Dear Islamic brothers! Pious children are a great blessing from Allah Almighty. No doubt, only those children will prove to be beneficial for their parents in the Hereafter who are pious and righteous. Moreover, this reality is not hidden from anyone either that the upbringing of parents plays a vital role in making their children pious or impious.

However, nowadays it is seen that parents are extremely negligent when it comes to teaching and raising their children correctly. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, the Ameer of Ahl-us-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ grants us Madani pearls of wisdom regarding the upbringing of children too in Madani Muzakarahs. Let’s now listen to some of these:

The manners of raising children

*   On occasions, parents themselves influence their children in becoming disobedient and averse from them. This is because many parents themselves are not educated, and for this reason, they cannot properly raise and bring up their children.

*   From childhood, concerted effort must be focused on raising and educating children properly. For example, from their infancy, you should do the zikr ‘Allah Allah’ in front of them whilst consoling them, so that when the child opens his/her tongue to speak for the first time, his/her first word shall be the name of Allah Almighty.

*   It is of great foolishness to constantly tell off children over everything, as this leads towards making a child more reckless. Therefore, instead of harshness and telling off, things should be done with love and care instead.

*   By continuing to humiliate or belittle a child in front of everyone, their tender heart will become estranged and averse to their parents.