Q: My baby is almost a year old. He changed his nap times and now naps for the second time around 5 or 6pm. However, if it's getting close to 7pm, I wake him up as he only sleeps 3 or 4 hours post his wake up time and if he sleeps later than 7pm, he will sleep around 11 or 11:30pm at night.
My mom says Islamically it is wrong to wake a sleeping baby. What is the ruling regarding this?
Q: I earn a decent amount of salary to take care of all the basic necessities of myself, my wife and 3 kids. At the end of the month I don't have any money to save for extra expenses. My wife is at home and does not work.
We applied for a sassa child grant for all my kids after they were born. We put aside that money for each of them every month separately. Alhamdulillah these savings have accumulated.
My son and daughter both need myobrace treatment as their jaws are not fully developed and their teeth are not growing straight. Can we use their sassa savings to go ahead with the myobrace treatment as I don't have money to pay for this treatment for them? The cost for each child will be approx R12k.
Q: What age is best for a parent to give their child a phone?
Q: Is it better to refrain from hitting a child when they do something wrong?
Q: Is it an Islamic tradition for a woman to stay in the house for full 40 days after giving birth or is it just an old tradition?
Q: What do our Ulama say about sending kids or youth or adults to swimming pools or gyms where there are mixed ladies and men with no segregation and improper attire? Is a boy or girl, who are not baligh, allowed to learn swimming lessons in this environment? Please kindly advise?
Q: Are you allowed to put star stickers on children's hands as a way of rewarding them?
Q: Please can you recommend what age is appropriate to teach a child their body parts?
My 3.5 year old only knows it as her private area. And in the shower I only point to all the areas no one is allowed to touch. As she is getting older and ready for school soon my fear of sexual abuse increases daily and I want to know what I should be teaching her and when?
I only recall my mother ever talking to me about my own body when I became baligh, and I learnt about the male body when I was getting married. Now though, it's different. There's so much more fitnah. And parents that allow their kids to use screens, these kids are exposed to so much more.
I just want my daughter to get the correct knowledge from myself and her father here at home first before we send her out.
Q: My son is 23 and living by me. I told him he can't have a girlfriend and he must get married. If not, he must move out if he wants a girlfriend. Am I wrong to do so?
Q: After the child is born, what are the sunnats and aadaab that should be performed?