Stories about charity and giving for Muslim kids
28 titles · Ages 4-12
Charity in Islam is more than money: zakat, sadaqah, a toy given away, an apple shared or litter picked up from the street can all count. These Miraj stories, audiobooks and videos teach children to give, and to give happily.
Stories, audiobooks and videos about charity
Fatima Al Fihri
Names of Allah: Al Aleem
Yan's Hajj
Yan's Hajj
What If My Kitty Fasts in Ramadan
What If My Kitty Fasts in Ramadan
Welcome, O Ramadan
We Are Muslims 2
We Are Muslim
We Are Muslim
The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree
Taz in the City
Taz in the City
Tafseer: Surah Al Ma'un
Salman the Persian – Part 3
Names of Allah: Al Malik
Names of Allah: Al Kareem
My First Book About Ramadan
Khutbah: Planet Earth
Juz by Juz: The Story of Abu Bakr
Juz by Juz: The First Revelation
Juz by Juz: Prophet Muhammad and the Hypocrites
Juz by Juz: Nuh and His Sons
Imagine
Imagine
Fatima Al Fihri
A to Z of Mini Muslims
How can children learn to give?
Some titles are about giving what we have. A girl learns what zakat means and hunts for all her balls to give to other children, and another shares the apples from the tree she planted with her Baba, because whatever a person or a bird eats from it is charity. A farmer saves for Hajj all his life, but keeps giving his money to people in need.
Charity also belongs with the pillars of Islam and with Ramadan. Picture books teach zakat as one of the five pillars, and in the Ramadan titles, fasting children think of people who have little food.
In the Names of Allah videos, Sheikh Azhari and his children learn Al-Kareem, the Most Generous, with the story of Abu Bakr bringing all that he had, and the Tafseer of Surah Al-Ma'un teaches caring for orphans and feeding the poor. As a hadith in these titles says, "Charity does not decrease wealth."
Each title's page sets out its lessons and questions to ask afterwards, which might lead to planning a small act of giving as a family.
Key lessons children take from these stories, audiobooks and videos
- Learning is a gift, and Islam encourages us to seek knowledge.
- Allah is Al-Aleem: He knows everything, even our thoughts.
- Hajj is the pilgrimage to the Kaaba, Allah's house in Makkah.
- Helping people in need is one of the best things we can do for the sake of Allah.
- In Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset.
- Ramadan is the month of the Qur'an.
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Frequently asked questions
What is zakat, and how can I explain it to a child?
Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam: Muslims who have enough saved give a fixed share of it each year to people in need. Any other giving is sadaqah. With a young child, start with sadaqah, like the girl in these stories who gives her own toys away.
How can young children give charity?
Children can share their toys and food, plant something that feeds birds and people, or help keep their street clean. The titles here show each of these as a real act of charity.
Does giving charity make us poorer?
No. The Prophet ﷺ said that charity does not decrease wealth, and that every day an angel asks Allah to give the one who spends a replacement.
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