ABOUT PLANTS

Once a little girl named Aisha planted a seed. Everyday she put water. Soon something
was coming out! She was so happy and in a week she saw a flower. Her mother was so
happy!. But one day her mom decided to go to Los Angeles. She told her mom “Who
will water the seed?” Her mom said leave it to Allah. She said “OK”. The next day they
left. But after a week they came back. Aisha screamed when she went to see the seed.
Her parents came rushing and screaming “What happened”. When they looked at the
plant, it had grown tall and was still alive. They thanked Allah.

Eman Shaw, 10

ABOUT INDEPENDENCE DAY

Long ago Muslims ruled India. Muslims also teraded or bought from India and sold to
some of the other countries. India was a very rich country. The Europeans thought we
should see India and buy from them ourselves. Then some days later they thought “Why
should we buy? We can steal from them” Then they killed the Indian kings and ruled
India. They said “You should pay taxes to us” They stole gold, rice, wheat, honey, spices,
cotton, etc. They beat the poor farmers.

They thought we should teach them how to write and then they can work for us. When
somebody asked “Why are you doing this?”, the British put them in jail. When the
Indians wanted salt, the British said “You should pay taxes”. So Gandhi said “We will
make our own salt!” Gandhi went to Dandi and made salt. That was 100 miles away and
he walked for nearly a month. Then some people thought “We should not obey the
British”. So teachers did not go to schools and policemen did not go to police stations.

Then on 15th August 1947. we got freedom.

Mujahid ul Islam, 10

THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Food goes into your mouth and digesting starts. Food goes through your foodpipe and
into your stomach. Your stomach mashes the food. The liver, spleen and pancreas all help
mash the food. The food is then pushed into the intestines. Good things are taken by the
blood until the bad things are pushed into the big intestines which pushes them out of the
body.

Aisha Jamal, 8
RAMADHAN IN LIBYA
Libya is a country in North Africa. It is quite cold. So fruits like plums, peaches,
strawberries can grow there. There are lots of grapes and oranges also. More than 50
types of oranges are grown in Libya. In Libya the currency is the Libyan dinar. The
highest amount of money is 10 dinars. The Libyan flag is pure green. In Libya there are
no butchers so even on Eid-ul-Adha, you have to cut the meat yourself.

Libya is mainly a Muslim country. And just like Muslims everywhere, Libyan muslims
also fast and pray during the month of Ramadhan. An Iftaar meal usually has cakes,
pizzas, breads, pastas and burgers. They serve meals on a big tray with bowls of different
foods. They learn the Quran by writing on wooden tablies. And especially during
Ramadhan, Muslims read more Quran, give charity and do dhikr.

I feel Libya is a very nice country. I’d like to learn more about it and about Libyan
Muslims.

Aisha Jamal, 8 years

MY FASTS IN RAMADHAN
My father told me the new moon has come. It meant that Ramadhan has come. I went to
the Adyar mosque with my father to pray Tarawih with Jamaath. I like to pray with
jamaath.

Every morning, I wake up when my mother wakes me for suhoor. We eat rice and curd
and rasam. I drink water and tea and wait for some time. Then I go with my father to pray
Fajr salah with jamath. Then I sleep.

I wake up later in the morning, have my bath and go to school. I study and at 12:30 pm
the school gets over. I go home. I pray Dhuhr salah. Then I sleep. My father tells me to
wake up for Asr salah. After salah, my father reads the Quran . My mother calls my
father to open the fast at Maghrib. For Iftar, my mother makes ganji, samosas, vadai,
finger chips. We see the clock and open the fast with dates. After Iftar we pray Maghrib.
Then I read books after which I sleep for a short time. Then I wake up and go to the
mosque for Isha and Tarawih.

AT Fuaad, 9 years

WORSHIP IN RAMADHAN
Ramadhan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar. In Ramadhan there are 29 or 30 days.
In Ramadhan we have to fast from early morning to sunset.
Allah says that “Angels carry the rewards for all good deeds except for fasting. For
fasting I Myself will give, because it is for Me alone”. In a hadith it is reported that for
every nafl good deed the reward is a fard at other times. And for every fard the reward is
like 70 faraidh. In the first 10 days of Ramadhan, Allah’s mercy comes, the next 10
Allah’s forgiveness and in the last 10 people are freed from Jahannum

In Ramadhan you should do lots of Ibadah. You should do lots of extra salah. Tarawih
happens after Isha salah and is a sunnah. You can pray at home but it is better to pray at
the Masjid. You should do lots of dhikr like “SubhanAllah”, Alhamdulillah”,
AllahuAkbar” but the best dhikr is “La Illah Il Allah”. You should beg Allah’s forgiveness
with “Astagfirullah”. You should read lots of Quran because in Ramadhan the Quran was
revealed to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). You should give zakah in Ramadhan. You
should do lots of Dua because your duas InshaAllah will get accepted. You should try to
go on Umrah because it is equal to a Hajj with Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Layal-a-tul
Qadr is a night in Ramadhan that is better than a thousand months. Ibadah in this night
will get you ibadah for 83 years.

Allah boasts to his angels on the day of Eid about the believers. He exchanges their evil
deeds with good deeds and they are forgiven.

I like fasting in Ramadhan

Aisha Jamal, 8 years

MY RAMADHAN
India has many Muslims. It has the second largest Muslim population in the world,
MashaAllah. It has many poor people.

We celebrate Ramadhan and Eid with our cousins and relatives. We sight the moon and
tell other relatives that it is going to be Ramadhan tomorrow. Then we plan out how we
are going to celebrate it.

We wake up for suhoor and we eat chicken, rice and maybe roti and sometimes they put
rose milk and soup. And after we eat, we go back to sleep. At 8oclock we wake up and I
brush my teeth and go to school The fast feels easy. I read the Quran, mainly Surat-ul-
Kahf and Surah Yasin.

For Iftaar, we have a sort of jelly “Kadalpasy” and we have samosas, bhajis, dates and
kanji. Where my Quran teacher comes from, West Bengal, he eats dates, chanas, boiled
chanas, fruits, bhelpuri and sweets. What some people in North India eat is bhajis, sundal,
fruit salad, Bombay toast and dates.

For Tarawih, we go to a relatives house sometimes otherwise we go to the Community

Hall and pray 20 rakahs. After that we play.
I feel good during my fast, but I feel hungry.

Eman Shaw, 9 years

RAMADHAN IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia is a country in Asia. Its capital is Kuala Lampur. It is a peninsula. Its neighbour
is Singapore. It rains a lot in Malaysia. There are many Muslims in Malaysia. Al the
Muslims fast in Ramadhan. Even some Hindus fast. Everyone cleans up their houses
because they say Ramadhan is their guest. 15 minutes before Iftaar, all will be quiet and
as soon as Iftaar comes, there will be a big sound from a siren to say that it is time to
open the fast. They eat rice, chicken with peanuts and drink juices. They read the Quran
completely in 30 days.

Mujahid-ul-Islam, 10 years