For young children, early tasfiyyah wa tarbiyyah is essential. The Salaf began by purifying their children’s hearts and environment (by Allah's permission) from false beliefs and practices, then nurturing them with The Qur’ān, Sunnah, and sound manners.
Statement of Jundub ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Bajalī رضي الله عنه (a Companion) who said: “We were with the Prophet ﷺ while we were young men, so we learned faith (īmān) before we learned The Qur’an. Then we learned the Qur’an and it increased us in īmān.”
— Ibn Mājah (61), authenticated by al-Albānī
Statement of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما who said: “We lived for a time in our lives when one of us was given faith before the Qur’an. Then a surah would be revealed to Muhammad ﷺ, and we would learn its lawful and unlawful, its commands and prohibitions, and what one ought to pause at, just as you learn The Qur’an today.”
— al-Ḥākim in al-Mustadrak (1/35) (declared ṣaḥīḥ on the conditions of al-Bukhārī and Muslim)
They understood that every child is born upon the fiṭrah (natural/pure disposition), and that the first years of upbringing — filled with Tawḥīd, prayer, memorization, and righteous examples — lay the foundation that shapes their life and future.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Every child is born upon the fiṭrah (natural/pure disposition). It is his parents who make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian.”
— [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (1358), Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (2658)]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: “Most children’s corruption comes from their parents, neglecting them, leaving them without teaching the obligations of the religion and Sunnah. So they lose benefit for themselves and for their parents in this world and the Hereafter.”
— [Tuhfat al-Mawdūd]
Parents and teachers should begin from the earliest age to nurture and cultivate children upon the pure foundations of Islam. This includes daily Qur’ān recitation (short sūrahs and adhkār), memorizing simple duʿāʾ, learning manners, and above all else establishing the core beliefs of Tawḥīd and the messengership of Muḥammad ﷺ. Teaching should follow the way of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ — so that knowledge is firmly established in the heart and put into action through obedience and worship.
Above all, every activity in the Kids Hub is directed towards tasfiyyah wa tarbiyyah upon pure Islam. The portal provides structured curricula — such as foundational guidance in ʿaqīdah and Tawḥīd, reading exercises, hadith primers in question-and-answer format, and step-by-step cultivation of love for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. All materials are printable for parents and teachers to use directly. Lessons avoid modern entertainment methods, relying instead on the proven approach of the Salaf: repetition and memorization. Assignments and simple projects (such as labeling a masjid diagram with key Arabic terms) will also be included— nurturing knowledge, obedience, and piety from the earliest age.
Notes:
Tasfiyyah; To purify and correct—our heart, (including homes and classrooms) by removing anything that contradicts The Qur’ān and Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf (pure Islam)— whether wrong beliefs, innovated practices, or harmful habits.
Tarbiyyah; is to nurture, cultivate, and educate children step by step upon the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, as understood by the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ. It means raising them upon correct creed and sound belief, establishing them in prayer, instilling noble manners, and cultivating love for Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, and the entirety of Islām.
Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله said: “The key to a return of the glory of Islām is two matters: tasfiyyah (purification) and tarbiyyah (education). Tasfiyyah means purifying Islām from what has entered into it of shirk, innovations, weak and fabricated narrations, and the mistakes of scholars. Tarbiyyah means cultivating the young generation upon this purified Islām giving to them a correct Islamic education from the start, so that they grow upon it without deviating. ”
— [Shaykh al-Albānī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mawārid al-Naqiyyah, introduction; also referenced in Ṣifah Ṣalāt al-Nabī introduction]
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