Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما once said to a person: Raise your children well because you will be questioned regarding your children; regarding how you raised them and what you taught them.^[1]

Some of the rights that the children have over their parents mentioned by A’la Hadrat Maulana Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه are mentioned ahead:

1.   As soon as they begin to speak, teach them ‘Allah Allah’, then the Kalimah ‘لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّااﷲ’ and then the entire Kalimah Tayyibah.

2.   When they reach the age of discernment, teach them manners; manners pertaining to eating, drinking, laughing, speaking, standing, sitting, walking, modesty and courtesy. They should be taught respect for the pious, parents, teachers, and daughters should be taught the ways of obeying her husband and the etiquettes regarding him.

3.   Teach them the Quran.

4.   The child should be made to study under a righteous, pious and elderly teacher who holds the correct beliefs. A daughter should be made to read to a righteous woman.

5.   After the completion of the Quran, continually emphasise its recitation.

6.   Teach them the Quran and Sunnah, for young children are born with an innate inclination towards Islam and have the ability to accept the truth. Therefore, anything that is taught to them at this age will be like engraving on stone.

7.   Inculcate the love and respect of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم within their hearts, for it is the source and essence of faith.