Author Aisha Gray Henry, the charismatic founder of the Ghazali's Children Project, talks about the basic foundational principles in the timeless teachings of Imam Al Ghazali.

In this session, Sister Aisha interacts with children ages six to nine.

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This virtual session was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on November 11, 2020.

Sponsored by Fons Vitae and MCC in Fall 2020, Sister Aisha presented over six live virtual sessions with children ages 6 to 9 from around the world:

- The Basic Foundational Principles:    • The Basic Foundational Principles For...  
- Purification and Prayer:    • Wadu & Spiritual Purity | Al Ghazali ...  
- Fasting and Zakat:    • The Prayer (Salat) | Al Ghazali for C...  
- Fasting (Sawm) & Charity (Zakat):    • Fasting (Sawm) & Charity (Zakat) | Al...  
- Pilgrimage (Hajj):    • The Hajj Pilgrimage | Al Ghazali for ...  
- Belief (Iman):    • Belief (Iman) | Al Ghazali for Childr...  

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf says about "Al-Ghazali: The Book of Knowledge for Children": "This work can help our Muslim children have a more humane and universal understanding of the ethics and teachings of Islam through Imam al-Ghazali. I believe the work is highly relevant and very likely life-altering for those who will be exposed to it early.”

Purchase at: https://fonsvitae.com/product/al-ghaz...

Curriculum: Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries of Charity, The Mysteries of Fasting, Al-Ghazali: The Mysteries of Hajj
This curriculum develops a deep understanding of three of the fundamental practices of Islam. Each of these books explains the inner and outer meanings of charity, fasting, and Hajj, three of the pillars of Islam.

About the Series Facilitator:
Aisha Gray Henry is the Founder and Director of the charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae, which is currently engaged in bringing out Ghazali’s Ihya in English for parents and teachers as well as adapting it to accommodate children’s workbooks, school curricula, and an instructional DVD.

"The Book of Knowledge" and "The Principles of the Creed" educational sets are available and in use internationally with "Purity and Prayer" nearing completion. Included is a children’s interactive website http://GhazaliChildren.org, a pilot school project and prison program. The series has been translated into Urdu, Arabic, and Malay.

The Fons Vitae Ghazali Project has been launched with great acclaim in Morocco, Canada, Indonesia, England, and the USA so far.

About the Ghazali Project
One of the most important projects of our time for children and families is the Ghazali Children’s Project published by Fons Vitae in collaboration with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

One of the key components of the project that is included in the tour will be the launch of the Al Ghazali for Children project championed by publishers Fons Vitae (USA).

The Ghazali Project is an adaptation of Imam Ghazali’s Ihya for children in story form, published as a series of books with an interactive website. It aims to support Muslim parents, teachers, and children in realizing how to live by and embody the noble Prophetic character through self-observation and self-correction.

The series aims to provide authentic, quality guidance through Ghazali’s systematic approach for developing virtuous character. He provides the entire family with a clear and simple map for living correctly – according to one’s fitrah, one’s innate, pure, true nature.

Learn more about this project at:    • Introduction to the Ghazali Children'...  

Who is Al Ghazali?
An alchemist is a person who can create gold from base metals. It is a quest as old as legend. The truth is that alchemy exists, but not of base metals, but of the human heart.

Imam al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) is probably one of the greatest alchemists of all time. And in an epoch where the human condition is in its direst straits, never more has there been a need for the chemistry of Imam al-Ghazali.

A theologian, jurist, philosopher, mystic and polymath, Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali is not only ranked amongst Islam’s finest scholars, but is one of mankind’s finest students of the human condition. Known as Algazel to the medieval world, he was born in Tus, the Khorasan province of ancient Persia.

When he had the academic world at his feet in his early thirties, he spurned fame and fortune to go into a mode of self-denial and spiritual seclusion that lasted for many years.

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