"Whosoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise." (recorded in Muslim)

- saying of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him

Today, that path to knowledge is expensive. Seemingly, it makes no sense to teach children about the Quran and prayer, and then send them off to adulthood saddled with tens of hundreds of dollars in interest-bearing debt. Interest is prohibited in Islam. So what is a parent to do? One way is to plan on passing on values by using one or more of the following savings mechanisms available.