wastes money in useless activities, in short, he indulges in various types of evils, then let alone inquiring about those evils, parents do not even consider it to be bad at all.

It is also commonly observed that if somebody tries to reform them, then the parents say: “He is still young”, “he is naïve”, “he will understand gradually”, “you should not be that harsh on kids”, etc.

When the same child becomes a means of disgrace for the parents, family and society due to the lack of Islamic upbringing and too much leniency, when he stares in the eyes of the parents or shouts at them for them scolding him or not giving him money, then at that time, they recall the advice of their well-wishers. Now the parents grieve for their child’s reform, make Du’as and request others to make Du’as, but all the efforts go in vain. By now, things have gone beyond the limits and one gets nothing except for regretting. So due to slight heedlessness of parents, a precious diamond gets wasted.

What kind of consequences parents have to face due to not providing a Madani upbringing to their children and being too lenient with them, let us listen to an admonitory account regarding it and gather Madani pearls of admonition from it.

Does even son beat his father?

It is stated in Tanbih-ul-Ghafileen: A person came to Sayyiduna Abu Hafs           رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, a renowned Islamic scholar of “Samarqand”, and said: “My son has beaten me.” Surprised, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked: “Does even son ever beat his father?” He replied: “Yes! This is exactly what happened.” Sayyiduna Abu Hafs رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked: “Did you teach him religious knowledge and manners?” He replied: “No”. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked: “Did you teach him the Holy Quran?” He replied: “No”. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then asked: “Then what does he do?” He replied: “He does farming.” Sayyiduna Abu Hafs رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: “Do you know why he has hit you?” He replied: “No”.

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said while reforming him: “May be in the morning, when he was heading towards the fields while riding upon his donkey, then bull would be in front of him and dog behind him. He doesn’t know how to recite the