hifdh question

[aishach786]

Assalaamu Alaykum wr wb,

I am in need of some advice from you all if possible. I would like to make my children hufaadh iA. I know the temperament of my children at this point and I'm having a difficult time understanding how I could make them hufaadh. We are thinking to move to Saudi Arabia where we can put more time into our children's tarbiyah and help them see in person what we teach them and help them develop a love for the kaaba etc.

My oldest just turned 6 and he memorizes chapters as a part of his curriculum in school. But how would he feel about focusing only on memorization for the bulk of his school day? He mA has a great memory and is ahead in secular studies. We're still preparing his reading for fluency, but it is our hopes that iA he'll be ready by next school year, as far as reading goes.

How do do children feel about this usually and how do parents make them ok etc. I am completely in the dark with how this works.

jzkA in advance.
wassalaam
a sister.

[shatibi]

I think most children when young are ok with doing full time hifz, especially if they are in a supportive environment i.e. there are many other kids their age also doing hifz, they don't feel left out or lonely that way. When they grow up a bit, into their teens, they start developing their own ideas. Therefore it's good to have him do hifz while still young.

My personal advice would be to have him continue part time (ya'ni during school but also after school on your own etc) until he is about eight or nine, or even ten or so.. whenever you feel that he is mature enough to be able to handle it. Ten or eleven should be the max. I've seen many parents send children to full time madrasa when they're too young, which results in the ustadh having to babysit most of the time instead of really teach.

He can take a year or two off and then skip back to his original level class. It's very easy to do with the lower level grades.

As for moving to Saudi, I grew up mostly there and did my Hifz there, and I don't have any qualms recommending it. It's a different experience altogether than growing up in a non Muslim majority country. Really brings in an Islamic identity (if parents provide a good upbringing).

[aishach786]

Jazaaka Allahu khayran for your help.

I'm sorry to ask you for more details. I take it from your post that you are not a native Saudi. May I ask how did you find a hifdh program there? Did a private qaari come to your house for the program or did you enroll in a larger program there? How old were you? Are the teachers gentle with the kids overall and just some exceptions when they are not? Can you share anything that would be helpful for us and whatever would help us avoid trouble etc? How did you find the program if you used a program?


your sharing is so valued and appreciated. jzkA

I think most children when young are ok with doing full time hifz, especially if they are in a supportive environment i.e. there are many other kids their age also doing hifz, they don't feel left out or lonely that way. When they grow up a bit, into their teens, they start developing their own ideas. Therefore it's good to have him do hifz while still young.

My personal advice would be to have him continue part time (ya'ni during school but also after school on your own etc) until he is about eight or nine, or even ten or so.. whenever you feel that he is mature enough to be able to handle it. Ten or eleven should be the max. I've seen many parents send children to full time madrasa when they're too young, which results in the ustadh having to babysit most of the time instead of really teach.

He can take a year or two off and then skip back to his original level class. It's very easy to do with the lower level grades.

As for moving to Saudi, I grew up mostly there and did my Hifz there, and I don't have any qualms recommending it. It's a different experience altogether than growing up in a non Muslim majority country. Really brings in an Islamic identity (if parents provide a good upbringing).

[shatibi]

Jazaaka Allahu khayran for your help.

I'm sorry to ask you for more details. I take it from your post that you are not a native Saudi. May I ask how did you find a hifdh program there? Did a private qaari come to your house for the program or did you enroll in a larger program there? How old were you? Are the teachers gentle with the kids overall and just some exceptions when they are not? Can you share anything that would be helpful for us and whatever would help us avoid trouble etc? How did you find the program if you used a program?


your sharing is so valued and appreciated. jzkA

Would you mind opening a thread with all your questions in the Sensitive section? I think I'll be able to more openly respond there

[aishach786]

oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to touch on anything sensitive. I only have a few posts, so I don't think that's possible. It's alright. May Allah swt reward you immensely though for your niyat.

[motheroftwo]

my two boys learned the Quran in africa in the narration of warch , a good place i would say is Morroco for something like that full time in 18 months they would be hufaadhif you did it slowly you could it over 3 years start at 6 and by 9 they would the recite perfect everything depends on their age optimum age to start such a full time course 6-10 years of age. if the child is a hifdh environment then it would be expentionally good.


added benefits to the african system of hifdh the child learns the science of rasm the writting of the quran , tajweed and stronger memory due to many repititions

[shatibi]

oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to touch on anything sensitive. I only have a few posts, so I don't think that's possible. It's alright. May Allah swt reward you immensely though for your niyat.

No, you didn't touch anything sensitive! I apologize for the confusion. It's just that there are some things I'd be more comfortable discussing away from the public's eye.

The Sensitive section is a section that is viewable by only you and the mods. Anyone can create a thread there, it's not limited by post count. Here's the link: http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/foru...7-Sensitive-QA

Just create a new thread there and we can discuss this in more detail

Edit: I created it: http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...o-Saudi-Arabia

I'll be posting in there later on