New : Online Madrasa for Children, Live and 1-on-1, with Madrasatuna
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
Has your child ever asked you a question about Islam and you felt a small pause before answering? “Why do we read Quran?” “Who were the prophets before Muhammad ﷺ?” “Why did Allah create us?”
How I wish I was taught these when I was a kid
During my college days, I used to spend long time cramming my books and sometimes I would wish what if this was some book I was reading that would help me earn reward. At that time I didn’t even knew that there is a wealth of book on Islamic studies and women can be an Alima. Allah guided me and alhumdulillah I was able to study Quran in depth and even complete an MA in Arabic after technically completing my education with PGDHA and a successful career. I shifted my priority to learning and teaching deen. Alhumdulilah I have co-founded madrasatuna where children can get the Madrasa education right from their home.
Why Study more that learning to read Quran?
Most children today grow up with bits and pieces of Islam. A little from parents. A little from friends. A little from whatever video happened to appear on a tablet.
Learning to read the Quran with Tajweed is essential but many of the classes available to families, quite understandably, focus on Quran reading alone. The child finishes their page, and that is the class. There is no Aqeedah, no Fiqh, no Hadith, no manners, no history to go with it. A child needs both: the Quran on their tongue and the deen in their understanding.
Your child may recite Ayatul Kursi beautifully but not know what breaks wudu. They may love the stories of the Prophets ﷺ but not know how those stories follow one another. They may know that Allah is One, and not yet have the words to explain to a classmate who Allah is and why we love Him.
Access is not equal for everyone
Some families live hours away from the nearest Muslim community. Some live where there is simply no qualified teacher nearby. Many parents, especially for their daughters, would love a female teacher and cannot find one.
Parents are often left guessing
“How was class today?” “Good.” Does that sound familiar?
Most of us honestly don’t know what our children covered, how they did, or what to revise at home. And some of us hesitate to help because we are afraid of teaching something wrongly. Perhaps we are new Muslims. Perhaps we never had the chance to study ourselves. If that is you, please hear me: there is no shame in this at all. This is exactly why teachers exist, and it is why the Prophet ﷺ made seeking knowledge an obligation:
طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ
“Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.” (Ibn Majah)
Every Muslim. Including our six-year-olds.
Second: Why I Started This, For the Ummah
Islam Hashtag has been serving Muslim families since 2015. Alhamdulillah, we have grown from a few humble articles into more than a thousand of them, with duas with audio, worksheets, quizzes, and live tafsir classes for children. Every time a parent told me their child loved a worksheet or had learned a new dua, my heart was glad.
But one question kept coming back to me: and then what? After the worksheet, after the dua card, where does a child go to learn the whole of the deen, in order, step by step, from someone who knows it well and truly cares?
I kept thinking about this hadith:
“Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock.” (Bukhari and Muslim)
A shepherd doesn’t only feed the flock. A shepherd guides it, protects it, and answers for it. And Allah speaks to us directly about our families:
“O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from the Fire…” (Quran 66:6)
“And enjoin prayer upon your family, and be steadfast in it.” (Quran 20:132)
The Prophet ﷺ also told us to instruct our children to pray when they are seven years old (Abu Dawud). Think about what that means. He ﷺ gave us a starting age, so a child is never too young to begin. But to pray well, a child needs to learn wudu, the postures, the times, the meaning, and above all the love behind it. Teaching one child to pray is already a whole curriculum.
The Ummah is carried by its children
Here is how I look at it. The seven-year-old in your home today is tomorrow’s mother raising a family, tomorrow’s father leading his household in prayer, tomorrow’s teacher, doctor, engineer or writer who carries Islam into their workplace. How strong our Ummah will be depends, in large part, on how well we teach them now.
And the reward does not end with us. The Prophet ﷺ told us that when a person passes away, their deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who prays for them (Muslim). Teaching a child well touches all three at once.
What Allah has given me
I have spent years teaching Quran, Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh to women and children. I have never seen that knowledge as something to keep for myself. It is an amanah, a trust. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Convey from me, even if it is one verse” (Bukhari), and that sentence has guided Islam Hashtag from the very beginning.
Madrasatuna is my attempt to carry that trust one step further. Here is the reason in a single line, the same one you will find on the Madrasatuna homepage:
Every Muslim child deserves the full Islamic education, not just bits and pieces.
The name says it all. Madrasatuna means “our madrasa.” Not a stranger’s school, not a faceless platform, but ours: a place that belongs to the families who learn there.
Meet Madrasatuna
Madrasatuna is an online Islamic school for children from K1 to K12, taught in English. In simple words:
- Live, 1-on-1 classes. Your child learns privately with a qualified Alimah, never lost in a crowd.
- Quran with Tajweed plus Islamic studies. Both, in every class.
- Thirty minutes a day, Monday to Thursday. Short enough for a child’s focus, steady enough to build a habit.
- A clear curriculum. Your child follows the Tasheel Series, book by book, level by level.
- Full visibility for parents. You see what was taught, how your child did, and what to practise.
- Flexible and fair. Choose your time slot, pay monthly, cancel anytime, and don’t lose out when life gets busy.
Classes are held online through Zoom or Google Meet, from your own living room, wherever you are in the world. Students join us from different countries, and the program suits children from around age six (K1) up to 18 and beyond (K12).
The Heart of It: The Tasheel Curriculum
A good madrasa doesn’t invent its syllabus from scratch. It chooses a trusted path and walks it with care. That is why Madrasatuna follows the Tasheel Series.
The word Tasheel comes from the Arabic root س-ه-ل, which carries the meaning of ease. The series has been refined over roughly 70 years under the guidance of South African scholars, drawing on classical Hanafi Fiqh and the primary sources of the Quran and Sunnah. It is used in madrasas around the world, and it is designed to be authentic, engaging and friendly to the student. Everything we teach follows Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah and the Hanafi school, and we use authenticated hadith only.
Seven subjects, one structure
Everything a child would learn in a traditional madrasa, delivered live and one-on-one:
- Qur’an Reading and Tajweed: reading fluently with correct pronunciation, starting from Noorani Qaidah, with memorisation where possible.
- Aqaaid (Beliefs): understanding the core tenets of Islam.
- Fiqh: learning the daily rulings and practices of a Muslim.
- Hadith: learning and applying the sayings of the Prophet ﷺ.
- Tareekh (History): knowing the Prophets, the Companions and our Islamic legacy.
- Akhlaaq wal Adaab: good character and manners.
- Dua and Surah: daily supplications and Surahs, learned with meaning, correct pronunciation and regular revision.
What it looks like for a young child
This is the part I love explaining, because the order of the books is so thoughtful.
Aqeedah begins with love. Book 1 introduces our youngest learners to the love of the One Allah and to His beautiful attributes: He is All-Knowing, All-Seeing, All-Hearing, All-Loving and Kind. It ends with the Cave of Hira and our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Before a child learns a single rule, they learn who they are worshipping and that He loves them. Later books grow with the child, from the purpose of our creation and the pillars of faith, to the deeper study of Tawheed for older students. When children understand their Aqeedah early, they are protected from many confusions later.
Fiqh begins with cleanliness. Book 1 starts with the basics: keeping the body clean, good habits, and the surroundings of a Muslim. Book 2 moves to the virtues of wudu, what breaks it, practical wudu, and a first introduction to ghusl and salah. Across 12 books, the same subject grows with your child through prayer, fasting, zakat and hajj, and in the later books for older students, marriage, Islamic business and inheritance.
History begins with the Prophets. Book 1 takes children from Adam ﷺ, Nuh ﷺ, Ibrahim ﷺ and Yusuf ﷺ to the birth, childhood and beautiful character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Over 11 books, they will go on to Musa ﷺ, Isa ﷺ, Ayyub ﷺ and Sulaiman ﷺ, the Makkan and Madinan periods, the rightly-guided Khulafa, and all the way to Salahuddin Ayyubi and the great Muslim empires.
Hadith and Adab each run across Books 1 to 12. Adab is especially close to my heart: how a Muslim speaks, eats, greets and carries themselves. These are the lessons you will see on your child’s face and hear in their voice at the dinner table, in sha Allah.
Your child’s own pace in 1-1 class
Your child begins at the level that suits their understanding, regardless of age or school grade, after a brief assessment on day one. Each book is taught step by step, and we move forward when your child has understood, not when the calendar says so. The full curriculum is the one traditionally taught in madrasas over about ten years, and a fast learner can finish in far less time. There is no rushing, no exam pressure, and no being left behind.
One note, so there is no confusion: this program does not include Tafsir. Tafsir for children is taught separately in our live group classes at kids.islamhashtag.com, and the two sit side by side beautifully.
Inside a 30-Minute Class
Children thrive on predictability, so every class follows the same simple rhythm.
The first 15 minutes: Quran with Tajweed. Your child reads a page, and the teacher listens closely, correcting pronunciation and applying the Tajweed rules. Reading a little every day builds a strong habit.
The next 15 minutes: the subject of the day. One Tasheel lesson, taught for understanding. On Dua and Surah days, we focus on meaning, pronunciation, memorising and revision.
That is it. Your child knows what to expect, and you know what they covered.
If Monday to Thursday doesn’t work for your family, there is a weekend option for the Tasheel curriculum (without the daily Quran portion): one class of 2 hours on Sunday instead.
No More Guessing: The Parent Dashboard
This is the feature I am most excited about for parents. After every class, you can log in and see:
- The topic covered, class by class: the Tasheel lesson, and the Dua or Surah learned, listed by date.
- Honest teacher feedback, with ratings such as “Excellent” and notes on what to revise next.
- Practice you can check. Your child taps “I practised this” on the day’s revision.
- A calendar of every class, including leave days and no-class days.
- Homework and your leave-token balance, all in one place.
Imagine opening your dashboard and reading a note like: “Great focus today. Please revise the Third Kalima before Sunday.” No more guessing. You can sit with your child for five minutes and revise exactly what matters.
Also included are the PDF books, certificates for each level, and HifzIQ, our word-by-word memorisation tool, so your child can revise between classes.
Life Happens: Leave Tokens
I know how it goes. Exams, travel, illness, family visits. In many programs, a missed class is simply a lost fee. I didn’t want that for you, so we built leave tokens.
- Apply beforehand with a genuine reason, and get your leave approved.
- Earn tokens. Every 2 hours of approved leave equals 1 token. A missed 30-minute class equals 0.25 token.
- Reach 4 tokens (that is 8 hours) and your next month’s fee is skipped.
- The counter resets to zero and you start again.
If you have fewer than 4 tokens, nothing is lost. They stay on your balance and keep adding up. For example, 16 missed half-hour classes on approved leave add up to 4 tokens, so a month is free. Leave can’t run beyond two continuous months, after which your child can be enrolled again in another slot if one is vacant.
Programs
There are simple options, and all of them are taught one-on-one with the same teacher.
Full Madrasa, Tasheel K1 to K12:
Quran with Tajweed in every class, plus one Islamic subject a day (Fiqh, Hadith, Aqeedah, Akhlaaq, Tarikh, Dua or Surah). Monday to Thursday, 30 minutes per class. It includes PDF books, the parent dashboard, HifzIQ, certificates for each level and leave tokens. A siblings option is also available on the booking page.
Quran Only
Live 1-on-1 recitation with Tajweed, four days a week, 30 minutes per session. Makharij and Tajweed rules from Noorani Qaidah to advanced. You can upgrade to the Full Madrasa at any time.
Tasheel Only (without Quran)
The Tasheel subjects on their own, either Monday to Thursday for 30 minutes, or one 2-hour class on Sunday.
All fees are monthly. You can pay by card, PayPal, UPI or bank transfer, and you can cancel anytime. Because every class is truly one-on-one, seats are limited, so I would encourage you not to wait too long if you would like a particular time slot.
And a group Tasheel Class is starting from Jan 27 In sha Allah. reserve your seat here
Meet Your Teacher
Every class is taught one-on-one by a qualified Alimah, and I am honoured to be the one teaching. I hold a Sanad in Alimiyyah (the six-year Dars-e-Nizami) from two recognised institutes, along with a Master’s degree in Arabic. I teach Tafsir, Fiqh, Hadith, Aqeedah, Seerah and Akhlaaq, and I have a special love for teaching women and children.
For girls, every class is taught by a female teacher, with full Islamic modesty. And because it is one-to-one, I get to know your child’s pace, their questions and their struggles.
What Parents Say
I will let some of our families speak in their own words:
“My daughter eagerly waits for the classes. Unlike other classes, I don’t even have to ask her to sit and revise.” (Parent of an enrolled student)
“As a parent I am happy that my children are in the right hands.” (Parent of an enrolled student)
“I wait for the class eagerly… The classes fill me with iman.” (A long-term student)
Alhamdulillah. May Allah accept from all of us.
How to Enrol, Step by Step
I wanted this to be simple, so here is how it works.
1. Fill in the form. It takes about two minutes: your child’s name, age, level and preferred timings. Open the enrolment form here.
2. Pick your time slot. Choose an available Monday to Thursday slot.
3. Pay monthly. Card, PayPal, UPI or bank transfer. No long-term lock-in.
4. Start learning. Log in to the dashboard, join the Zoom link, and your child begins. Classes can start within 48 hours, in sha Allah.
Would you like to see how it feels first? Message us on WhatsApp and ask about a free trial class. You can also browse the full Tasheel syllabus and the fees page before you decide.
A Few Gentle Reminders
- Your home is the first madrasa. Our classes don’t replace you. They walk beside you. Ask your child to teach you what they learned today, and you will be amazed at how much it stays with them.
- Don’t worry about age or level. A twelve-year-old who begins at Book 1 is not behind. They are building a foundation, and that is a beautiful thing. Reverts and parents who never studied are especially welcome to learn alongside their children.
- Start small and stay steady. Thirty minutes a day, done consistently, will take your child further than a heavy start that cannot be kept.
- Make dua. Teachers and parents can only sow the seed. It is Allah who makes it grow.
Questions Parents Often Ask
What age is Madrasatuna suitable for? From around six years old (K1) to 18 and beyond (K12). Adult women are also welcome. Every student is placed at the right level from day one.
My child can’t read Arabic yet. Is that okay? Absolutely. The Quran program begins from Noorani Qaidah and builds up to fluent reading with Tajweed.
What if we can’t do Monday to Thursday? The weekend option is one 2-hour Sunday class for the Tasheel curriculum without the Quran portion. Mention it when you enrol.
Can we cancel? Yes. You pay monthly with no penalties. Fees are set up as automatic monthly payments for 11 months, and you can stop anytime.
What if my child misses a class? Apply for leave beforehand, and your hours are banked as tokens. Four tokens give you a free month.
Do you teach Tafsir? Not in this program. Tafsir for children is taught separately at kids.islamhashtag.com.
A Small Challenge for Tonight
Here is my little challenge for you. Tonight, sit with your child and ask them one simple question: “What is your favourite thing about Allah?”
Then just listen. Don’t correct, don’t add. Listen to what comes out. Whatever they say, it will tell you something about the foundation they are standing on today, and what you would love to build for them tomorrow.
If you feel that your child is ready for more, I would love to welcome them to Madrasatuna. May Allah make our children the coolness of our eyes and leaders for the righteous, as we ask in the dua He taught us:
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
“Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous.” (Quran 25:74)
May He make it easy for every child to learn, love and live their deen, and may He accept this effort from us. Ameen.
With love and duas,
Alimah Fahmina
Written by
Ustadha Fahmina holds a Sanad in Alimiyyah (6-year Dars-e-Nizami) from two recognized Islamic institutes and a Master's degree in Arabic . She teaches Qur'an, Tafsir, Hadith, and Fiqh following the Hanafi school within Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama'ah. She founded Islam Hashtag in 2015 to bring authentic Islamic learning to Muslim families online. She also holds a degree in Optometry and is the founder of Optometryskills.com.
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