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 Holy Quran so that he could attain some spirituality. He must be murmuring something out of heedlessness. In the meanwhile, you would have come in front of him. He would have thought that the bull has come in the way. So in order to drive him out of the way, he would have struck you with something on your head! Be grateful that your head did not split open.’

(Tanbih-ul-Ghafileen, pp. 68)

Now, let us listen to a narration and develop a mind-set to provide Madani upbringing to our children.