| Gift giving promotes a happy and healthy relationship | | | | and my brother Islamic gifts such as Islamic posters, |
| between two people. Regardless of the relation | | | | jewellery and stickers with Quranic Ayah, whereas for |
| between them, when one gives a present to the other, | | | | birthdays, the gifts included interesting and informative |
| it makes them feel special and closer. Therefore it is | | | | Islamic books. These things provided us with loads of |
| important to select gifts that are meaningful and | | | | information about our religion in a fun and entertaining |
| representative of something for the giver as well as | | | | way, and we looked forward to these occasions to |
| the receiver. | | | | receive great Islamic gifts that would further enlighten |
| A recent discussion between me and my friends | | | | us about Islam. |
| about giving Islamic gifts to each other for birthdays | | | | Now that I am older and have a son of my own, I |
| and other special occasions led me to think as to why | | | | want to impart the importance of Islamic gifts to him |
| is it that these types of presents are so important to | | | | as well, so I have been following my parent's tradition |
| us. When I was growing up, my parents always | | | | and have been giving him small Islamic items for all the |
| stressed that we get small religious artifacts for all | | | | important occasions. He is still very young so I try to |
| occasions, but I never thought that the reason behind it | | | | get him things that are interesting and appeal to the |
| was to promote the concept of Islamic gifts between | | | | young ones as well. |
| me and my siblings. So when one of my friends said | | | | Today there are numerous toys available that prove |
| Islamic gifts, I asked her what do you mean by that, | | | | to be great Islamic gifts for children which were not |
| aren't all gifts Islamic? She told me that her parents | | | | available when we were young. An Islamic storyteller |
| never bought religious things for them, and only when | | | | that I got for my son when he was 2 years old was |
| she grew up she realized the importance these items | | | | so much fun that even I used to enjoy hearing the |
| have in a person's life. | | | | stories of the different prophets and their lives. This |
| Being a born Muslim and belonging to a relatively | | | | year I bought him an Islamic laptop that teaches Arabic |
| religious family, I now realize that the things that we | | | | counting and words to children aged 4-6. It's a great |
| took for granted were not the same for other families. | | | | and interactive way for children to learn these things |
| For Eid festivals, my father always used to get me | | | | and what better to learn about than their own religion! |