Raising Children in Islam: Faith, Family, and Parenting Techniques from Birth to Adulthood
By Yusef Ali
You are raising a child in a faith you are still learning. Raising Children in Islam is a companion for the parent who starts with the shahadah and not much else — no Muslim grandparents, no Arabic, and no idea what an aqiqah is. It gives you the theology: the child is a trust, born already turned toward its Maker, needing not to be converted but protected. It gives you the map, in the milestones the Prophet ﷺ himself set — the adhan whispered at birth, the command to pray at seven, the seriousness at ten, the arrival of responsibility — carried through to the first fast, the first phone, adolescence, and the first home of their own. And it gives you the chapters no other parenting book has: children born before your Islam; the interfaith home; grandparents, Christmas, and the ham sandwich; single and blended families; adoption, fostering, and kafalah; children with additional needs; and losing a child. Inside: an age-by-age milestones table, the du'as of every stage, forty hadith on children and parents, scripts for the conversations your child will start, and checklists for the first week, the school gate, the madrasa, and Ramadan. Book 4 of The New Muslim Library. Written for converts, for the families they are making, and for any Muslim parent who wants a plain, warm companion for the same road.