(Overseas) Schedule for Madani Halqa in the Weekly Gathering, 23th December 2021.

1.   Learning Sunnahs and Etiquettes: 5 minutes

2.   Memorising the Du’a: 5 minutes

3.   Accountability: 5 minutes

4.   Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining manners of raising children

*   It is not a wise approach to complain about the child in his presence to a respectable person; for example, saying things like: ‘explain him, he troubles a lot; he is very naughty; he doesn’t listen to his parents, etc.’ Let alone this reforming the child, it would perhaps make the child think that my parents have disgraced me in front of so-and-so.

*   Parents are a role model for their children. The child observes their character, and then tries to adopt it. So, if the parents’ statements contradict their actions, then this will have a negative impact on the child.

*   In order to make the child stop crying, it is often said that a cat has come, or a dog has come, etc. Through this, we are teaching our children to lie, because generally, these kinds of statements have nothing to do with reality.

*   Seeing the ill-habits of children, some people ignore them instead of reforming them. Their mindset is that let them become a bit mature first, then we will start reforming them. This should not be the case. This is because if we don’t stop the child from this very age, then those ill-habits will embed in their character, which at a