Islamic Health: Book I: Ages Nine & Up

• Intermittent fasting was established in our custom lengthy earlier than physicians advisable it.

• The companion, Zahir bin Haram struggled with physique picture. The Prophet (ﷺ) would construct his confidence, telling him he was valued within the eyes of Allah.

• Islam advocates for consent to our our bodies, together with the correct to privateness when utilizing the lavatory, sleeping, and in looking for permission earlier than getting into a room.

• The Prophet (ﷺ) taught the younger companion, al-Fadl, to decrease his gaze out of respect for others and as a way to manage sexual urges.

• Islam seems to be at leisure as a human want. After striving for the sake of Allah, we’re inspired to take time to loosen up, re-energize, and have enjoyable with permissible actions.

• The Prophet (ﷺ) advocated for social justice in a society that had deep practices of racism.

Muslim youth at the moment have many questions that might be unrelatable in a standard well being class and sometimes ignored by their mother and father. The Islamic Well being sequence is the primary well being curriculum created particularly for Muslim youth ages 9 and up. It’s the first of its form to sort out the most typical well being considerations by placing the Islamic lifestyle on the forefront of its solutions and centering the Muslim narrative.

What’s the Islamic Well being Sequence?

Islamic Well being is complete well being textbook sequence with real-life utility of researched-based well being expertise in an Islamic framework. It consists of key phrases, chapter actions, chapter opinions, sources, and extra. Its purpose is to offer Muslim youth a useful resource to hunt solutions on their most typical well being questions, in addition to present each mother and father and educators a curriculum to show it at house or in a classroom atmosphere.

Islamic Well being is a two-book sequence. E book I (ages 9 and up) is obtainable right here. E book II (ages 14 and up) will probably be out there Fall 2021. It’s endorsed by FYI, CISNA, ISLA, and MAS Youth Ministry.

What does Islamic Well being – E book I embrace?

Islamic Well being- E book I covers the next six areas of well being:

REPRODUCTIVE & SEXUAL HEALTH: The bodily, psychological, and non secular adjustments of puberty; the method of copy; Islamic rulings of menstruation; and hygiene.

PHYSICAL HEALTH: Wholesome consuming and train in mild of the Quran and sunnah.

SOCIAL HEALTH: Understanding disabilities; caring for orphans, these in poverty, and the atmosphere; relationship rights between Muslims, mother and father and kids, and with non-Muslims; and advocating for social justice and anti-racism.

MENTAL & SPIRITUAL HEALTH: The affect household, peer stress, bullying, Islamophobia, and physique picture have on vanity; the psychological results of social media and video video games; and the Islamic method to psychological sickness.

In regards to the Creator: After graduating from West Virginia Faculty of Osteopathic Drugs, Dr. Amber Khan went on to pursue well being training. She has been a Muslim youth well being educator since 2010. She teaches well being training at colleges and neighborhood facilities specializing in bodily, social, psychological, reproductive, and sexual well being training, and is the chair of the Schooling Committee for the Islamic Medical Affiliation of North America (IMANA). Dr. Khan additionally holds an Associates’ Diploma in Islamic Research from Mishkah College, focusing her research on aqeedah and dawah. She has led halaqas at her native masajid and school universities for over ten years, is an educator for New Muslim courses at Muslim Enrichment Mission, and a volunteer Muslim chaplain at ladies correctional amenities. She additionally leads a weekly youth sisters halaqa since 2016.