how to have a relationship with Allah
now there's books that there are children's books nowadays you know the book of tawheed and they'll
talk about I saw one book for children talking about Libya although here I said a smell was that
right now that's not the way you teach children about Allah that's you know like turning a topic
of their relationship without line to like a textbook like Max or something right that's
not how it works their relationship with Allah should be something a gut feeling that they have
something so strong and powerful and natural for them and that can only be nurtured if we ourselves
have a strong connection with Allah how do we show our children to how to have a relationship
with Allah show them how to communicate with on them you know there are brothers and sisters when
they become practicing Muslims and they want to make God they don't know where to start
they don't know how to how do I speak to a lot I don't know how to speak to Allah one of the
greatest things that we can do greatest gifts we can give our children show them how to communicate
with Allah and how will they learn that except by them seeing us communicate with Allah I remember
my mother when when I was very young from a very young age she used to gather us children together
and this is something that I think really had a big impact and she used to hold their hands
up and she used to make the art and loud in her language in order to write so we understood don't
do and she used to just make the her natural way of making but she used to cry first used to praise
online just say Allah you've given us so much oh Allah we are so sinful and she has to really show
herself to be so humble in front of Allah and then she would go through every single member of the
family and make du'a for them we knew it's gonna come to me now it's gonna come he's gonna come
we wanted to hear what she would say and then at the end she would praise him so much praise Allah
so much from glass from the Quran and that had a very powerful effect on all of us because now we
knew how to communicate with Allah and the reason why it's so important that we make that connection
for them with Allah is that my sisters we don't know if we're gonna be around for our children
we don't know what kind of pathway Allah is gonna take them through in life think about Yusuf Ali
Salaam in the well you know so panel I imagine his parents I hope they have no idea what's happened
to him they have no idea what could happen to him we too do not know what's gonna happen in
the future who our children will meet we can't be with them 24/7 right but what we can do is
empower them by giving them that relationship with Allah so that even if we're not there we
know that they know how to ask Allah for help they know if they make a mistake that all hope is not
lost they can always turn to Allah and say sorry we have to teach them how to do that and the best
way is for them to see us to do it we have to lose all of our sense sense of inhibition and
embarrassment and all that just show our children how to communicate with Allah I can't emphasize
it enough try it sisters by the way this is your homework to try making the are with your child sip
your child down with you and make duaa allowed show your child how to connect with Allah even
if you want to ask for a repentance show your child yourself asking Allah for forgiveness