special needs children in islam?

[heaven2002]

just wondering if theres any hadith relating specifically to special needs children or stories from prophets time as there must have been even in those days children who had special needs?

[Noor]

just know they are a blessing in disguise, the greatest and most precious gift you could have on earth.

[ibn suleman]

i have so much respect for parents of children with special needs
masha'allah they have so much strength and patience, mAy Allah reward them abundantly - ameen

[.: Anna :.]

^ameen

[Tahiyah]

just wondering if theres any hadith relating specifically to special needs children or stories from prophets time as there must have been even in those days children who had special needs?


Mashaa Allah...i would love to read anything like this as well. i would love to share it with my daughter. would be inspirational. she has mild cerebal palsy and epilepsy. to look at her you wouldnt think there is any problem at all, she is beautiful and mature, however, she has learning disabilities and has to take medication to control her seizures. her disabilities are related to complications during her breech birth.

alhamdulillah.

[sisterKhadija]

MashAllah whenever I see a family it makes me cry right away with tears of joy how amaizng those parents are. Just more proof Allah doesnt give anyone more than they can handle as they are so amazing with their love, strength, and patience.

[heaven2002]

Mashaa Allah...i would love to read anything like this as well. i would love to share it with my daughter. would be inspirational. she has mild cerebal palsy and epilepsy. to look at her you wouldnt think there is any problem at all, she is beautiful and mature, however, she has learning disabilities and has to take medication to control her seizures. her disabilities are related to complications during her breech birth.

alhamdulillah.

may Allah grant her lots of happiness and future good health inshallah
and you lots of reward for looking after her as only a mother can :)

[Rie_Maya]

Salaams,

I know that islamic Foundation do a book about:
a colour blind boy
Another five books about the gift of taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell - which are sort of coming from the other angle of how blessed those are with taste, touch, sight, hearing and sense of smell

These are all good quality books that broach the topic from a child's perspective...

Insha'Allah this website http://muslimconverts.com/prayer/pray.htm has a link that shall hopefully work soon about how disabled Muslims pray...

This came from the site http://members.tripod.com/maseeh1/advices7/id89.htm :
Question:
What are the teachings of Islam on mentally or physically disabled people? Very little literature is available on your or other Islamic websites regarding the following core questions:
1- Why Allah has created these imperfect human beings?
2- Is that a kind of punishment of Allah on these humans or their loved ones?
3- Is there any Hadith or Qur'anic reference regarding reward or punishment for the disabled people or their families?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All thanks and praise are due to Allah and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we really appreciate your good question. In fact, it is a question that reflects great intelligence. In fact, Islam provides guidance to mankind, in all aspects of life. It urges Muslims to seek guidance and exert every effort. A Muslim is always encouraged to leave no stone unturned in pursuing the truth. May Allah Almighty help us make use of the truth, after getting it, and help us to steer clear of falsehood, Ameen!

As regards your question, we would like to say to you that Allah has created people in different races, colors and having various abilities. While some of them are given certain gifts, others are deprived of these gifts and thus are disabled. This is the nature of life, according to the Divine Wisdom through which Allah governs everything.

Tackling this important issue, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi states the following:

In fact, man’s life is a full record of hardships and tribulations. In this sense, Allah says: “ We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him” (Al-Insaan:2) When man looks upon these tribulations and afflictions as being a test from Almighty Allah to see his true colors, he will come to know that there is a great Divine wisdom behind all these tests. This is surely an absolute fact, whether we know it or not.

It is also a great thing that Almighty Allah, when depriving a person of a certain ability or gift, compensates him for it, by bestowing upon him/her other gift, whith which he excels others. That is why we see that those people who are deprived of sight, have very sensitive ears that they can hear very low beats or movements around them. They are given excellence in many other abilities to compensate their imperfection.

If a person adopts this view, he will surely find rest and get contented with the test posed on him by Almighty Allah. Every person should bear in mind that he can never change his inability or escape Allah’s fate and thus he should try his best to make his life better and turn this sore lemon into sweet honey. This inability should be a motive to creativity and excellence in any field of life. A disabled person should make his condition an impetus towards being distinguished and prominent in the society.

How To Overcome Disability and Become an Active Member in the Society:

In order to be an active member in the society, a disabled person needs to be fully aware of his surroundings and the nature of his disability. In addition, it is incumbent on the society to offer a helping hand to all those people. Islamic history has a shining record of many examples of people who, while having some kind of disability, occupied very excellent positions and prominent status in the society. `Atta Ibn Abi Rabah, who was known of being black, lame and paralyzed person, was the greatest Mufti in Makkah. He was highly honored by `Abdul-Malik Ibn Marawan, the Muslim caliph of that time. His vast knowledge earned this prestige.

Also, we know the story of the great Companion `Amr Ibn Al-Jamooh, who was also lame. His four sons, when participating in Jihad, said to him: “You have an excuse to remain at home, for you are old and you have a kind of disability.” With full confidence and trust in Allah, he said to them: “Nay, for I hope to walk in Paradise with my lame foot.” Commenting on this, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: “Leave him! He is a man who seeks martyrdom.” Almighty Allah guides all Muslims not to leave those disabled in isolation lest they fall a prey to despair and psychological ailments. They should be welcomed to the open society and be dealt with in the kindest way.

The Duty of the Society towards the Disabled:
It must be clearly borne in mind that there are things that happen out of man’s control and there are things that happen to man out of his own negligence, To make this matter clear, we may quote the following example. An infant gets paralyzed. This may occur due to his mother’s negligence of giving her child the due vaccination. So such disability is out of man’s negligence.

Now, it is the duty of the whole society to establish schools for those persons and secure them due care so that they become good members of the society and that they benefit themselves and their families. In the West, great care is shown to the disabled. It is duty of we Muslims to shoulder the responsibility of showing the utmost care to those people, for, according to the teachings of our religion, those persons are sources of Divine mercy and blessings being showered on us now and then. They are the weak for whose sake we are given sustenance and made victorious. In his Hadith, our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “You are given sustenance and victory for the virtue of those who are weak amongst you.” We, should show mercy and care to the disabled out of both human and religious motives. In Islam, we are commanded to show mercy to everything in this world. In the Hadith: “Show mercy to those on earth so that He Who is in the heavens (i.e. Allah) bestow mercy to you.”


Hope insha'Allah some of this is of use...

[dhakiyya]

just wondering if theres any hadith relating specifically to special needs children or stories from prophets time as there must have been even in those days children who had special needs?

There would have been some, but in those days a lot of children with medical problems would not have survived long :crying: some problems like blindness and deafness, that do not degenerate or affect major organs, metabolism and so on, the kids would survive mashaAllah, but for many conditions, like downs syndrome, the children would not survive long. Without medical help, most downs syndrome children would not survive early childhood, many are born with holes in the heart for example.

[Fais]

My brother has down syndrome ... :D

[Eemaan]

My brother has down syndrome ... :D

:love:

:D

tell them about how much he hates you and loves your amee jee :love: and how much you guys do for him

[Fais]

:love:

:D

tell them about how much he hates you and loves your amee jee :love: and how much you guys do for him

:o .. He doesn't hate me, just a bit jealous lol .. Understably :D

[Eemaan]

i have twin uncles in pakistan both withs downs in their forties. one passed away 12 years ago. One of my most wonderful experiences when i was there was seeing how much respect love and adoration the people treated my remaining unlce with :love:

hes actually over 6 foot, and has these huge fists and cos i was new and i think i musta sat on his bed but he punched me so hard it really hurt :( im sure he loves me :crying2:

faislus brothers also attackes him if his mother shows faisy any affection :D great fun

[Abdulah]

Aren't people with mental disabilities guarenteed Jannah?

[dhakiyya]

Aren't people with mental disabilities guarenteed Jannah?

Yes they would be if they never reach the mental age of adolescence. (which is almost always the case, Allahu alim) Because if their mental age remains as a child's, they remain innocent like a child.

[Al Qadr]

The prophet :saw: care for people with special needs

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1178193467602&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah%2FLSELayout

[heaven2002]

excellent article:up:

[xyz]

One of my wee cousins- 13 years old is special needs. He cant say very many words but alhamdulillah he can walk, dress himself (sometimes with assistance) and go to the toilet on his own.

A few years ago he went on umra with his parents and u shud have seen the way he described the kaabah and kissing the blck stone to us all- without words. Subhanallah it was amazing :up:

Its dead sweet cos all the other kiddies are really good to him mashallah. His younger brother loves telling his mates about his special brother who will go straight to jannah inshallah :)

Top article :D

[shazm]

:love:

:D

tell them about how much he hates you and loves your amee jee :love: and how much you guys do for him

mashaAllah, may Allah reward his amee jee and others like her.

just today a colleague at work (non muslim) whose wife's pregnant found out that the baby has serious disabilities and they're now making a decision whether to go ahead with the pregnancy or to terminate...i felt ill all day just thinking about it. not sure what to say to him as a source of comfort?