Random question seen on yahoo answers: How Can I Increase My Love For Allah and Islam?  So…I JUST started studying Shariah and i know that my Imaan and love will increase, the more i learn. But what about NOW? I know that i don’t have anybody to turn to when feeling down, but Him. and i know that He’s there with me when speaking to Him – but how can i get to FEEL Him there with me? How can i learn to love Him more at a faster pace? I really reallyyyyyyy want to be closer to Allah, but just don’t know how to =(

please help?”

I was going to write about something else today but then I started thinking. Am I really teaching my children what it means to love ALLAH? To have true passion for HIM? I don’t want to be the kind of parent who is pleased to see their children going through the motions or reduces Islam to a bunch of rituals; Pray! Fast! Wear hijab! Grow a beard! I want to mold their minds and hearts and I want them to sincerely love what HE loves and hate what ALLAH hates, InshaALLAH. I want them to have passion for ALLAH. Ustadh tells us that “A true teacher gives the student enough knowledge to get along without the teacher.” Am I doing this?I sure hope so. As the children get older and more milestones are passed, the concern for their understanding of Islaam grows.

AlhamduLILLAH, one of the ways that they express their love for ALLAH is through the recitation of the Quran. My son recites Quran as he cleans. On his own, MashaALLAH. They are not yet disciplined enough to sit and listen to Quran Explorer on their own every morning without me telling them to, but when they do, I see the benefits. They argue and complain about the correctness of ayahs, they are competitive in learning and this is all great! But what else should I be doing?

We have a theme over here in our homeschool: “Let’s learn about our heroes.” I want them to picture those who came before them and see how hard it is and how worthy a cause it is to love ALLAH.

What are some ways that children can be taught to love ALLAH? What are some ibadaat that you have seen them do on their own? Are you giving them enough that they can “get along without the teacher?”