Precious Bees

About Rabia Bashir

Rabia Bashir is a British-Bangladeshi dreamer & doer who guzzles green tea to get things done! She lives with her travelling buddy and husband Irfan, plus two book-loving boys: Rayyan & Ridhwan. She had a fulfilling career in mental health services for 15 years before training as a CELTA teacher and heading off to live in Saudi Arabia with her husband in 2011. Whilst there, she pursued her passions including writing her first novel! After five years of Saudi sunshine, sandstorms & shawarmas she and her husband headed back to the UK and started their precious little family. Creative writing has been Rabia’s passion since childhood. But after becoming a mom for the first time in 2016, writing Islamic children's books became her mission! And that's when she set up Precious Bees as an act of Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity). You can learn more by visiting www.RabiaBashir.com

Some Hajj Tips

Some Hajj Tips

One of my dearest friends is off to Hajj with her husband -in shaa Allah! My husband and I had

Our Books

Five Pillars: Just To Please Allah This is a colourful & vibrant board-book teaching mini Muslims about the five

Allah Taught Us To Repent

When our children do something wrong, we teach them to say sorry. We teach them how to make amends. Because

Teaching Children To Make Dua…

Teaching Children To Make Dua…

Often we pray hard for something but it doesn't happen. We perhaps think it wasn't meant to be, that Allah

From Seedling To Blossoming

From Seedling To Blossoming

Almost 3 years ago, Rayyan was a month old baby. He enjoyed having his nappy changed while I sang nursery

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"Sis may Allah SWT give you the ability to produce more books like this. Subhan Allah it was beautiful."

Great Use of Simple Language

"This book is written in very simple English for children to understand (other pages l languages available too). The illustrations are very detailed and go hand in hand with the text. This is very useful when trying to explain the books’ concepts to younger children.

One of the most amazing things however, is that you can go deeper into the text and use that as a using point. For example : "read read read Qur'an just to please Allah... If you understand it your home will be Jannah."

I was able to talk to my older kids about tafsir, using this as an introduction. They also understood why it was important.

The colours are vibrant and this adds to the whole charm of the book.

I would definitely recommend it."

"Kids loved the book, solid book that won't get damaged too."

"A fantastic book to get the little ones to start learning about the five pillars of Islam. Both my children love the books and have read it so many times and still not bored of it. The book is colourful and the lift the flap quiz at the end of the book is brilliant."

Lovely book

"Really good book to read with kids, and the illustrations are very great too"

"Excellent for young children to sing along to and learn at the same time. It has a very catchy tune and you'll find your children and even yourself humming away!! I would highly recommend this book and it also makes a perfect Eid gift."

Great colourful simple book for kids

"My 6 month old daughter absolutely loved this book and still loves it now she's 1 years old. Really colourful and she loves turning the flaps at the back."

"I love the colours of the book. I love the flaps!"

"My kids are completely in love with this book! My almost 2-year-old has started to pick up the words Mashallah! I love that it says " to please Allah" as that's something I try to teach my kids...do things to please Allah, not just for reward. So happy I bought a copy!"

"Amelia [2] loves Five Pillars! It's her bedtime book! She calls it Allahu!"

"This is a great follow on book from Five Pillars of Islam. Once again, the colours of the book and the pictures are engaging and my children love this book as much as Five Pillars. I recommend both books in the 'just to please Allah' range."

My two year old came back from school brought the book to me and said 'mama I want to sing'

"That was a nice story you read to us!"

"My kids are obsessed with the book. Especially because it has the rhyme of row, row, row your boat. Even my two year old is singing it!"

"Mash'Allah the book is very colourful and interactive."

"MashaAllah, congratulations on your book. I pray you have more successful books in the future. A lovely book that gets to explain a simple and beautiful aspect of Islam."

Delightful!

"Bought this for my 3-yr old nephew and he loves it....simple enough that he can read along with me. Made with good quality materials too so hard wearing in little hands."

"My boys enjoyed the story and the song. They joined in and asked for the book."

"I love the way this book repeats wordings to make it stand out. simple books to start to make children learn about Islam."

Beautiful Rhythm and Rhymes

"My little ones love reading this - they get to learn the five pillars through lovely rhymes and illustrations. We always have to read and read and read it again!"

Salaam Alaykum, I just got my package OMG!!!’

Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much My kids loveeee the book I had to read the book over and over again. I got tired and just played the video on YouTube ? Jazakallah khair

"The book "5 Pillars- Just to please Allah" just arrived and it's wonderful mashaAllah! We really love reading it to our daughter."

"This books is full of beautiful, bright colours and pictures. Hard wearing pages which makes the book suitable even for my 2yr old. This quiz at the end is simple yet very creative. Lastly, my boys love the fact that the book is personalised with their name."

"Very good and interesting book for children to gain knowledge about Islam."

"I just wanted to let you know your book 'Five Pillars Just To Please Allah' is amazing. My 6-year-old daughter loves it. It's very eye-catching for kids as it's colourful and the characters are very cute. She really enjoys reading it again and again. JazakAllah Kher."

"MashaAllah, my boys [aged 6 and 3] can't get enough of this book! You’ve done a lovely job with the book. It’s very catchy and engaging - easy for the kids to remember. My two are constantly humming it."

Simple, Cute Starter

"This is a simple book to start introducing children to Islam, beautifully illustrated. cute designs."

Lovely book

"Ma sha Allah I hope more of these educational Islamic books will be on offer in future!"

"My kids are completely in love with this book!
My almost 2-year-old has started to pick up the words Mashallah!
I love that it says " to please Allah" as that's something I try to teach my kids...do things to please Allah, not just for reward. So happy I bought a copy!"

Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much
My kids loveeee the book
I had to read the book over and over again. I got tired and just played the video on YouTube ?
Jazakallah khair