Dadhood

Dr. Salman Butt is the Chief Editor of the website www.Islam21c.com has a PhD in Chemical Biology and is a father to 4 children. 

What we covered: 
🍼 Children bring their own provision
🍼 New societal norms are harming our children's development
🍼 How Islam can reverse that harm 
🍼 Shocking studies on the harms of smartphones
🍼 Why parents should buy the most expensive games

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Fayaaz has a 2 year old daughter, lives in Exeter and is a data privacy specialist.

What we covered:
🍼 Career change with a Newborn
🍼 Making sacrifices for your children
🍼 High income vs job satisfaction
🍼 Learning about yourself from your children
🍼 Making the most of the early years

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In Episode 12 we are joined by Reece Byfield aka Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Shafi'ee who is a Revert to Islam, an Alimiyyah student at As Salaam Institute (ASI), a graduate in Philosophy from KCL and now a Masters student in University of Cambridge. He just became a father 4 months ago and shares his reasons for giving his son a "controversial name", how he plans to nurture a strong Muslim personality in his son and why he has decided to study at University of Cambridge. 

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In this episode I was joined by Zarrar. He is a father to one 3 year old son, he works in a senior position in the sales industry and he is an avid reader. Zarrar broke down the allergies his son has and how he and his wife deal with his nutrition. He also explains what challenges he faced when looking for a Nursery for his son. We then discussed how we want to educate our children at their young age now and moving ahead in the future and why reading is a key part of that. He ends off with telling us some of his time management tips!

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I was joined by Qari Is’Haaq Jasat who is the founder of the National Huffadh Association UK. He is currently is a part-time Imam at London Islamic Cultural Society in North London and Head of Religious Education at Eden Girls Waltham Forest. He is a father to one daughter. We spoke about some of the challenges he faced being a new father, balancing all of his roles with fatherhood, encouraging his daughter to memorise Qur'an at a very young age, football for toddlers and the rewards systems he has in place to regulate his daughters behaviour. Overall this episode stressed the importance of being an active parent. 

For more information about Qari Is'Haaq and his book projects, please visit: www.getmy365.co.uk

Today I was joined by Nur Choudhry the founder of Involved fathers (involvedfathers.com) and chair of charity Human Aid UK. He has 6 children the youngest 4 and the eldest 14. He is a parenting consultant holding a diploma in child psychology and cetificates in counselling and life coaching. 

We spoke about the recently released OFSTED report on sexual harassment in schools, how it affects our children and what we can do about it. Towards the end Nur shared some tips on how busy fathers can still play an active role in their children's lives

Tanim Zaman, Co-Founder of Golden Touch Academy and father to one boy, joins me on the podcast to share his experiences. We start by delving into how Tanim made time for the birth of his son. We then spoke about why having a your own business has so many advantages for fathers. Tanim shares his advice to young brothers who are thinking about starting a family. He also gives fathers advice on how to teach their children about money. Finally he ends on his vision for a Muslim homeschooling village. 

In this episode I sat down with Khidr or Just Another Brother as he is known on Instagram. He's father of 3 at only 25 years old, a student of knowledge and works for the East London Mosque. We spoke about his reaction to having twins, how him and his wife deal with raising 3 children, his favourtie books, why he started his Instagram account and what he looks forward to doing with his children as they grow up. 

My good friend Maruf is back again with more questions about becoming a Dad. In this episode we started with a quick fire round to get to know him a bit better. Then i gave him a scenario in which he is a father with two children, we broke down what that vision looks like and how we can work towards that ideal. The key message was that we need to start working on ourselves from now in order to reach that ideal vision in the future. 

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This is the third episode of the Dadhood Podcast with my friend for 13+ years, Maruf, who is not yet a father. We discuss going on Umrah together and what we got up to in school. He asks me questions about fatherhood to prepare himself for when that moment comes like when are you ready to have kids, how do you prioritise your time and how to support your wife during pregnancy. 

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