Number 15
Fifteen, the middle of the month
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Where it comes from
The 15th is the last of the white days.
Hadith: Abu Dharr on fasting the white days (Tirmidhi 761)
For the parent
Say: Fifteen is the middle of the Islamic month, the last of the white days the Prophet ﷺ fasted. Let's fold a calendar in half and find it.
Fifteen, fifteen, middle of the month, Half is gone and half to come!
Count it: Ten fingers and five more: fifteen (10 and 5).
Do it: Fold a paper strip of 30 days in half and find 15 in the middle.