Book Name:Tarbiyat e Aulad
Anyhow, parents must now decide that will they fulfil the important task of providing an Islamic upbringing to their children and making them a means of continuous reward (Sadaqah Jariyah) for themselves or will they give them total freedom and make them a means for the destruction of their Hereafter.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
The wrongful use of internet and social media
Dear Islamic brothers! Every sane individual recognises the social and moral harms of the internet and social media. There was a time when the harmful effects and consequences of TV and cinema were worrying for society, and television was declared the most harmful for health. But these days, it is the mobile and internet that ruin health and morals more than anything else.
As well as focusing on a child’s actions and movements, parents should wisely provide them with an Islamic upbringing as well; especially by protecting smaller kids from the gushing flood of mobile and internet, lest their character gets harmed from such a young age. If this happens, then certainly parents and children may have to face humiliation on all grounds.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Methods of providing children with a good upbringing
Dear Islamic brothers! Surely, having heard the parables of the parents of the past providing a good upbringing for their children and the harms of inadequate nurturing of children, we too now would have developed a mindset to provide a good upbring to our children. But a question pops up in the mind that what are the methods of providing a good upbring to our children that we can act upon to nurture our children as far as possible? So, let us listen to some methods that we can act upon to make our children good individuals of the society.
1. Teach them the name of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
When a child becomes more consciously aware and begins to say things, then