What we learn from this is that women should be taught in their houses, and we see how keen the women of the sahabaah were learn. Directing teaching efforts to men alone, and not women, is a serious shortcoming on the part of dai'yahs and heads of households.
Some readers may ask, suppose we set aside a day, and tell our families about it- what should we study in these gatherings? Where do we begin?
I suggest that you begin with a simple program to teach your family in general, and the women in particular, using the following books:
The tafseer of al-'Allaaamah ibn sa'di, entitled tayseer al- Kareem al-rahman fi tafseer kalaam al-mannaaan, which is published in seven volumes and is written in an easy style, you can read it and teach somes soorahs and passages from it.
Riyaadh al-saaaliheen- you could discuss the ahadeeth quoted, along with footnotes and the lessons learned from them. You could also refer to the book nuzhat al-muttaqeen.
Hasan al-uswah bimaa thubita 'an Allaahi wa rasoolihi fi'l-nuswah, by al-allaamah siddeeeq hasan khan.
It is also important to teach women some of the ahkaam of fiqh, such as rulings on tahaarah (purity) and menstrual and post-partum bleeding, sallah, zakaah,siyaam(fasting) and hajj, if she is able to go; some of the rulings on food and drink, clothing and adornment, the sunan al-fitrah, rulings on mahraam (who is a mahram relative and who is not), rulings on singing and photography, and so on. Among the important source of such information are fatwas (rulings or edicts) of the scholars, such as the collections of fatwas by shaykh 'Abd al-azeez ibn baaz and shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, and other scholars whether they are written fatwas or recorded on tapes.
Another matter that may be included in a syllabus for teaching women and family members is reminding them of lessons or public lectures given by trustworthy scholars and seekers of knowledge which they can attend, so they can have variety of excellent sources for learning. We should not forget either the radio programs of idhaa'at al -Quran al-Kareem. Another means of teaching is reminding family members of the particular days when women can attend Islamic bookstores, and taking them there, within the guidelines of sharee'ah [i.e proper hijab etc]
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