Ages 9–12True story
Luqman's Advice and the Mustard Seed
Imran can't stop boasting about his winning basket, until he and Dadu read what the wise man Luqman told his own son…
Getting things cosy…
Getting things cosy…
Islamic bedtime stories to nurture faith and good character, each with the Quran verse or hadith it rests on.
24 stories
Ages 9–12True story
Imran can't stop boasting about his winning basket, until he and Dadu read what the wise man Luqman told his own son…
Ages 9–12Akhlaq (Good Character)
When the girls' group chat starts laughing at a quiet classmate's voice note, Aliyah's thumb hovers over one little laughing face…
Ages 9–12True story
Long ago in Madinah, a bell was being made to call people to prayer, until one man was shown something better in a dream…
Ages 9–12Salah (Prayer)
Asr has begun, the semi-final is minutes away, and the last thing Faris wants is for his football team to see him pray…
Ages 9–12Rahmah (Kindness & Mercy)
Hiba finds a tiny, wobbly hedgehog on the frosty lawn just before she is due to go climbing, and nobody would ever know if she walked away…
Ages 9–12True story
Thumamah, a powerful chief who disliked the Prophet ﷺ more than anyone on earth, was brought to Madinah as a prisoner…
Ages 9–12True story
A man borrows a thousand gold coins with only Allah as his witness. Then the day to repay draws near, and he cannot find a single ship…
Ages 9–12True story
Ka'b ibn Malik had a gift for clever words and could easily have made an excuse, but he chose the truth, and then came fifty long nights…
Ages 9–12True story
Prophet Ya'qub عليه السلام loses his son Yusuf عليه السلام, and years later two more. His grief runs deep, but he knows exactly who to take it to…
Ages 9–12Sabr (Patience)
Junaid practises for three weeks to speak at the city debating competition, but when the list goes up, his friend's name is on it and his isn't…
Ages 9–12True story
Three men were given exactly what they wished for, but when their valleys were full, a poor traveller came to each of them with one small request…
Ages 9–12Shukr (Gratitude)
Before suhoor, Rania finds Ammi praying for ages and asks a big question: why pray so long when you're already good…
Ages 9–12Sadaqah (Giving & Generosity)
On Eid morning, Sumayyah finally has enough money for her dream art set — until she sees the green box by the masjid door…
Ages 9–12True story
With only the children's food in the house and a hungry guest at the table, the wife of the house gets up, as if to mend the lamp…
Ages 9–12True story
Years after his brothers left him in a well, Yusuf عليه السلام stands before them with the food they need. They don't know him. What will he say…
Ages 9–12True story
On the hardest day his people ever gave him, the Prophet ﷺ was offered the power to punish those who had rejected him — what would he choose…
Ages 9–12Birr al-Walidayn (Kindness to Parents)
When Dad says no to the trampoline park, Zainab goes to bed cross — until a midnight trip downstairs shows her a secret…
Ages 9–12True story
Trapped in a cave by a fallen rock, three men must each name a deed done for Allah alone, and the first remembers a bowl of milk…
Ages 9–12Tawakkul (Trusting Allah)
On the night before the big move, Maryam's worries buzz like bees — until she learns where to put the heaviest box of all…
Ages 9–12True story
Hidden in a mountain cave, Abu Bakr looks up and sees the searchers' feet, right above them. Then the Prophet ﷺ speaks…
Ages 9–12The Sunnah (Loving the Prophet ﷺ)
Saad is stuck on his madrasah homework because the Prophet ﷺ feels so far away, until Dadi tells him about a dua made with tears…
Ages 9–12The Sunnah (Loving the Prophet ﷺ)
Hawa is sure she was born fourteen hundred years too late to really know the Prophet ﷺ, until her Ustadha tells her about the ones still to come…
Ages 9–12Tawhid (Allah Made Everything)
On his first camping trip, Dawud switches off his torch, and what he sees above the mountains of Wales takes his breath away…
Ages 9–12Tawhid (Allah Made Everything)
Onion cells, a water flea's beating heart, a cut that quietly heals: Kareem is amazed, until one big question won't let him sleep…