playing there. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! Many of the youngsters were ready to come with them at that time. They had the honour of praying Salah with them and listening to a Sunnah-inspired Bayan, and with individual efforts, they made an intention to enliven the Masjid. After witnessing this, an elderly person present there said, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! Today, through the blessings of the devotees of the Prophet and the Ilaqai Daurah, this Masjid has enlivened.’

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The minds of children are empty and we can fill them however we like. If we tell our children accounts about the lives of the blessed personalities, their love for Salah, love for reciting the Quran and their love for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, then no doubt, our children will attain love for the Prophet, love for Salah and a mindset to recite the Quran. May Allah Almighty grant us the ability to act upon this!

3. Teach children the Quran

The third way of raising children well is to give them religious education alongside worldly education too, especially the education of the Quran, because the benefit of worldly education is only limited to the world, whereas, the benefit of the religious knowledge will be received in the grave and the hereafter as well. The Quran is a light; if the hearts and minds of children are adorned with the light of the Quran, then through its blessings, their inner-self will also be illuminated. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has given many glad tidings to those who teach their children the Quran.

The virtues of teaching children the Quran

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The one who taught his child how to recite the Quran in the world will be made to wear a crown on Judgement Day, by which the people of Paradise will come to know that this individual made his son acquire the knowledge of Quran in the world.’ (Mu’jam Awsat, vol. 1, p. 40, Hadees 96)

The one who taught the Ummah the Quran, the Beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said: The one who recited the Quran, learnt it and acted upon