Written on: June 23, 2025 | Dhul-Hijjah 27, 1446
Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, these are three of the four sacred months of the Islamic Hijri calendar! The fourth is Rajab.
Today is the 27th day of Dhul-Hijjah. Three more days and we may embark into the new year!
Muharram is the first month of the Hijri calendar. Based on the moonsighting, it's possible for Muharram to begin on Thursday or Friday. That means it will be 1447 years since the Prophet ﷺ made Hijra from Mecca to Madinah!
As a challenge, let's start the new year with a clean, decluttered home! Enlist your kids to help! On your mark, get set, go!
THINGS TO DO:
1️⃣ Make an intention to please Allah. Make dua and ask Allah to make it easy for you and to bless this task.
2️⃣ Say, "Bismillah" and make a list of the rooms or items or drawers you want to declutter. Declutter means you will remove unnecessary items from an untidy or overcrowded place. You will put them into one of three piles: to keep (stash), to sell (cash), or to toss out (trash).
See video instructions: Link
3️⃣ If you feel unmotivated, remember,
النظافة من الإيمان - "Cleanliness is part of Faith."
Ibn Baz classified this saying as
"لكنه حديث ضعيف، ومعناه صحيح"
"It is a weak Hadeeth, but its meaning is correct."
4️⃣ Before you start decluttering, make sure you have today's meals prepared or you are going to have an angry family on hand.
Also, take "Before and After" photos of the mess. Check how long each task took. Try to beat that time in your next decluttering session.
Post your results here to motivate others.
5️⃣ Choose a specific room like the kitchen or bedroom or choose a category like clothes or toys. Spend your time on that until you are finished. Do not get distracted. You may play Quran, nasheed, or podcast in the background if it helps the mood.
6️⃣ Make realistic goals. Even decluttering a junk drawer is a win. Don't make more mess such as dumping all your clothes onto your bed and then you don't have a place to sleep tonight.
7️⃣ Announce your intentions to your family and enlist your kids to help you. Why is it important to declutter and rotate your kids' toys? See this video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMS9k1bpq/
8️⃣ Make it fun for the kids by using timers and games. Boys, especially like the "Cracking Fun Timers."
🧨https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
9️⃣ Use these strategies and games to help children declutter, keeping the needs of sensitive children in consideration.
Is it good for kids to do chores? See the results of a Harvard 75-year study.
🔟 Make Sujood Shukr when you have accomplished a task and thank Allah for His help and for making it easier than you thought it would be!
Take a hot bath and repeat tomorrow!
