to parents whether or not they succeed in this trial by giving their children Islamic upbringing.

Remember! Children usually follow the habits and character of their parents. If parents follow Shari’ah strictly and are eager to gain knowledge, their generations also follow the path of righteousness and bring about salvation, forgiveness and good name for their parents, but if parents have bad habits, so the same bad habits can also be found in their children, therefore such children do not bring about salvation, but destruction.

Remember! It is the responsibility of both parents to give upbringing to their children, but the father considers himself free from this responsibility after attributing overall responsibility to the mother due to earning livelihood, whereas the wife considers her husband to be responsible for the upbringing of children by giving the reason of her household chores. As a result, their children get out of their control and become a trouble for them. Therefore, both parents should understand their responsibility and should not become heedless or lazy in making their children righteous and the members of good character in the society because children feel a deep and a long-term effect of whatever they learn in their childhood. It is stated in a blessed Hadees: ‘اَلْعِلْمُ في صِغَرِهِ كالنَّقْشِ عَلَى الحَجَر’ Gaining knowledge in childhood is like a [strong] mark on a stone. (Majma’-uz-Zawaid, vol. 1, pp. 333, Hadees 5015)

Let’s listen to four sayings of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

1.         The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم recited the following Ayah:

قُوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَ اَهْلِیْكُمْ نَارًا

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Save yourselves and your families from the fire. (Part 28, Surah At-Tahreem, Ayah 6)

The blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُم humbly asked, ‘Ya Rasoolallah    صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! How should we protect our family members from fire?’ The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Order them to perform the