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The article “An Epistemological Explanation of Sexual Education for Children (Ages 7–12) Based on the Holy Qur’an and Islamic Hadith” examines the cognitive and knowledge based dimensions of children’s sexual education. The proposed strategies fall into two categories: preventive and corrective, with priority given to preventive approaches. The main preventive strategies include addressing gender related necessities, training educators and learners, providing reasonable answers to children’s questions, and avoiding inappropriate behaviors. Corrective strategies focus on raising awareness and rectifying sexual misconceptions. According to the results of this research, combining preventive and corrective approaches leads to optimal sexual education. Drawing on Qur’anic verses and hadiths, this article emphasizes the importance of children’s sexual education and presents practical methods for achieving it. Using a qualitative, library based methodology and a descriptive analytical approach, this study clarifies the knowledge-based and cognitive aspects of sexual education for children aged seven to twelve. The novelty of the research lies in its specific focus on the “epistemological explanation” of sexual education; i.e. extracting and analyzing knowledge-based and cognitive elements from the Holy Qur’an and Islamic hadith, by categorizing the strategies into preventive and corrective. Unlike previous studies that mainly focused on general foundations or behavioral methods, this article offers a structured practical model, filling existing gaps and transforming sexual education from a taboo into a conscious religious process.