KAFA d'Notts (28 July 2012)

Assalamualaikum wbt. Alhamdulillah, praise to Almighty Allah for with His blessings, another KAFA class was successfully held with a very good turn out, MasyaAllah! The students were divided into senior and junior calliphs. The senior calliphs were taught on one of the basic Tajweed that is the Mad Asli. They then recited the Quran under the guidance of the teachers. Next on the activity list is playing the fun and educational game of Quran Puzzle! :)

The junior calliphs had their own fun by playing the game 'Who created What?' where they have to guess what the teachers have hidden in a box and a small sack and shout out loud who created it.

The little calliphs were then taught the Arabic alphabet 'Mim' and the different sounds of 'Mim'.

KAFA : Seeking knowledge

In conjuction with Israk and Mikraj celebration organised by NMC, our little caliphs were gathered once again (nursery time...) while their parents were having an Islamic talk in another room. Can you see all the happy faces in the picture below..?? =D

peace...V^_^V

This week, little caliphs learnt to recite and memorise du'a before study.

“My Lord, increase me in knowledge.” [Qur'an, 20:114]

Sign of Allah’s love for a person

“Whosoever Allah wishes good for, He gives him understanding (fiqh) of the Religion.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

As children we are always looking for signs of love from our parents. If a parent buys gifts for their child, the child is assured that their parents love them. Love and compassion from parents makes a child feel happy and special. Allah tells us through the Prophet ﷺ that if He loves us, He gives us understanding of the religion of Islam. The difference is that the love of Allah is far greater than anybody else’s love. Acquiring the love of Allah is the ultimate goal of this life.


However, this love does not come without striving, trying hard and putting in a lot of effort. You have to earn the love of Allah by striving to gain Islamic knowledge – even if there are not many resources around you, even if the knowledge seems hard to retain, even if there are many distractions around you.

When should you be jealous of others ?

“No one should be jealous of anything except two people – a man whom Allah has blessed with knowledge and he teaches it; and a man who has money and he spends it in the sake of Allah.” (Bukhari)

This hadith alludes to the etiquettes of seeking knowledge. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is saying we should not get envious of others for anything other than two things, one of them being knowledge. Observing other people who have knowledge of the Qur’an and the Sunnah should make us feel envious; the idea is to use this feeling as a motivation to gain knowledge. This hadith does not imply that we question Allah’s decree as to why He made the other person knowledgeable and why we were not given similar knowledge. Instead, we should ask Allah to make us learned in our deen.

High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge." [20:114]

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