Author Archives: Umm Maryam

About Umm Maryam

I am an American Muslim homeschooling mom of four who is living in Canada and trying to become stronger on the deen as each day passes, InshaAllah.

Problems Toilet Training Your Child? Try Whistling.

Could whistling replace diapers? In many countries, it already does. Researchers from Sweden recently followed 47 Vietnamese moms and babies for two years to study their toilet training techniques.
 From birth, mothers tune in to when their babies urinate, developing … Continue reading

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Commercialization of the Western Family

As-Salamu’alaikum: I want to share an article that I honestly believe is very pertinent in our times.  It was written for the winter holidays, but I honestly believe that its message is relevant year round.  This article in my opinion … Continue reading

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Islam continues to rise despite their efforts, SubhanALLAH!

It truly is amazing how, despite the laws they put in place to fight Islam, the number of reverts continues to rise, of all places, in France. They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah … Continue reading

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Something fun I just wanted to share :-)

As-Salamu’alaikum: This is a link I thought you might find interesting.  These are optical illusions that may make your head spin…enjoy! http://gizmodo.com/5981603/20-optical-illusions-that-might-break-your-mind Was-Salamu’alaikum Abu Maryam      

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Pearl from the Al-Maghrib Course, “Protect This House” – Reverse Psychology

As-Salamu’alaikum. I just wanted to take a moment and share a benefit (or “pearl” if you will) that I received from the Al-Maghrib course, “Protect This House” by Sheikh Abu ‘Eesa Niamatullah. Every parent has to deal with disciplining their … Continue reading

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One Down, 29 More to go!

As-Salamu’alaikum: Today when I came home, I arguably got the best news any father could hear from one of his children. My seven year old son, told me today that he finished memorizing Juz ‘Ammah! SubhanALLAH! His teacher from Studio … Continue reading

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An Amazing New Resource to Learn and Memorize the Qur’an!

As-Salamu’alaikum. I want to apologize to all visitors and followers for posting so soon after the previous post 😉 but I couldn’t hold back after discovering this absolute gem of a tool that makes it easy for everyone to learn … Continue reading

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A Message and an Update from Abu Maryam

To all followers and visitors to Pearls of Jannah: As-Salamu’alaikum Wa RahmatULLAHI Wa Barakatuh. I first off wish to say JazakALLAH Khair to everyone who comes to this site, and also to apologize for the inconsistent posts over the past … Continue reading

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Dua is Not Amazon.com

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New Notebooking Pages

As salaamu alaykum, I’ve added two worksheets under the heading “Sahabah” and a new page for the seerah. It’s called “How did the Quraysh respond?” We used it to list the different ways that the Quraysh protested the message of … Continue reading

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