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MUSLIM SCHOOL OF RIGHT GUIDANCE |
THE KEY TO ISLAM
WRITTEN BY STUDENTS OF MADRASA AL-HIDAYA
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION
In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam).
Who: We all worked together to write this book. Our names are Muneeba Chaudhry, Aibah Khan, Ali Ahmad, Zenaira Ali, Aisha Chaudhry, Amna Ahmad and Zena Chaudhry. Our ages are eight to eleven.
When: We started writing this book in July 1997 and finished it in July 1998.
Why: We started to write this book so that more people turn towards Islam and learn more about Islam, and we enjoyed doing this.
What: We put a lot of information in this book and mainly it is about Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala) and his Prophets (Alayhimussalam). It’s about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam) and the five pillars of Islam. This book also contains information on the Qur’an and Hadith.
How: These are the steps to follow to make your own book like ours; this is what we did. First, we the students shared our knowledge on a topic among ourselves. Then we told our ustadh (the teacher) what we knew about that topic and the ustadh made corrections where necessary and also told us something more. We put all this information together and each person wrote it out as a chapter. Then everyone showed their written chapter on that topic to the ustadh. The best one was picked and the ustadh edited it. After that, it was typed on the computer by the student who had put it together, and it was returned back to the ustadh. Once the first chapter was completed, we came to the second chapter, until the whole book was completed. Each one of us had at least one chapter selected as the best, so all of us shared in the honours.
We went through this work with passion and love because we love Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala) and his beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam). We did our work as a team. Writing a book is not as hard as people think. We put our best effort into this book.
Dedication: We dedicate this book to Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala).
Research: We got our research from our parents, adults and books.
A special thanks to Ustadh Siddiq Noormuhammad because we couldn’t have done it without him.
We hope you enjoy reading this book.
Madrasa al-Hidaya, Toronto, Canada. 1419 A.H, 1998.