When Hadi gets out from school on weekends, and we meet people, they ask him the standard question.
"Hadi! How's sports school?"
So, I thought I'd answer it here, on his behalf.
He said, it's fun. Sometimes he looks forward to going back to school on weekends. He looks forward to monthly evening outings with his friends. No, they don't have special sporty textbooks for their lessons like Maths, saying "If you hit a golf ball with a 180deg swing, how far will the golf ball go?" No..they use the normal school textbooks.
They go training every late afternoons, after rest. They have supervised study times, where they can listen to music on earphones while studying. So basically, he actually enjoys himself.
And me.. I'm happy that he is able to follow a fixed routine.
Oh ya, have i told you.. da a few times, when I send Hadi back to school on sunday nights, some girls would pass by and one of them, or sometimes, all 2 or 3 of them would say in unison..'Hii Hadiii.." I'd look at the girls, and then I turn to look at my son and his straight face. And I'd ask, "you didn't reply them?" He said he did. Well, I didn't hear it.. maybe he just smiled at them.
Anyhow, the best part about sending Hadi back is that he is not embarrassed to be kissed on the cheek by me, when we part. He actually expects it. It's like not a proper 'bye' without the peck on the cheek. Even if it's in front of the girls or the other guys. I hope it stays.
My only concern with Hadi is, currently, he is not attending any madrasah. But I'm hoping that I can give him advice or subtle lessons on Islam when we're together. And we have very good Muslim youth holiday programs, like Teens A.L.I.V.E and those run by vibrant people like Pink!, which I think has more impact on the youths who have attended, compared to the weekly part time madrasah where they walk in and out like zombies and they are not affected by what they hear in class or read in the text books. So, insyaAllah. We'll see how it goes.
I still want him to be successful in what he likes doing - and more importantly be the examplary Muslim role model. Ameen.
7 comments:
its not wajib pun to attend madrasah. anyone can attend madrasah but still not benefit from it at all. the best madrasah starts from home. parents should instill the hunger of knowledge seeking, the importance of knowledge in their children. better still if they're the ones to impart with the knowledge. some things can't be taught and learnt from textbooks. if they can't afford to, then madrasah becomes wajib as their amanah to make sure their children gain knowledge.
the common mistake most parents make is that they send their child to school or madrasah and wash their hands. they expect the teachers and the ustaz/ustazahs to work miracles on their children.
i've seen moms not in the hijab, and dads in shorts when sending their kids for those weekend madrasahs. while the kids are fully clothed from head to toe. ironic isn't it?
i'm not blaming the madrasahs or the parents entirely though. perhaps the environment here is as such. it may be hard to change things now. but i'm not giving up. at least i'll make sure insha Allah to start with my kids, when i have them lah kan. and hopefully their generation will benefit. insha Allah.
and being a muslim does not mean being an ustaz or ustazah. the world still needs engineers who're hufaz, doctors who're dua't, scientists who're ulama's and so on.
insha Allah, Allah helps those who do good. i pray that hadi turns out well, Allahumma ameen. same goes for the rest of your pretty princesses ^_^
sukalah entri ni :)
im happy that hadi is happy. its important to be happy in whatever you do. and important too to have passion in what you are doing.
wrt to the TEEN alive programme and sewaktu dgnnya, can you lemme know more about it? im interested to explore and to look-see if any programmes are suitable for my pre-school aged boys.
and PINK .. is this the same PINK from years back?
hairil,
true true... so may Allah SWT help me in carrying out my amanah on my children. Ameen.
AM,
From the heart. :)
Zee,
Kids Alive pun ada kan.. and Eema pernah pergi.. she enjoys it. Kids Alive ada holiday programs and regular programs also, depending on places, kena call up.
Pink.. yes, pink from years ago..but her holiday programs are normally for 16 n abv.. so lama lagi. check out http://www.alive.sg/
Hm, yea true, its important to try impart knowledge to kids balancing both duniawi and ukhrawi.. It doesn't matter what type of carreer as long as it doesn't go against islamic principles.. We need successful soleh muslims in all areas of expertise.
Having a good grasp of basic Islamic knowledge is important (first akidah - islamic belief, then comes others)... If their islamic belief is weak, and they don't understand the purpose of life (adz-dzariyaat: 56), how can they understand the need for others; prayers,modesty.
Wallahu'alam
redtide,
I always agree with you on the aqidah part. That is foremost. If that is strong, other parts will naturally follow. :)
thanks babe.. for the info. eema almost same age with my eldest kan? 5-yr old dah boleh handle camping eh?
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