Names of Allah: Al Aleem

Names of Allah: Al Aleem is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children learn about Al-Aleem, the All-Knowing, one of the beautiful names of Allah.

Does Allah know everything, even what is in our heads? Yes, the Sheikh explains, because He is Al-Aleem: He knows everything. The name comes from 'ilm, knowledge, and one of the children already knows a dua for it: "Rabbi zidni 'ilma", my Lord, increase me in knowledge.

The family talks about prayer. How many times a day do we pray? Five. The Prophet ﷺ compared the five prayers to a river by your door that you wash in five times a day: would any dirt be left on you? Then the children show how to make wudu, and learn the dua to say after it, which the Prophet ﷺ said opens the eight gates of Jannah.

The Sheikh adds a second name, Al-Hafeez, the Protector, who forgets nothing. The children remember prophets Allah protected: Yunus (AS) in the whale, Musa (AS) in the basket on the river, and Ibrahim (AS) in the fire.

In story time, the Prophet ﷺ asks his companions who is fasting today, who has followed a funeral, who has fed a poor person and who has visited someone who is ill. Each time Abu Bakr raises his hand, and the Prophet ﷺ says that whoever does all these will enter Jannah.

The episode is relaxed and playful, with a toy dinosaur joining in the questions.

• Surah Ta-Ha 20:114: Say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
• Sahih al-Bukhari 528: The five prayers are like a river at your door in which you wash five times a day; no dirt would be left on you.
• Sahih Muslim 234: Whoever makes wudu well and then says the shahadah, the eight gates of Jannah are opened for him.
• Sahih Muslim 1028: Abu Bakr had fasted, followed a funeral, fed a poor person and visited a sick person that day; whoever does all these will enter Jannah.