Aqeedah Questions for Kids: 30 Q&As with Evidence (Where Is Allah? Who Is Your Lord?)

The easiest way I have found to teach aqeedah to my children is the oldest way: a short question, a short answer, and the proof. “Who is your Lord?” “Allah.” “How do you know?” “Because Allah said: al-hamdu lillahi Rabbil-‘alamin.”

Below are 30 aqeedah questions and answers for kids, grouped into five short sets. Every answer has a verse of the Qur’an or an authentic hadith with it, because a child who knows the proof stands on firm ground. You can do one set a week, or one question a day at breakfast. By the end of a term, in sha’ Allah, your child will be able to tell you who their Lord is, what their religion is, who their Prophet is, and where Allah is, and how they know.

These questions follow the way the scholars of the Sunnah have always taught children, starting with the three questions every person will be asked in the grave. If your child is ready for more, read our guide to the Three Fundamental Principles for kids next.

How to use these questions at home

• Ages 3 to 5: teach the answer only. Say the question, say the answer, let them repeat it. Ten questions are plenty.
• Ages 6 to 8: add the proof in English, then the short Arabic phrase of the verse where you can.
• Ages 9 to 12: ask them to find the verse in the mushaf themselves, and to explain the answer in their own words.

Keep it light. We ask ours in the car, while folding laundry, before bed. A wrong answer gets a smile and the right answer again, never a sigh.

Set 1: The three questions of the grave

The Prophet (ﷺ) told us that the two angels will sit the dead person up in the grave and ask: “Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your Prophet?” (Abu Dawud 4753, graded sahih by al-Albani). So these come first.

1. Who is your Lord? My Lord is Allah, who created me and takes care of me and everything else. Proof: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ “All praise is for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.” (al-Fatihah 1:2)

2. What is your religion? My religion is Islam. Proof: إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ “Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam.” (Al ‘Imran 3:19)

3. Who is your Prophet? My Prophet is Muhammad (ﷺ). Proof: مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” (al-Fath 48:29)

4. Will Allah accept any religion other than Islam? No. Proof: وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ “Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him.” (Al ‘Imran 3:85)

5. Who is the last Prophet? Muhammad (ﷺ). There is no prophet after him. Proof: وَلَٰكِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ “…but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets.” (al-Ahzab 33:40)

6. Should we love the Prophet (ﷺ) more than anyone? Yes, more than our parents, our children and all people. Proof: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people.” (al-Bukhari 15; Muslim 44)

Set 2: Why we are here

7. Why did Allah create us? To worship Him alone. Proof: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ “I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” (adh-Dhariyat 51:56)

8. What is the greatest thing Allah commanded? Tawheed: to worship Allah alone. Proof: وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا “Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him.” (an-Nisa 4:36)

9. What is the worst thing Allah forbade? Shirk: worshipping anyone or anything along with Allah. Proof: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ “Allah does not forgive that partners be set up with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.” (an-Nisa 4:48)

10. What does “La ilaha illallah” mean? None has the right to be worshipped except Allah. Proof: Allah sent every messenger with this message: أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ “Worship Allah and avoid false gods.” (an-Nahl 16:36)

11. What did the Prophet (ﷺ) tell Mu’adh to call people to first? To the tawheed of Allah, before anything else. Proof: “Let the first thing you invite them to be that they single out Allah in worship.” (al-Bukhari 7372)

12. Who made everything? Allah created everything. Proof: اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ “Allah is the Creator of all things.” (az-Zumar 39:62)

Set 3: Knowing Allah

13. Where is Allah? Allah is above the heavens, over His Throne, in a way that befits Him. Proof: الرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَىٰ “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.” (Ta-Ha 20:5)

And the Prophet (ﷺ) asked a young slave girl, “Where is Allah?” She said, “In the heaven.” He asked, “Who am I?” She said, “You are the Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Free her, for she is a believer.” (Muslim 537)

This is the answer the Prophet (ﷺ) himself accepted, so it is the answer we teach. Our children do not need to be told “Allah is everywhere.” They need the words of the Qur’an and the Sunnah.

14. Is Allah like anything He created? No. Nothing is like Allah. Proof: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ “There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.” (ash-Shura 42:11)

15. Does Allah hear and see us? Yes. Allah hears everything and sees everything, even when we are alone. (Same verse: ash-Shura 42:11.)

16. Who knows the unseen? Only Allah. Proof: قُلْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ “Say: none in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen except Allah.” (an-Naml 27:65)

So fortune-tellers, horoscopes and “lucky” signs are lies. A good one for older children.

17. Did the Prophet (ﷺ) know the unseen? No, only what Allah taught him. Proof: وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ “If I knew the unseen, I would have gathered much good.” (al-A’raf 7:188)

18. Does Allah love? Yes. Allah loves those who repent and those who keep themselves clean. Proof: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ (al-Baqarah 2:222)

For more on teaching the names and attributes of Allah, see Teaching the Names of Allah to Children.

Set 4: Worship belongs to Allah alone

19. Who do we make dua to? Only Allah. Proof: وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ “Your Lord said: Call upon Me, I will answer you.” (Ghafir 40:60)

20. Is dua worship? Yes. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Dua is worship.” (Abu Dawud 1479, graded sahih by al-Albani)

21. Can we call on anyone else along with Allah? No, not a prophet, an angel, a righteous person or a grave. Proof: فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًا “So do not call upon anyone along with Allah.” (al-Jinn 72:18)

22. When we need help, who do we ask? Allah. The Prophet (ﷺ) taught the young Ibn ‘Abbas: “When you ask, ask Allah; and when you seek help, seek help from Allah.” (at-Tirmidhi 2516, graded sahih by al-Albani)

23. Can we swear by anything other than Allah, like “I swear on my mum”? No. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever swears, let him swear by Allah or keep quiet.” (al-Bukhari 2679)

24. Is the Qur’an created? No. The Qur’an is the speech of Allah. Proof: حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ “…until he hears the speech of Allah.” (at-Tawbah 9:6)

Set 5: Iman and the unseen

25. What are the pillars of Islam? Five: the shahadah, prayer, zakah, fasting Ramadan, and Hajj. (al-Bukhari 8; Muslim 16)

26. What are the pillars of iman? Six: to believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its bad. (Muslim 8, the hadith of Jibril)

We go through each pillar in The 6 Pillars of Iman for Kids.

27. What is ihsan? To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, know that He sees you. (Muslim 8)

28. What are the angels made from? Light. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The angels were created from light, the jinn were created from smokeless fire, and Adam was created from what you have been told.” (Muslim 2996)

29. Will the believers see Allah? Yes, in the Hereafter. Proof: وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ ۝ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ “Some faces that Day will be radiant, looking at their Lord.” (al-Qiyamah 75:22-23). And the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “You will see your Lord as you see this moon.” (al-Bukhari 554)

Children love this one. It is the greatest joy of Jannah.

30. Does everything happen by Allah’s decree? Yes. Allah knows everything, wrote it, wills it and created it. Proof: إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ “Indeed, We created everything according to a measure.” (al-Qamar 54:49)

Tips that made these stick in our home

Keep the answer exactly the same every time. Children memorise by repetition. If the answer to “Where is Allah?” is “above the heavens, over His Throne” on Monday, it should be the same words on Friday.

Pair each question with a daily moment. Question 19 at bedtime dua. Question 15 when someone is tempted to do something wrong out of sight. Question 23 the first time you hear “I swear on…” in the playground.

Let the older ones be the teacher. My nine-year-old quizzes her little brother, and she learns more doing that than from me.

Review before moving on. Each week, start with the last week’s set. A simple tick sheet works well: write the 30 questions in a column and tick each one your child answers alone. We keep ours on the fridge next to the Names of Allah flashcards.

Build on the basics. Once these are solid, go deeper with our guide to teaching tawheed to children, which covers the three categories of tawheed with examples for ages 5 to 7.

Frequently asked questions

At what age should I start teaching aqeedah to my child? As soon as they can talk. A two-year-old can answer “Who made the sky?” with “Allah.” The proofs and longer answers can come from around five or six.

Is it right to teach a child that “Allah is everywhere”? We teach what the Qur’an and Sunnah say: Allah is above the heavens, over His Throne (Ta-Ha 20:5), and the Prophet (ﷺ) approved the answer “in the heaven” (Muslim 537). Allah is with us by His knowledge, hearing and seeing, and nothing is hidden from Him.

How many questions should a young child learn at once? One to three a day, with review. It is better to learn ten questions well than thirty badly.

Do my children need to learn the Arabic of every verse? No. The meaning comes first. Add the short Arabic phrase when your child is ready, starting with the ones they already recite in salah, like al-Fatihah 1:2.

May Allah make our children firm on tawheed and on the Sunnah, and make their answers easy for them on the day they are asked. Ameen.