Children’s Questions About Faith

Chapters:

• Introduction
• The Definition, Tools and Essentials of Nurturing Faith
  • Definition of Nurturing
  • Raising Children in Islam
  • Nurturing Faith is a Necessity
  • The Goals of Islamic Education
  • The Essential Dimensions of Nurturing faith
  • Examples of Nurturing Faith
• Nurturing Faith for Children
  • The Development of Faith in Children
  • The Benefits of Nurturing Faith
  • The Cornerstones of Faith Nurturing
  • Educational Techniques for Teaching Faith during Early, Middle and Late Childhood
  • Important Educational Tools to Ingrain Faith in Children
  • Important traits parents should embrace as they teach their children about faith
• Understanding and Teaching the Pillars of Faith
  • The First Pillar: Belief in Allah
  • The Second Pillar: Belief in Angels
  • The Third Pillar: Belief in Scripture
  • The fourth Pillar: Belief in the Messengers
  • The Fifth Pillar: Belief in the Hereafter (Afterlife/Life after death)
  • The Sixth Pillar: Belief in Destiny (Predestination/Qadar)
• Introduction on How to Answer Children’s Questions
  • Reasons Why Children Ask so Many Questions
  • Nature of Children’s Questions
  • Types of Questions in Children
  • Why Do Parents Ignore Children’s Questions?
  • How Should Parents Deal with Children’s Questions about Faith?
  • When Answering Questions, parents should uphold the basic principles
  • Education Through Conversation
  • Phrases for Conversation Questions
  • Ways to Answer Children’s Questions
  • General Instructions to Consider When Answering Children
  • Mistakes Committed While Answering Children’s Questions
• Practical Examples on How to Answer Children’s Faith-Based Questions
  • Questions related to Allah
    • Who is Allaah
    • How does Allah look like?
    • Who created God (Allah)?
    • Is Allah male or female?
    • How do we know God (Allah) exists?
    • Does Allah hear, see and talk?
    • Does Allah get hungry and thirsty?
    • How powerful is Allah?
    • Where is Allah? How Big is He?
    • How come Allah sees us but we do not see Him?
    • How can Allah see so many people?
    • Does Allah see people in the dark? How does Allah see us when at home with the doors and windows shut?
    • Why can’t Allah die?
    • Does God (Allah) love me?
  • Questions related to Angels
    • Who are the angels? What do they look like?
    • What are the names of angels?
    • Why did Allah create angels?
    • Why can’t we see angels?
    • Who are the jinn?
    • Who is stronger: anegls or jinn?
    • Do angels die?
  • Questions related to Scriptures
    • What are the scriptures?
    • Who do we need the Quran? Why is it a miracle?
    • Why didn’t Allah protect the previous Books from alteration?
    • What is the evidence that proves that the Quran is not altered?
  • Questions related to Messengers
    • Who are the prophets and messengers and why did Allah send them?
    • Can prophets make mistakes?
    • Who is Muhammad ﷺ?
    • What is the proof of Muhammad’s honesty?
    • How did the Messenger ﷺ ascend to Heaven in one night?
    • Why is Muhammad ﷺ the final prophet?
    • Why are we required to the love the Prophet ﷺ?
  • Questions related to the Hereafter
    • What is the Judgement Day?
    • When is the Day of Resurrection? Why did Allah hide that Day from us?
    • What is the Day of Accountability?
    • What is death?
    • What happens to children after the die?
    • What happens in the grave after death?
    • Can a dead person hear and see us? How does a dead person breathe under the soil? Does he eat, drink and sleep?
    • What is paradise and what is in it?
    • What is hellfire and why did Allah create it?
    • What happens to animals after they die? Wil they go to paradise or hellfire?
  • Questions related to Destiny
    • What does fate and destiny mean?
    • How does Allah know what will happen before it happens?
    • Are we destined to do things or do we have a choice?
    • Why did Allah guide some people and did not guide others?
    • Why does Allah punish those who sin when He has already written that they will sin?
    • Why did Allah create us? What is the origin of the universe? Why did Allah create animals?
    • Is Allah going to punish people who did not get any messengers?
    • Why does evil exist?
    • Why did Allah create evil people?
    • Why did Allah create some people with disabilities or mutations?
    • Why are there rich and poor people?
    • Why do some evil people appear to have been given everything while some good people have nothing?
    • Why do we get sick? Why do calamities happen to people?
    • Why did Allah create harmful animals and insects?
    • Why do we have to pray five times a day?
    • Why didn’t Allah answer my prayer?
    • Why am I not as pretty as my friend?
    • If God (Allah) loves us, why do bad things happen to us?
• Conclusion