1. PROFILE FATIMA AIYEGBAJEJE A graduate of Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of Lagos. A Student and teacher of the Qur’aan and Islamic sciences A Homeschooling mother of four. A regular Volunteer teacher for children and youth education organisations. A Mentor and guide for young Muslimahs A muslimah who is striving in all ways to please her Lord

2. Age; nothing but a number By Fatima Aiyegbajeje

3. ABU HURAYRAH IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID: THE PEN IS LIFTED FROM THREE PEOPLE(I.E THIER DEEDS ARE NOT RECORDED): A CHILD UNTIL HE REACHES PUBERTY AN INSANE MAN UNTIL HE REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS ONE WHO IS ASLEEP UNTIL HE WAKES UP. [RECORDED IN ABU DAAWUD NO.4403] WHO ARE YOU?

4. : THE MUSLIMAH IS ONE WHO IS AT PEACE WITH HER LORD. : SHE IS ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HER PURPOSE IN THIS WORLD AND HER ROLE IN IT. : SHE IS ONE WHO STRIVES AGAINST ALL ODDS TO PLEASE HER CREATOR, THE LORD OF THE WORLDS. YOU ARE THIS MUSLIMAH! WHO ARE YOU?

5. : YOU ARE EITHER A CHILD AND THUS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS OR : AN ADULT, AND THUS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. SO, WHO IS A TEENAGER? WHO ARE YOU?

6. FOR THE MALE : EXTERNAL CHANGES SUCH AS: : THE GROWTH OF HAIRS IN THE ARMPIT AND ON THE GENITALS : CRACKING OF THE VOICE ETC. INTERNAL CHANGES SUCH AS: :THE PRODUCTION OF THE SEX HORMONE (TESTOSTERONE), : MOOD SWINGS, : A SPECIAL INTEREST IN MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AND : SOMETIMES RECURRENT SEXUAL AROUSAL DETERMINATION OF MATURITY..

7. FOR THE FEMALE : EXTERNAL CHANGES SUCH AS: : DEVELOPMENT OF BREASTS AND HIPS, : HAIR GROWTH IN THE ARMPIT AND ON THE GENITALS ETC. INTERNAL CHANGES SUCH AS: : COMMENCEMENT OF MENSTRUATION, : FREQUENT MOOD SWINGS, : DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL INTEREST IN BOYS ETC. DETERMINATION OF MATURITY..

8. DISCUSSIONS CONCLUSIONS EARLY MARRIAGE? IS IT REALLY EARLY..

9. ABU HURAYRAH REPORTED THE PROPHET TO HAVE SAID THUS: SEVEN PEOPLE WILL BE SHADED BY ALLAAH, UNDER HIS SHADE ON THE DAY WHEN THERE WILL BE NO SHADE BUT HIS THRONE : A JUST RULER : A YOUTH WHO SPENT HIS YOUTH IN THE WORSHIP OF ALLAAH : A MAN WHOSE HEART IS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO THE MOSQUE : TWO PERSONS WHO LOVE EACH OTHER ONLY FOR ALLAH’S SAKE, MEETING FOR THAT AND PARTING UPON THAT : A MAN WHO IS SEDUCED BY A WOMAN OF BEAUTY AND POSITION BUT SAYS; I FEAR ALLAH : A MAN WHO GIVES IN CHARITY SECRETLY SUCH THAT HIS LEFT HAND DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS RIGHT HAND GIVES IN CHARITY : A PERSON WHO REMEMBERS ALLAH IN SECLUSION AND HIS EYES GET FLOODED WITH TEARS. [COLLECTED BY BUKHARI AND MUSLIM] WHY YOUTH..

10. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, IF YOU FALL, DON'T FORGET TO REPENT AND KNOW THAT WE FALL SO WE CAN LEARN TO PICK OURSELVES UP MY APPEAL TO YOU..

11. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, DON'T GIVE UP. KEEP TRYING TO FIGHT YOUR TEMPTATIONS EVEN IF YOU KEEP FALLING. IF YOU DIDN'T GUARD YOUR CHASTITY FROM THE BEGINNING, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE LOST YOUR CHANCE. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

12. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, DISCOVER WHERE THE INFLUENCES CAUSING YOU TO TURN YOUR BACK ON YOUR RELIGION COMES FROM. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

13. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, MY APPEAL TO YOU..

14. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, "EVERYTHING THAT GOD MADE VALUABLE IN THE WORLD IS COVERED AND HARD TO GET TO. WHERE DO YOU FIND DIAMONDS? WHERE DO YOU FIND PEARLS? WHERE DO YOU FIND GOLD? WAY DOWN IN THE MINE, COVERED OVER WITH LAYERS AND LAYERS OF ROCK. YOU'RE FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS AND PEARLS, AND YOU SHOULD BE COVERED TOO." MY APPEAL TO YOU..

15. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, IF YOU ARE TRULY DEVOTED TO TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF AND BECOMING THE BEST MUSLIM GIRL THAT YOU CAN BE, YOU SHOULD WEAR THE HIJAB. THE HIJAB IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF CLOTH THAT COVERS HAIR, IT CHANGES YOU MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

16. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, BEFORE YOU GET ON THE PRAYER RUG, LEARN WHAT THE PRAYER WORDS MEAN TO ENHANCE YOUR CONTEMPLATION WITHIN PRAYER. IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK ARABIC, TRY TO FIND SOME TRANSLATED VERSIONS OF THE PRAYER WORDS AND TAKE SOME TIME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORDS MEAN. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

17. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, READ THE QURAN. READ THE QURAN AND ALSO TRY TO READ THE TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN AND TRULY TRY TO UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

18. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, LEARN MORE ABOUT ISLAM. KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO (WHICH IS CALLED 'WAJIB' THINGS) AND WHAT YOU CAN'T DO (HARAM THINGS). MY APPEAL TO YOU..

19. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, HANG OUT WITH GOOD FRIENDS; YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THOSE WHO SHARE YOUR MISSION OF BEING A GOOD MUSLIM. AVOID NEGATIVE INFLUENCES, INCLUDING OLD FRIENDS (AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, THE REWARD IS WELL WORTH IT) MY APPEAL TO YOU..

20. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, FORGIVE YOURSELF AND ASK ALLAH (SWT) FOR FORGIVENESS FOR ANY SINS YOU MAY HAVE COMMITTED. YOU NEED TO LET GO OF PAST MISTAKES AND WORK ON IMPROVING THE FUTURE. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

21. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, NOTICE WHERE YOUR WEAKNESSES ARE AND AVOID THEM. LEARN TO LOWER YOUR GAZE AND INTERACT WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX, IN A WAY THAT IS MUTUAL AND RESPECTFUL MY APPEAL TO YOU..

22. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. IF YOU MAKE IT A PRIORITY IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU WANT TO STRIVE TO BE THE BEST MUSLIM GIRL POSSIBLE, YOU WILL ACHIEVE THIS GOAL WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT! MY APPEAL TO YOU..

23. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, MARRY A GOOD MUSLIM MAN AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY YOUR AGE AND WHAT THE SOCIETY TELLS YOU INTO THINKING THAT YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO GET MARRIED MY APPEAL TO YOU..

24. DEAR MUSLIM SISTER, KNOW THAT IT IS MORE HONOURABLE TO BE A MARRIED YOUNG GIRL AT THE AGE OF 15 THAN...... TO BE AN OBJECT OF WANTON DISPLAY AND ENJOYMENT FOR UNLAWFUL MEN AT THAT SAME AGE. MY APPEAL TO YOU..

25. : DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE GLITTERS AND DISTRACTION OF YOUTH. : REMAIN FOCUSED ON YOUR GOAL ; THE WORSHIP OF ALLAH AND KNOW THAT THE ONLY TRUE DIGNITY OF A WOMAN LIES IN HER ABILITY TO GUARD HER CHASTITY AND : CONDUCT HERSELF APPROPRIATELY IN THE SOCIETY. MY APPEAL TO YOU.. CONCLUDES

26. JAZAKALLAHU KHAIRAN QUESTIONS?