Growing
up Friday was always a special day in my home.
There were particular rituals and actions for the day – My dad dressed
in pure white salwar kameez for Jummah (Friday), the house scented with his
attar and any new clothes we bought were saved for Friday for their first
wear. I have tried to replicate this
feeling of a special day of the week with my children.
It’s Jummah! is a board book for babies that tries to share a few Sunnah and
etiquettes of Friday for Muslims. It is the first in a series of books by the authors
that’s aims to combine Islamic knowledge and pre-Montessori education (like
shapes, colours, fruits and vegetables, etc.), so babies can learn them both at
the same time.
The
book uses very simple language and beautiful high-contrast illustrations for
smaller children. I really liked that it helps us to introduce Islam to smaller
children with easy instructions for Friday like having a bath, cutting our
nails, wearing our best clothes and reciting Quran.
My
little girls enjoyed the book, it is aimed at slightly smaller children than my
three and five year olds but it was a nice little resource for me to teach them
about the sunnaan of Friday and to test them by asking questions.
The
writers say they plan to translate the books into Urdu, Kazakh, Russian,
Arabic, Bengali, and other languages in futures, I think these would make nice
little books to get started with teaching little ones another language. I look forward to see what else come forth from this series.
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