AuthorSana Shahid

A medical doctor by profession, I did my M.B.B.S from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. I am a student of the Qur’an and I also teach at the Weekend Islamic School of Children of Islam. A mother of two daughters Alhamdulillah, I take it as a duty to raise our children according to the teachings of Qur’an and Sunnah. May ALLAH bless our children and make them the best sadaqa-e-jariah for us. Ameen.

MEDICAL IMPORTANCE OF FASTING ”SAUM”

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Fasting ”saum” is one of the Pillar of Islam. Muslims are required to fast during the whole month of Ramadhan. ”SAUM” in Arabic means to ”restrain and maintain silence” The Holy Qur’an defines ”SAUM” as patience which means ”self-control, perseverance and determination.” In Islam, it is the practice of abstaining usually from food...

Motherhood is a beautiful journey

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Motherhood is a beautiful journey. As we embark different destinations of raising a child we enfold new leaflets of life. Children are joys of life as well as source of pride, seed of arrogance, the cause of distress and allurement. Therefore we need to be very focused and careful about their upbringing. I would like to share few points I learned from my experience while raising my daughters. We...

Children of Islam has re-imagined the Weekend Islamic School. Our curriculum and books are creatively designed to attract young learners and to nurture them with essential knowledge and understanding of our beautiful Deen. Our aim is to implant in our children the love of Islam through the Qur’an and Sunnah.