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AmarFaisal
11-10-2008, 01:02 PM
:sl: brothers and sisters,

Alhamdulillah, I have a 3.5 year old daughter. She is very curious about Allah, prayers and Quran (as children are of this age). I wish to guide her correctly without placing doubts in her mind. I am looking for a good Quran teacher for her, but till then, I want to answer her questions.

I am a teacher myself but answering my daughter's questions( toooo many questions) gets me confused at times. I feel I might answer wrong.

Her questions are like:

Where is Allah?(asked everyday)
Why I cannot see Him? (asked everyday)
Why is He hiding?
What color is Allah?
Does He have eyes and nose etc?
Why is Allah so loud (when she hears athan)?
What is Allah saying?
Why do I pray to Allah?
When will He listen?
Why did I fall, after you prayed to Allah to take care of me?
What is Quran?
etc etc etc

Everyday I have to answer millions of questions.

I want to know, if u have younger brothers n sisters, children around, how do u deal with such questions. I'd also like to know abt some book that I can get, that can help me answer her questions in her understanding.

There r times when she askes me something and I am tired. Then, I just reply "hmm" n she says, for eg., "Mama said Allah is white." coz I said "hmm".

Then, I have to go around correcting her. It is quiet nerve wrecking. And I am scared of answering some questions wrongly coz there r just too many.

Maybe some parents or older brothers and sisters can help me deal with this kinda situation.

Are there any children books that talk about Allah in details. I know stories for children about prophets.

I hope someone can guide me through this.

:w:
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'Abd-al Latif
11-10-2008, 02:23 PM
:wasalamex

Allaah is above His Throne and He is close to us by His Knowledge

Praise be to Allaah.

It is proven in the Qur’aan and Sunnah and by the consensus (ijmaa’) of the salaf (early generations) of this ummah that Allaah is above His heavens on His Throne, and that He is the Exalted, Most High. He is Above all things, and there is nothing that is above Him. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Allaah it is He Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them in six Days. Then He rose over (Istawaa) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). You (mankind) have none, besides Him, as a Wali (protector or helper) or an intercessor. Will you not then remember (or receive admonition)?”

[al-Sajdah 32:4]

“Surely, your Lord is Allaah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then rose over (Istawaa) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty), disposing the affair of all things [Yoonus 10:3]

“To Him ascend (all) the goodly words, and the righteous deeds exalt it (i.e. the goodly words are not accepted by Allaah unless and until they are followed by good deeds) [Faatir 35:10]

“He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him), the Most High (nothing is above Him) and the Most Near (nothing is nearer than Him) [al-Hadeed 57:3]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You are the Most High and there is nothing above You…”

There are many similar ayaat and ahaadeeth. But at the same time, Allaah tells us that He is with His slaves wherever they are:

“Have you not seen that Allaah knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth? There is no Najwa (secret counsel) of three but He is their fourth (with His Knowledge, while He Himself is over the Throne, over the seventh heaven), — nor of five but He is their sixth (with His Knowledge), — nor of less than that or more but He is with them (with His Knowledge) wheresoever they may be” [al-Mujaadilah 58:7]

Allaah has combined mention of His being above His Throne with mention of His being with His slaves in one aayah, where He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then rose over (Istawaa) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). He knows what goes into the earth and what comes forth from it, and what descends from the heaven and what ascends thereto. And He is with you (by His Knowledge) wheresoever you may be [al-Hadeed 57:4]

Saying that Allaah is with us does not mean that He is mixed with (or dwells in) His creation; rather He is with His slaves by His knowledge. He is above His Throne and nothing is hidden from Him of what they do. With regard to the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):

“And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge)” [Qaaf 50:16]

- most of the mufassireen said that what is meant is that He is near by means of His angels whose task it is to record people’s deeds. And those who said that it means that He is near explained it as meaning that He is near by His knowledge, as is said concerning how He is with us.

This is the view of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah, who affirm that Allaah is above His creation and that He is also with His slaves, and they state that He is far above dwelling in His created beings. With regard to the denial of all Divine attributes as voiced by the Jahamiyyah and their followers, they deny that His Essence is above His creatures and that He rose above His Throne, and they say that He is present in His Essence everywhere. We ask Allaah to guide the Muslims.



Shaykh Abd al-Rahmaan al-Barraak

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/11035
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'Abd-al Latif
11-10-2008, 02:25 PM
:salamext:

Some of these questions are actually explained in the book Kitaab at-tawheed.
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S_87
11-10-2008, 02:34 PM
aah i know what you mean, some of the questions are too hard to explain to a kid huh. Darussalam does have childrens books that have things about the creation of Allah in that simple way.
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