25 Values Little Khalifah Must Have

To my dearest sons...read & apply...

[ Availability | Compassion | Co-operation | Cleanliness | Community Spirit | Dependability | Diligence | Discernment | Enthusiasm | Forgiveness | Faith | Generosity | Gratefulness | Humility | Integrity | Loyalty | Obedience | Orderliness | Patience | Responsibility | Respect | Self-Control | Sincerity | Tolerance | Truthfulness ]


As Little Khalifah, we must always be caring and loving and be nice to each other and we must always be available to our friends. We must always love our parents, family, friends and other people around us.

What does it mean to be available? Well, to be available means that we will always be around whenever somebody needs us. Be ready to lend an ear to listen to our friends' problems shall also mean that we are available.

Compassion means to have a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the sufferings and extending helps wherever and whenever we can to those in need.

As Little Khalifah, we must always be considerate, courteous, helpful, and understanding of others. We must always show that we care by treating others as we would like them to treat us.


Co-operation means to be willing to be helpful and work together to achieve common goal and purposes. The ability to listen to our parents and help them get tasks done is part of co-operation.

As Little Khalifah, we must always co-operate and the following are what we must do:-
o Listen carefully to others and be sure to understand what they are saying.
o Share when we have something that others would like to have.
o Take Turns when there is something that nobody wants to do, or when more than one person wants to do the same thing at the same time.
o Compromise when we have a serious conflict. Talk it out!
o Do our part the very best that we possibly can. This will inspire others to do the same.
o Show appreciation to people for what they have contributed.
o Encourage people to do their best.
o Make people feel needed.
o Don't isolate or exclude anyone.


Cleanliness means to be free from dirt, filth and evil doing, not only physically through our body and matters around us but also spiritually through the mind and heart.

What does it really mean to be clean?
o Physical cleanliness means that our body and the environment around us are free from dirt, filth and evil doings.
o Mind cleanliness means that our thoughts are free from bad intentions.
o Heart cleanliness means that our feelings are free from bad desires but rich of virtuous qualities.

Little Khalifah must always be clean. Little Khalifah should always:-
o Wash our hands because they may be full of harmful germs. Can you imagine the germs sticking onto your hands, and ready to be transferred to your food, hence going into your body via the food that you eat? Of course, we do not wish for these germs to enter our body! So, we need to wash our hands, especially before we touch our food, eat or tending to a wound and definitely after touching dirty things, using the toilet or touching the animals.

We do not want these germs to get into our body and attack our cells, do we?
o Brush our teeth to avoid harmful germs from attacking our gums. When we eat, remnants of food shall be left in our mouth and in between our teeth. If we do not brush our teeth, these remnants shall become rotten. This will damage our gums and teeth and give us bad breath. So, it is best to brush our teeth first thing in the morning as well as every time after we take our food.
o Take our bath - we need to take shower at least twice a day. Taking shower everyday will make our body smell good and when our body smells good, we feel good.
o Have toilet manners - Regardless whether we are using the toilet at home or in public, remember to:-
1. Wear slippers to enter
2. Sit properly
3. Wash up our private parts
4. Don't forget to flush the toilet
5. Make sure we have not left anything we shouldn't
6. Wash our feet
7. Lastly, wash our hands with soap.

Remember! When our parents ask us to wash our hands, brush our teeth or take a shower or practice toilet manners, they are not being mean. They do this because they love their children very much and they want to protect their children from harmful germs. They only want to see their children live healthy and happy lives!

After all, clean body makes healthy body. That is one of the values Little Khalifah must have!


Community Spirit means caring about and working for what is the best for the whole community.

A community is a group of people that live in the same area and practice the same customs. Our neighbors are our community. Our friends in school are also our community.
Community spirit occurs when we live together in a happy way, have respect for one another, and help each other. With a good community spirit, we will live in peace and harmony. Parents, siblings, uncles and aunties, cousins, friends, neighbours, teachers and everybody around us make up our community too.

Little Khalifah must always have good community spirit!




Dependability means being reliable, trustworthy, constant and steadfast. A dependable person persists or endures in a responsibility until the job is complete. As Little Khalifah, we must always be dependable all the time. We must be good to our parents, families, teachers and friends, so that we know that our parents, families, teachers and friends can depend on us. It is an honor to have somebody depending on us as it shows that we are reliable and trustworthy!


Diligence means doing things in proper time - Investing all energies to complete whatever tasks. Little Khalifah needs to do the right things right the first time and always try to make a difference. Little Khalifah must always keep their promises and try to help one another all the time.

For example, Little Khalifah must always rise early in the morning, always take the initiatives to help with chores before we're asked to, and when Little Khalifah does the chores, he or she always go beyond assignments that he or she has been asked to do, must always honor our parents and speak well of them all the time and must always take up chores nobody else wants to do.



To discern is to respect, celebrate, explore and test the desire to serve. What is discernment? Discernment means understanding the deeper reasons why things happen. If something bad happens to us, we must use reason to understand why it happens & maybe we will find wisdom behind it.



What is enthusiasm? Enthusiasm is a source or cause of great excitement or interest, and to really care a lot about something. Let's imagine the time when we see something we like! We get excited all over it, don't we? And we become very enthusiastic about it too! So, in order to be enthusiastic, Little Khalifah needs to like doing what we're doing and it automatically reflects our enthusiasm.


Forgiveness means to pardon and not take any revenge.

What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is when we excuse and pardon a person (i.e. friends, sisters, brothers, relatives, anybody) for doing something wrong to us which may hurt our feelings or harm us in some way.

Little Khalifah must always forgive and forget. And when Little Khalifah does something wrong to other people, he or she must always apologize and say sorry to them. It is o.k. to admit that we're wrong, you know!

o Forgive our friend, and Allah will give us rewards
o If we want others to forgive us, we must be willing to forgive others too
o Allah loves those who love to forgive other people.



To have faith in God is to believe without evidence.

Listen and learn when our parents, teachers, families or someone teach us regarding faith.

Little Khalifah, here are some tips on how to be faithful:-
o Love Allah with all our heart
o Pray and visit the mosque
o Be responsible towards Allah
o Always Believe and remember Allah
o Always be good to others
o Always appreciate and thank Allah for whatever that has happened





What is generosity? Generosity is to be kind and to willingly give things that you possess, tangible and intangible. In simple terms, generosity is to be kind to others; willing to spend and give our possessions, money, time, and everything that we love to others who are in need.

As Little Khalifah, we must always
o Try to avoid from being stingy
o Try not to be too selfish
o Offer help to anybody who needs help



What is gratefulness? Gratefulness is to appreciate and be thankful for everything that we get.
o Little Khalifah should be thankful to Allah who has given us everything that we need. Allah has given us food, shelter, health, wealth and loads of other things.
o Little Khalifah should be thankful to our parents who give their love and take care of us.
o Little Khalifah should be thankful to our teachers, friends, relatives and anyone who help us.



What is humility? Humility is being humble and modest. It is the opposite of pride and arrogant.

As Little Khalifah, we must always be humble by doing or not doing the following:-
o Do not ever raise our voice towards our parents, old folks, teachers, people and friends.
o Respect our parents and the old people and treat them gently.
o Do not spend our money buying expensive and unnecessary stuff.



What is integrity? Integrity means being rightful in words and conducts. Integrity means goodness, morality, honesty, righteousness and sincerity. To be a person of integrity is to be a good person, good in conduct and in speech.

Little Khalifah must always
o Speak only the truth, never tell a lie.
o Be honest in dealing with others.
o Be sincere in everything we do.



Loyalty is the state or quality of being faithful to a person, ideal or custom. Little Khalifah should always be loyal to our siblings, family, school, nation, and most importantly, our religion. We may argue and fight as typical siblings at home, but beyond our home, we may experience situations in which we may feel the need to defend our brother or sister. Well, that is what we call loyalty.


What is Obedience? Obedience means submission to an authority.
o As Little Khalifah, we need to obey those who are older than us, especially our parents, elder brother or sister, grandparents, etc.
o As Little Khalifah, we need to obey our religion by way of doing what Allah has asked us to do and not doing what Allah has asked us not to do.
o As Little Khalifah, we need to obey our teachers and those in authority at the school.



What is orderliness? Orderliness means keeping everything neatly in its right place. Orderliness is how we organize and arrange objects and our belongings in a harmonious way, how we use our time wisely and how to do tasks efficiently.

Other related words:
o Organized
o Punctual
o Tidy
o Neat
o Prompt


Little Khalifah must be orderly and the following are the daily attitude of Little Khalifah:-
o Arrive at School on time.
o Come to School with our hair combed and tidy complete with head gears and our clothes well-ironed.
o Turn in homework on time.
o Have an organized desk even on days the teacher does not require desk cleaning.
o Get our homework finished before going to our friend's house or doing other things.
o Return lost things to their rightful owners.
o Put things back where they belong.
o Keep our work, room and play areas clean and neat.



Patience means the power of suffering with fortitude, restraining oneself reaction when faced with an unpleasant situation

Little Khalifah must always be patient. Here are some tips on how to be patient:
o Little Khalifah must be knowledgable
 know that our souls, families and wealth belong to Allah
 know we are on the journey and the destination is the hereafter
 accept everything happens as qada' and qadar
 understand what things cause harm, imperfection and evil.

o Little Khalifah must watch all our actions
 treat well the person who mistreated you
 try always to forgive and forget
 always be conscious in our hearts and minds of Allah's nimaah
 strengthen your patience through reason and religious feeling by:
a. thinking of the blessings and favours of Allâh
b. thinking of the wrath and punishment of Allâh
c. relishing the idea of defeating the Shaytân and being victorious over him
d. thinking of the special companionship of Allah
e. taking it into everyday life, in all your actions


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Responsibility means act the way you should whether or not anyone is watching.

How to learn to be responsible:-
o listen to parents, elders, teachers and others.
o Know the attributes of responsibility.
o Watch for opportunities to be responsible.
o Know what is good and do good whenever you can.
o Activate skills to acquire character.
o Value good for its many benefits.
o Avoid situations that lead to negative consequences.
o Reject destructive behavior.
o Learn from mistakes.
o Overcome obstacles.



Respect means showing regards and appreciation for the worth of other people and things

Respect is really important in our life and it is a crucial element in building healthy relationships. Kids with respect are those who show respect to parents, elders, other people, respect laws, other living things and the environment.

Little Khalifah must always show respect when treating other people, other living things and the environment with consideration and kindness and Little Khalifah should not hurt them physically, mentally or verbally. In our everyday life, we expect people to be good to us and we also expect people to give respect to us. In order to receive respect, we must first give respect.

As Little Khalifah, we should always:-
o Listen to our elders
o Keep unkind thoughts to ourselves
o Speak kindly to parents, teachers and others
o Play fairly and wait for our turn
o Raise our hand before talking
o Practice saying "please", "excuse me" and "thank you"
o Clean up after ourselves
o Share with one another

What Students and Kids have to say about Respect:
o Respect is when you are kind. Respect is when you are kind to people then they are kind to you. Treat people like you want to be treated.
o Respect is listening to the teacher.
o Respect means listening to people that are older than you. When people are disrespectful to me, I feel bad.
o I respect my friends in school because I like my friends and my friends like me.
o Respect is listening and obeying your parents.
o Respect is when you don't interrupt other people's conversations; rather, wait until they have finished speaking, or say "excuse me" if you need to interrupt for urgent reasons.
o Remember to say "please" and "thank you" as much as possible when other people provide assistance.
o Respect other people's property and ask permission before handling or borrowing it.



Self-Control is the power of controlling one's external reactions, emotions, etc.
o Little Khalifah must always control our behavior.
o Little Khalifah must not lose control in situations that are frustrating or difficult.
o If Little Khalifah is not able to control him or herself, there will be logical consequences that may come as a result of our poor choices and behavior.
o Little Khalifah should think about the situation that is causing him or her to lose control and then, start analyzing it.
o If Little Khalifah is in such position that results in losing control, loosen up and relax by remembering Allah always.
o Little Khalifah must always talk through troubling situation rather than losing control.

However, not everybody knows about self-control and there are people who react in a bad way. As Little Khalifah, we should always:-
o Not let ourselves lose control regardless of how the other person is. Resist the urge to yell as that can only escalate the situation.
o Be firm.
o Calmly inform the other person that it is not acceptable to lose control and explain the consequences of losing control.



Sincerity means sanctification of one's speech and action from every blemish of soul's desire.

Sincerity is one of the prominent values of a noble character. Sincerity means pure, genuine, real, true and honest. A sincere person is the one who is true to his words and acts; his words and actions manifest his sincere thoughts, he means what he says, and will be have the same when he/she is in public or otherwise.

Little Khalifah must always be sincere. Little Khalifah can show that we're sincere as we would be eager to do what is right and with clear intentions. But, of course, we must not do something right with the wrong or self-centered intentions as that would show that we're not sincere.

Well, it's not difficult to be sincere if we really want. I'm sure in our heart and mind that we all like sincere people and we also love people to know us as a sincere person.


Tolerance means unconditional acceptance of regardless of differences; religious belief; race, gender etc.

Tolerance is a way of thinking, feeling and acting that recognizes and respects the opinions, practices or behavior of others.

Think! How would you feel if:-
o We are ignored by our classmate because we are fat?
o A friend of ours was mocked by other kids for wearing thick glasses?
o Our brother/sister was bullied by other peers because he/she belongs to a different ethnic group?
o Spend few moments of your time to think about and feel the above situation.


Little Khalifah! There are many way we can avoid such discrimination. Below are things we and others can do to practice our tolerance;
o Offer help to those in trouble
o Be concerned about everyone
o Be fair minded and balanced in our judgments
o Be kind toward the ill-mannered
o Strengthen the value of tolerance in yourself by creating wide and diverse social interactions.
o Be friends with everybody.
o Try to learn new experiences from others.
o Avoid pre-judgment on others.


Little Khalifah! Always check our intuition before doing something. Treat others the way we want to be treated. Feel about others the way we want them to feel about us. Think about and remember others the way we want them to think about and remember us.


Truthfulness means struggling to preserve one's integrity and to avoid hypocrisy and lying.

Lying is not good, it keeps us apart from TRUTHFULNESS, one of the virtues necessary for civilized human development. So, it is our responsibility to make truthfulness loved in our heart and in our society.

Litltle Khalifah! Let us define truthfulness. In simple terms, it is defined as the practice of speaking what is true.

However, we should look at it in a broader sense, truthfulness means a struggle to preserve one's integrity and to avoid lying, even in strained situations when a lie will cause some benefit. Thus, truthfulness demands us to be true in our words, thoughts and actions, to ourselves and to others, regardless of the circumstances.

The person who is not truthful to self and others always feels insecure, and is unable to achieve the highest potential of the self.

Here are some practical guides to truthfulness!
Be frank and sincere
o Treat others with frankness and sincerity
o Avoid suspicion or disbelieve unless we become aware of some falsehood.
Be a model of truthfulness
o Promote truthfulness to our friends and siblings, but make sure we ourselves practice it!
Admit mistakes
o Admit our mistake sincerely, never try to lie to save ourselves from our own mistakes. But, never let the same mistakes happen again.
o The worst thing is when we try to swear to the truthfulness of a lie to justify our mistakes! So, never commit it.

Dear Little khalifah! Remember that truthfulness manifests dignified personality, insight and generosity! And who does not want to be liked and loved by others? Ask yourself!

Here are some of the practical signs of truthfulness
 I will tell the truth anytime, anywhere.
 I will encourage others to be truthful.
 I will not cheat or steal.
 I will admit when I am wrong.
 I will not exaggerate to make things seem different than what they are.

And here are some of the important questions for you!
 How would I feel if my friends cheat on me?
 What would my parents think of me if I cheat them?
 How long can I hide my mischievous actions?
 Do I like to be cheated? How about others, do they?


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