 80 Locations 4 Members of Central Advisory Council conducted training sessions Quarterly E-Newsletter 05 January to March 2021 Note: Don’t print out this newsletter at all, because it has pictures and printing out the pictures of living things is impermissible by Islamic Shariah. Topics of training 1. Excellence of patience, harms of impatience, the occasions of keeping patience and advantages of working with patience 2. Excellence of piety and abstinence ﹷﺻ��� اﷲﹹ ﹷ� ﹷﻌﺎ� ٰ� ﹷﻋ ْﻠﹷﻴهﹻ ﹷو�ﻟﹻ ٖه ﹷو ﹷﺳ �ﻠ ﹷﻢ How to improve teaching following the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet .3 4.