When teaching children, the optimal desired objective is for them to be able to retain the information you are giving them in their long term memory until it becomes part of the quick and effortless knowledge base that they are able to retrieve, use and apply competently. This applies to Quranic verses, Dua lines, Hadeeth [...]
Scientists are increasingly discovering that memory’s power lies in processes that don’t resemble a machine at all – it’s much more complex and interesting than a simple photographic record of what has passed. Remembering is a much more active process of construction. The difficulty is not so much in storing information – getting knowledge into [...]
Memory and Memorising have a great importance and status in Islamic Scholarship. From memorising Qur'an to memorising volumes of Hadeeth (with their long chains of narrations) to memorising poetry, syntax and 'mutoun', scholars of Islam excelled in this skill. Their competence was measured against their memory first, and then later by their understanding and interpretation or [...]
Ramadan returns in few days time to be embraced by believers who long for their Lord's Mercy and closeness. Some of our blessed youth will be choosing to fast the long summer days of the month while revising and setting their GCSE or Al-Level exams. And some may also be striving to memorise Quran in [...]
The Rize State of North East Turkey witnessed a graduation ceremony in one of its major Mosques (Jami' Al-Sahil) last August to celebrate the accomplishments of 542 Hufaz who completed memorising the Quran. The ceremony was attended and supported by many reputable figures, including members of the Religious ministry, mayors of several cities and representatives of the [...]
Three hundred youth were honoured last week at a Quran memorisation ceremony on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. One hundred and eighty female Hafizaat and a hundred and twenty male Hufaaz completed their hifz in local Madrassahs and institutes run by Ahrar Al-Sham organisation. The Hufaz had migrated from various cities and villages across Syria and settled in the liberated [...]
Madrassahs are created for big ambitions- raising generations of Muslim children with sound knowledge and practice of Islam and good conduct. However, these are often undermined due to absence of a Behaviour Management Strategy; one that emphasises expectations, curbs low and high levels of disruptions and monitors progress. A successful Madrassah Behaviour Management Strategy must [...]
A meriting system in a Madrassah classroom is one whose aim is to motivate students to reach their potential in terms of behaviour and performance by: Meriting positive behaviour Demeriting negative behaviour For it to be successful, the system must be simple and linked to a set of disciplinary consequences and a set of motivational [...]
Protecting children and young people against physical, emotional, psychological and intellectual harm is an Islamic obligation upon parents and guardians. All those types of harm -especially the last three- are existent online and some may be just a finger-tip away from your child. Intellectual harm includes indoctrination and brainwashing of a young person’s mind into [...]
Having Madrassah policies and procedures written and documented in one place will improve the way the Madrassah functions, because it will enable all teachers -new or old- to access them and understand the standards that are expected of them. It will also prevent potential problems and conflicts arising. Given the importance of teaching to children [...]
