Parenting Islamic Perspective
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Below are tips and suggestions on parenting from an Islamic perspective that have been gathered from various sources.
Natural Islamic Parenting is many things it can include any and all of the following:
- Recognising the Majesty of the Creator, Allah (swt).
- Recognising pregnancy as an ayah (sign) of Allah's power and creation.
- Recognising that Allah has perfectly created women's bodies for childbearing and nursing.
- Recognising pregnancy as a natural physical and spiritual phenomena given to women by our Creator
- Exploring and utilising mid-wifery and homebirth, as a protection of the Muslimah's modesty, and as a recognition that birth is a natural process.
- Making a commitment to a natural childbirth, free of drugs and invasive procedures, by following the example of Maryam in the Qur'an
- Making a firm commitment to Ar' Rada' (breastfeeding)
- Recognising that Ar Rada' is Allah's gift to children, and that it is the best way to feed and nurture a young infant
- Following the Sunnah of the Prophet in welcoming the newborn child
- Circumcising male children in keeping with the characteristics of the fitrah state
- Using the "family bed" in order to promote safe infant sleep, nighttime nursing, and bonding between mother, father, and baby
- Supporting the right of the Muslim mother to stay at home to nurture and educate her young children
- Following the Sunnah of the Prophet in gently disciplining children
- Following the Sunnah of the Prophet in playing and joking with our children
- Following the Sunnah of the Prophet in showing tenderness and mercy to our children
- Making a firm commitment to raising our children in an environment free from the toxic influences in today's culture
- Making a commitment to ensure that our children receive the best education we can give them, without compromising their modesty and innocence by putting them in un Islamic environments
- Supporting Islamic schools and Islamic homeschooling
- Making a commitment to our children's health by restricting junk food and sweets, and by promoting exercise
- Teaching our children to pray by the age of seven
- Giving our children the gift of Tajweed al Qur'an
- Making informed decisions about childhood vaccinations looking at both sides of the argument
- Separating older boys and girls from one another so that they can remain in a state of haya' (modesty, shyness) as commanded by Allah and His Messenger
- Teaching our children about the sanctity of marriage and marital relations by striving to be an upright and moral Muslim
- Encouraging young girls to be aware of their modesty and also to wear the hijab and cover their adornments
- Encouraging young men to grow the beard and guard their modesty
- Recognising that children are an Amana (trust) from Allah born in a state of complete fitra, and that it is our duty, as Muslim adults, to protect, nurture, and educate them so that they can grow up as strong Muslim men and women.
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