Tribute to Mothers

0:001609 Central Effing and Time, Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. Welcome to the Safira Kaka on A Show live on Radio Islam International. It is a beautiful Thursday afternoon in Johannesburg, South Africa. Welcome to the program. It is wonderful to be in your company for yet another episode of the brief tarf program. Just we are driving you home on the brief tarf show this afternoon. And it is absolutely wonderful to be in your company. Can you believe it? We are ready a week into the month of Ramadan. Subhanallah at the time is really, really flying and almost done with the first ashram, which is the first 10 days of the month of Ramadan. But we are to chat, motivate, inspire, uplift, inshallah for the next one and a half hours. I'll be chatting to you till half past five Central African time. And if there's any questions, any comments, anything you want to share on the program this afternoon, you can do so. 0727861548 is our WhatsApp number alternatively. You can send me a DM on Instagram at Safira Kaka on A without further ado. Let's take a look at today's day to day. All the happenings on this day in history.

1:00It is a beautiful day in Johannesburg, South Africa. Very, very hot day today is the 26th day of February, 2026. Our corresponding Islamic date this afternoon. It's the eighth day of Ramadan 1447. And today is in the history books or in the Islamic history books. Why did happen on the 8th of Ramadan? I couldn't find, yeah, I was busy doing a research this morning. Specific events that had happened on this day. But I found events that were happening around the state. So there was the preparations leading to the conquest of Makkah in the 8th year after Hijra where the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam moved towards Makkah and the peaceful conquest actually happened a month later. But at this time, there was a lot of strategic planning diplomacy, restrained all of the preparations were happening for the conquest of Makkah. It was also around this time the passing of Hazakh Ali bin Walid reported in some historical sources. He was a famed military commander also known as the sword of Allah the Allah.

2:01It is reported in some of the traditions, some of the books I've been going through is that he passed away during Ramadan in the year 21 after Hijra. And also on the state, as I was mentioning yesterday, there was the spirit of Islam in North Africa during the spirit. Islam also continued to spread across Arabia as tribes started to strengthen the alliances and embrace the faith in Makkah and Medina. They served as central political and spiritual hubs. So this is some of the events that had happened around the state. Other historical events that had happened on the 26th of February, in 1993, interesting. A Ka'bom exploded below the World Trade Center in New York. The world's first, this had happened in 1993. In 1991, if you into technology and the internet, the world's first web browser was presented to the public. It, the browser was called the worldwide web later named Nexus. It was developed by term Berners-Lee, British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the internet. So this had happened on the state in 1991.

3:03And if we've certainly come a far way since then, today is the 57th day of the year. There's 388 days left in 2026. It's the 9th Thursday of the year, as well as the 8th week of the year. Popular observations around the world today include liberation day in Kuwait. Today is National Pistachio Day. We all love the pistachios, especially using it in desserts. This time of the year in Ramadan. And of course, it had quite a viral moment with Dubai chocolate. You can't make the Dubai chocolate dessert without using some sort of pistachio. There is also National Chilli Day. It is National Toast Day. It is also Levi Strauss Day. It's digital learning day and introduce a girl to engineering day. So those are the popular observations around the world that are commemorated on the 26th day of February. We've been doing our Sunnah series. And today's Sunnah is one that perhaps we're not very familiar. I'm sure we are familiar with it when it happens in our families, but something to perhaps indicate also in the month of Ramadan,

4:06is to visit the sick. It is reported by the Prophet Solarisalam where he said feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives. This concept is found out, if found in a lot in the teachings of our beloved Prophet Solarisalam, and many times we only visit our circle of acquaintances that are ill. But spending time with those that are ill has major benefits. It strengthens the bonds of kinship. Also, Alakala is with those that are ill. We had quite an interesting discussion on our Dua of the Day last week. We spoke about illness and the Dua of those that are ill. So perhaps something to incorporate is the Sunnah, is to make a list to figure out who in your family, in your community, in your neighborhood is not feeling well and make an effort to go and visit them. Keep your visits brief and short, but just do it with the intention of following the Sunnah. So that is today's Sunnah of the day. It's 16th, 14th, Central, African time. As I said, lines are always open. We are doing our dedication series to our moms at just after the break

5:07at about half past four this afternoon. So if you still haven't seen your dedication, some of them are very emotional. I'm going to read them out to you in inshallah. We're also doing our Dua of the day. Dua of the day today is about making Dua the importance of making Dua for our children wise that so important. Aparera Chahan will be joining me. And of course, I want to give a shout out to all the little ones that are fasting. So send the names and send details to me as well. Fire WhatsApp 0727861548. We have to break in Shala when we come back. How do we get our kids to start fasting from what age is it appropriate? And I'll tell you about a viral story that's that's being shared on social media and will explore this concept of introducing our kids to fasting with more limit of skin care him after the short break. Are you looking for a way to help those in need both locally and abroad? Look no further than crescent of hope. We facilitate Corbani, Winter warm and distribute Ramadan hampers to those who are struggling to make ends meet.

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9:11There's a video going viral on social media by Dr. Nisama Nisma Baha. And she's been a warning parents to not let their kids fast after the emerged a story of a seven-year-old who passed away after fasting all day. And she's been going on to social media and warning parents about the hidden dangers of low blood sugar, especially within your children. So a couple of years ago, it was quite easy for the younger ones to be fasting, especially in South Africa, because we had very cooler day, much cooler days, much shorter days. It was also a big chunk of our medanus falling in the school holidays and we were in the midst of winter. So I thought we would chat this afternoon about when to introduce your children to fasting, how do you introduce them to fasting and how to do it in a safe manner. We're also chatting a little bit from the Islamic perspective. My guest is Malima Tiskeen Kareem joining me this afternoon. Malima Tiskeen is Ramwalekum. Welcome to the show.

10:11It's lovely to have you back with us on air, especially on this segment of the program. Malima Tiskeen is always lovely, having to chat to you. Absolutely. A very interesting story. And now it opens almost like clockwork every year. These certain debates it open up. And one of those that actually parents go back and forth on and there's always a discussion, always a debate, is how and when, how do we introduce our kids to fasting? When is it too young? When should you allow them to keep full day fast? How do you introduce them to fasting? Because the days are slightly longer, it's hotter than in school. So what is your perspective on this discussion? Malima Tiskeen. So do you remember something, right? People, I noticed this over my whole life, take the fasting part. So, so, so, so, I wish they would take the salabah to seriously, right? But the way they train, they children, they become like a competition, and it becomes like, oh, my chance I'm fasting it just four and five.

11:13And like, they try to make another person feel better about it. Tell you if not what it's supposed to be. Do you remember something? In the Vsanslam, what did you tell us? You said, command your kids with players when they are seven years of age and discipline them, when they reach the age of 10 years. That's for salab. Not for fasting. Because, remember, fast applies something that's been in your life forever. Fasting comes once a year. Now, the Easter preparation, right? So, if you are talking, if you are making like a comparison or if you're using the same kind of a concept, right? Then preparation is, is, is needed. I would say from at least maybe seven, but you're introducing fasting, right? Not, you're not getting a fast for the day. You are introducing fasting. So, first, you do the start of by doing like quarter days. Where you just let them maybe fast, they're going to school till first break. And then they can break the fastest, first break. Just to get into the vibe, you make it a fun thing, you do like fun things at home, you know,

12:15make it a big deal if they made it till the first break. You don't make a big deal out of series, you can, just to get them into the vibe of Ramadan. So, you start almost like till first break, maybe. And then you can go, if they see that they're managing the first break and they're not complaining and they're not going, oh, you know, I was feeling dizzy. Because remember, again, it's very hard. And especially for those children that go to non-muting schools, sports is still very much, I know my one student, she is in all girls school. They take sports very seriously and she's like, you know, she seems. And sometimes she's breaking her fast whilst in a game. She'd give her a second to run off quickly just to drink a sip of water and then she's back on plane. Because they take it very seriously if you're fasting, that's a new problem, right? So it is very serious and you have to make sure that your child is okay and equipped. So seven, I would say you start with your quarter days. Then when you see they're managing slowly eight, maybe you can start with no startles in quarters,

13:17then you can go into half, by 10 you can start maybe going a little bit more, maybe to a surge like that. It's supposed to be gradual, gradual. And then you try in the 10, you can start trying full day one and see like how is it going if the full day one. So I did some way and they say that if a child can fast for three days, when the kid of the one stay 10. And for three days, when the kid of the, and they are not feeling weak and they are not feeling like run down, then the child is ready now, like they've prepared and they're ready, but you get them ready slowly. And you make it a big deal for them because we are not teaching Islam through hate. We are not teaching it and we're making them like fourth generation, we're stopping them. And it's, it's, remember, it's not obligatory on them to fast until they become bodies. So it's, it's, and we, and now in summer, especially it's physically demanding. So we are raising believers, not resentment, right?

14:21We're not trying to give our children trauma from fasting because they had to fast and it was starving and retelling them to do weird things to it. And just so that we can boast to our friends, that is not what fasting is about because then you completely lost the plot on what fasting is actually about. I wish, like I say, I wish that people were so enthusiastic about the chosen meaning for us because that is something they have to get into for the whole life. Masi, if you can do it slowly, you can take as much time as you need and also make sure that your child doesn't have any physical disabilities where they actually can't fall. Yes, right? I think the, the, the, the doctor who in viral is actually speaking about that is making sure, I'm, I'm of the opinion that whenever your child is ready and they, and they actually have that inclination towards fasting, encourage it, especially what I will cause because, simply because I'm saying this

15:21because girls are getting badly at a younger age nowadays. I don't know, it's whether there's the hormones in the food, the stress, whatever is happening. So encouraging it absolutely, but in a safe manner. Again, they need to be adequately hydrated and hydration is a big thing. We as adults are dehydrating when I have the doctors on the program, they talk about the importance of hydration when one is fasting. So of course, taking the necessary precautions and also understanding your child, some children need more food, more often, or some children have a pre-existing condition which makes fasting extremely texting for them. So understanding your child, understanding your child's needs and then taking it from there and with lots of gentle encouragement as well. And so that's why you do like a half a day success. You can make charts for them. You know, there's lots of things that you can do without like fear mongering, in a like fear of the religion, shaming them without doing one of those things, letting them get anxiety towards Ramadan,

16:23rather than appreciating the month for what it actually is about. So again, in a safe way, that's how you start introducing it and you start, you can start the safe, what are these promoted research? A safer time to start introducing them is probably seven and then you slowly, slowly start. And again, if they're showing interest beforehand, because sometimes maybe your child is the artist and all the bigger kids are fasting and so they also have to be like these things. Again, you need to then monitor. You need to be like on it all the time, making sure that the youngest one is okay. But sometimes the kids, they see that bigger ones okay and then they say they okay, but they actually not okay. So you actually do have to monitor it quite a bit and like I said, I was so very, very nice. You monitor the hydration, monitor that, you know, if they tell you, they feel dizzy, if they tell you, they're telling you they have headaches. If they're struggling emotionally, things like that, you need to like send them what's something in the event

17:26so that instead of them passing out a school or something like that, or getting severely dehydrated, they can rather break their fast then get into a situation where it's not safe. Because yes fasting is important, but when they're so, so young and the days are so long now and so hot, you really have to be on the ball and you come to kids fasting, right? So again, you slow in, you can have a Ramadan chat, you can do, you can give them a little bit of choice to do. You know, you can make a big fuss about it around the table, start, you know, and then go okay, if you do this and today you can leave the do-ah once they get to a full day thing, you can leave the do-ah before you start. So it gives them something like okay, you have a holiday, then I can do the do-ah. Stuff like that, you make them excited about it. Then and slowly, that's the thing, slowly, start a big quarter, a third time, then you get right through the flip. But oh, my husband's philosophy is always this half day fasting, encourage the half days

18:27and half days and that's how they get you students. I'm hardcore, it's like, no, let's just go full on and do the fasting, but I do understand. And it was also in the beginning, in winter, it was much easier for kids to fast because the days were shorter, it was cooler. They was not as big a risk of being dehydrated, is it is in summer. I also like, again, we don't realize it as at all. So we can cope better was, you know, not having food and some at all can cope. There's lots of at all to get actually fast to go because they can't smoke, they can't fast because they can't do the second fasting things like that. And so imagine as a child, it's a lot more difficult so in school, you're busy, they're sports, there's the break, children are running around, they don't understand fully what it is. So introducing it slowly gives them sort of an idea of what to expect when they have to do it full time and what is needed of them. Cause a lot of the time they think that they don't have to eat enough, say any time, it's so early in the morning.

19:27When you eat slowly, then they start understanding, okay, I actually need to eat properly at say any time so that it can sustain me for the rest of the day because some of us eat or some people add out if they can make it through the day or they struggle it through the day. So imagine for a child to do it slowly is a safer way and also then it makes them more excited because you're burning up towards something and then when they do and they buy this and they actually have to sort of shock to the system that they just have to like start doing it. It's something that they now understand what it is because you're speaking about it over time at home, you're talking to them, you're making it fun and again, you don't have to go out and buy anything except you can do things in your house, you can make a favorite meal if you've added, you can certain anything, anything fun with in your budget, you can do it at home so they're to encourage them to want to do it more as well. I really like what you emphasize in the beginning when you said we put a lot of emphasis on the fasting because it's something to show family members

20:27and to show friends, my kids fasted. But the most emphasis should be if we look into Quran, if we look into the Hadith, is that children should be encouraged to read their fives aloud from the age of seven. There should be where the emphasis should be. Interesting point, I didn't actually think of that one. But yeah, that's our discussion for today. Also, if your children are resistant to fasting and they're getting a little bit older, how do you then encourage it? I think, well then I know sometimes you have to resort to a little bit of like, you know, cheap tricks where you'll be like, I know when we were smaller, my dad was like, for every fast to fast, I'll give you like 10 bucks. And then in those days, it's fast to advise everybody. And then we were like, 10 bucks, definitely done. And we start off like that. So maybe you can say if you have an incentive like that, if it's something that you can afford, if it's something that you can afford, you continuously talk to them and tell them the rewards of it.

21:30And again, you can do stuff at home that you can make them maybe watch something or go some, there's lots of things for the youth nowadays, programs where they can go and they speak to them about loving your dean. And again, I won't say that's a lot of time the youth are resistant and I've been teaching for years. So I can tell you that's a lot of time the youth are resistant because of the approach that the parent takes to fasting. When you come on, you're coming on like hard and you're like hardcore and you're like, you're going to go to your hand now and it's hard on me at first and that. They already blocked it out and they just like, no, nothing, it's fun. Like this is what I'm doing. But my life, so if you go in from small and that's why don't leave it to the last minute. From the time they, like seven, eight, start introducing it. And then because they're small, and they're small, it's like such a cool thing. It's such a cool thing, really. And it's only cool find things you can do and be small. And then get them in there for a few more.

22:32And that's why it's so important to introduce it like this. From small, slowly, slowly, slowly, because you can make it as fun as you can afford to make it for them. And when they all the, now they understand what they have to do. But if you wait till they get by this and then expect them to go hardcore into it, there is a lot of resistance because now why I never had to do it all the time. I never had to think that way. That's when there is a certain thing. But again, if you try some younger, I promise you will see the difference. Because in the end, they excite about everything. They'll see you fasting. Oh, mama, I want to fast with you. Zahla used to do that also by baby. Oh, mama, I want to fast with you. Okay, we'll do this. I also want to wake up for serious. You then change, she cries. They're like, we'll wake up for breakfast. They don't say, okay, baby, you can eat breakfast. And she's like, but you didn't wake me up, I want to fast. And then I'm like, okay, you can eat breakfast and then you can fast. And she's like, okay, I'm fasting, right? And I'm like, yeah, you're fasting. Do you know what I'm saying? Then you send our lunch to school just in case. But then they excite it. Then she'll eat a lunch and she'll be like, okay, mama, I'm fasting again now. I'm fasting to lift that down. And I'm like, okay, that's what you're doing now.

23:34I'm fasting to lift that down. And then at the end, it's like exciting. It's like, see, mama, I made it. And I'm like, yeah, you made it, baby. I mean, you make it exciting for them like that. And you don't just carry them and don't go. Ask me, you're not fasting. You broke your fast, you ate them. I let her just think she's fasting all the time. They're all the way through. And so you both are confident to want to try again, the next day and the next day and the next day. And now she's going to be like, 15 years, she's going to be like now in Ramadan. And she's fasting. Also, it ties into that conversation. We have always in the beginning of the year is the importance of mocked up education because you can also encourage your children. They see what you're doing. But when they go to the matresas or the schools or they have the Abbas and Molanas, they're explaining to them the beauty of fasting, importance of fasting, why are we fast? And that just encourages them. I know some of the nursery matresas and they have programs where they do a Friday fast or a half fast or a massive tar. And it just gets them really, really excited.

24:35So it really ties into that conversation. Important of good mocked up education to imbue within them the love of fasting. There's a lot of stuff with the youth during Ramadan. I know now even with Omar, they also have a children's thing. I actually signed that up for it. We're on a Sunday with Asyn Krav and they speak to the children from Imam Qazali's Qidab about it. It was really the love we, I was on the year of Sunday. It was a really lovely thing and they have a Zoom option and they have a face-to-face option. And they said to the children, they talk to them a little bit and then they get to do the atyn Krav. And it's lots of fun. There's lots of fun things to do nowadays. It's not like we've been way younger. Beautiful. Any final words on the topic before we end up? I will say, I think it's time that we start teaching our children to love them instead of fear them, instead of fearing Allah, instead of fearing consequences, they are consequences. But when they are younger, we teach them from love. And if Allah has so much of Rashma on us, and we should have that same kind of Rashma,

25:37well, some of the kind of Rashma to our children. So you teach them from Rashma and not from Samahad for scaredy vibes saying that a lot of approach that a lot of parents take. Well said. Thank you so much for joining us in the program. I really appreciate your input on the show this afternoon. We'll chat again soon until they know you're taking a salamu alaikum. You're too early. I don't want to lie over a cat too. So listen, I'd love for you to weigh in on our discussion this afternoon. At what age do you think children should be encouraged to fast? And how did you encourage your children? How do you encourage them to fast along in the month of Ramadan? To let us know on the WhatsApp line, 272-786-1548. I've got a few text messages. I'm going to read them out before we go to our break. Mashallah, very special shout out to my sweet niece, Zainabi, Zainabi, who is only seven years old and has already kept eight fast so far, Mashallah. Mehla Tallah, except every fast from her, my beautiful girl, may you fill your heart with Iman with sever and with love.

26:38From the age of six to seven, Safira, they should start at least half fast. And then from seven, try to keep four ones here and there. Alhamdulillah, my son is turning eight this year. And without us telling him anything, he himself wants to keep all his, all his fasts since last year. He must too last year when he was very ill. And this year he aims to keep all insha'Allah amin. Keep those messages coming. O seven, two, seven, six, one, five, four, eight. It's our mother tribute segment. Insha'Allah, I'm going to read out some of the tributes that listeners have sent through after the spread. This is the segment where you need to get up the tissues because it is our dedication or tribute segment happening every week. And this is dedicated to our beautiful mothers. So if you had a mom or you have a mom or you have a grandmother or you have a motherly figure right into the show, right into the program, send through your tributes, send through your dedication as we honor our beautiful mothers. And I've got so many Alhamdulillah, but this one really, really just dug at the heartstrings. And this was written by a listener,

27:40a very proud daughter who sent in the story. And she says, today's story is dedicated to my beloved mother. My story begins in 2021, a year that changed our lives forever. Within three days, we lost my father, my daddy, both to COVID, and the pain of losing them so close to set together is something that can never be fully captured. Our home went from being filled with their presence to getting an unbearable silence. My dad was an incredible man who dedicated his life to his family, his community, and the misjid. My daddy, the pillar of our home, for my mother, it meant going from a home of three adults to sitting alone in spaces that once held laughter and conversation. It was a year of deep grief, heavy hearts, and quiet tears. But Allah the Almighty is most wise. After my mother completed her Ida, another test came. She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stomach cancer, a cancer with a very poor prognosis.

28:42Many doctors were hesitant. Some felt that there was little they could do, yet Allah the Almighty sent the right doctors to us. She underwent chemotherapy. She underwent a life-altering operation called a total gastro-crestroctomy and part of her esophagus was removed. Then she faced chemotherapy again. In each treatment weakened her body, but her iman only strengthened. Through nausea, through weakness, through pain, she would say, the disease from Allah, she never asked why me. She said, Alhamdulillah. In 2023, by Allah's mercy, she went into remission, but remission did not mean ease. Living without a stomach meant relearning how to eat, how to nourish yourself, how to survive physically. Her body struggled to absorb nutrients. She was weak, she was constantly attending checkups, yet she never allowed her children or grandchildren to feel her burden. On the side, she fought her grief for her husband.

29:43On one side, she fought her grief and the other, she fought her illness. And then Allah the Almighty sent us a light. After having only sons and after a few years without planning, I felt pregnant and was blessed with a baby girl. My daughter became the light of my mother's eyes. We would say she was our ease after hardship, a mercy sent from Allah the Almighty at a time when we needed it the most. Despite her fragile health, my mother poured everything she had into her grandchildren. For two precious years, she would help raise my daughter. She carried her, fed her, played with her. Even when her own body was tired, she tried to be her best, to be strong for the children and the grandchildren. And she never wanted us to see how much pain she carried. She was the kind of woman who, if you mentioned, you loved her cooking or baking, she would make it for you the very next day. She gave quietly, she served without expecting. She smiled, she smiled through discomfort. And she put others before herself always.

30:47In 2025, her health began to decline again. Her appetite decreased, her weight dropped rapidly, the pain intensified. There were nights where she stayed awake in discomfort. And in the morning, she would ask if we had all eaten. Even in weakness, she worried about us more than herself. When she was admitted to hospital at the end of 2025, she was extremely weak. This is when we were told the cancer had returned. Stage four, and it spread through her abdomen. When the doctors gave her the news, her response was calm. This is from Allah. She accepted it with peace that only true to her cold brings. Even then, she tried to reassure us. She tried to protect our hearts. As children, we held on to hope. We hoped we prayed for a miracle. But Al-Ala had written something greater for her. On the 16th of January, on the 27th of Regip, Laila Tumaraj, Al-Ala chose to go back this beautiful soul. She returned to him on a Thursday night,

31:49entering the day of Jumwa. What an honorable departure. She passed away after battling abdominal disease. And we hold on to the hope of the promise of Shahada for such a death. At her may it, there was an indescribable peace when I stood beside her and looked at her blessed face for the last time. There was a calmness that followed the room. Her face carried a softness as if the pain had been lifted from her completely. It was as though she was just resting after a long, difficult journey. There was no fear in that room. Only stillness, only serenity, as I touched her, I felt both heartbreak and comfort at the same time. It felt like Al-Ala had wrapped her in mercy and end at her cover that same peace surrounded us. From every direction we only heard goodness, stories of kindness, stories of generosity, her patience, her strength, people spoke of her smile, her cooking, her quiet charity,

32:49the way she made others feel seen and loved. She left the world, the way she loved it, with dignity, with faith and grace. She was not just my mother, she was a safe space, she was a dua apart now, she was a comfort after my father passed, she was my children's second mother. This Safira is my first Ramadan without both my parents. The weight of being parentless while still needing to be strong for your own children is something only Al-Ala truly understands. But my mother taught me something through her life. Subher, sugar, in a complete trust in Allah. I ask everyone hearing this and listening to this to please make a special dua for me and my family. Please remember my life, parents in your du'as, the Al-Ala grant my mother and father the highest stages of genital two-fear dose. May the covers be filled with light and peace. May every act of kindness she did continue to weigh heavily on her scale of good deeds and maybe may we all be reunited with them

33:50in Jannah without his ab, I mean. And this was written by a proud daughter for our tribute segment, where we are dedicating tributes to our moms. What a beautiful, beautiful tribute. If you want to send your tributes in, you want to send something in, please do drop me an e-mails, ferakaka at gmail.com. Let's go back to our mother in the shade in Shala and we'll continue chatting more after this.

36:15I really, together myself after that one, what a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful tribute to the sister who wrote in May. And at the Lagrange, you're both your parents, the highest stages of genital two-fear dose. I mean, and thank you so much for sharing this beautiful uplifting story. I'm going to actually put some of these stories up on Instagram so you guys can have a read. And it's such a lesson for myself and any of our listeners out there who have parents, if you have a mom, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her, love her. It's really, really, such a deep appreciation for having parents. When you read of the profound loss, the sisters and the brothers are going through having lost their parents. Subhanallah.