8.   Teach them the love and honour of the family and companions of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and for the Awliya and Islamic scholars, for it is the root of the Sunnah and the adornment of faith, rather, it is the means of faith persisting.

9.   At the age of seven, begin to emphasise the prayer verbally.

10.   Teach them religious knowledge, especially the rulings pertaining to Wudu, Ghusl, Salah and fasting. Teach them the virtues of reliance in Allah Almighty, contentment, ascetism, sincerity, humbleness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, justice, modesty, protection of the heart and tongue, and other praiseworthy qualities. Also, teach them the harms of greed, love of the world, love for fame, ostentation, self-admiration, pride, treachery, lying, injustice, shamelessness, backbiting, envy, malice and other bad traits.

11.   It is especially from the rights of a son that he be taught how to write as well as mastery in a skill.

12.   Teach them Surah Maa`idah.

13.   It is especially from the rights of a daughter that one should not express sorrow when she is born, rather, consider her a blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Teach her how to stitch, sew, spin (thread), cook food, and teach her Surah Noor.^[1]

Remember! If we do not make efforts to reform our children and make them habitual in offering their Salah and observing fast, then alongside being disgraced on the Day of Judgement, the worldly harms of this will be that when they grow older, they will not listen to us, they will look at us sternly and they will continually become a means of