Raising children in the light of the Quran and Sunnah pdf

Raising children in the light of Quran and Sunnah Written by ‘Abdus-Salaam bin ‘Abdillaah As-Sulaymaan With an Introduction by Shaikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan

Raising children in the light of Quran and Sunnah

Many people do not abide by the measures that will aid them in properly raising their children. Nor do they offer the means by which their children can grow up upon Taqwaa and love for what is good. So their children fall into disobedience due to the harm they encounter from people.

Guidance is of two types:

1. Guidance in the form of Directing, Instructing and Clarifying:

This is something that is necessary and requested of everyone, It is the act of leading people towards good and inciting them to do good deeds and to abandon evil deeds. It is what is mentioned in Allaah’s statement:

“And indeed you (0 Muhammad) guide to a straight path.”[Surah Ash-Shooraa: 52]

• Guidance in the form of Granting, Inspiring and Accepting:

It is only Allaah who could grant this type of guidance for indeed He is the One who guides whom He wills by His Mercy. Allaah says:

“Verily, you (0 Muhammad) cannot guide (those) whom you love, rather it is Allaah who guides (those) whom He wills. And He knows best those who are guided.” [Surah AI-Qasas: 56]

And He says:

”Your duty is only to convey (the message).” [Surah Ash­ Shooraa; 48]

And He sa ys:

”Not upon you (0 Muhammad) is their guidance, rather (it is) Allaah who guides whom He wills.” [Surah AI-Baq arah: 272]

We should Begin by first Rectifying Ourselves:

Allaah says:

“O you who believe, save yourselves and your families from a Fire.” [Surah At Tahreem : 6]

The uprightness of the father and the mother is from the clearest of things that will assist one in achieving the proper upbringing of his children. This is since they serve as role models and children follow their fathers and mothers. A son imitate s his father while a daughter imitates her mother. Allaah sa ys:

“And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith – to them We shall join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in the least.” [Surah At-To or: 21l

1. Choosing the Mother (i.e. one’s wife):

If someone wishes to produce ripe fruit s, he will indeed search for the land that is most fert ile. One of the great aspects of wisdom behind getting married is to produce righteous offspring that will worship Allaah and serve as a provision for their p arent s. The Prophet i,t, said: “Marry women that are loving and fertile for indeed I will outnumber the nations through you.” [Reported by Abu Dawood] 9

Furthermore, the Prophet .&. Clarified the people’s standards when seeking a partner for marriage, saying: “A woman is married for four (reasons): Her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her religion. So choose the woman with (good) religious qualities, may your hand be covered in dust. “10

Allaah says:

“Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient and guard in the husband’s absence what Allaah orders them to guard.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 34]

The devoutly obedient (Qaanifaaf} here refers to those women obey their husbands – by guarding their honor, wealth and lives in their absence.

The Prophet warned  about (marrying} a beautiful woman from a bad origin, saying: “Beware of the green manure.” The Companions asked: “What is the green manure?” He.&. said: “A beautiful woman of bad origin (i.e. upbringing).” [Reported by Ad-Daaraqutnee]

On the other hand, he praised a woman with good religious qualities, saying:

“Shall I not inform you of the best treasure that a man gathers – A righteous wife.” [Reported by AI-Haakiml

And he A said: “Choose for your seeds (a good mother), for indeed breeding is a strategy.” [Reported by lbn Maajah] 13

This is from the rights that a child has over his father – that he picks a good mother for him.

A man once came to ‘Umar bin AI-Khattaab ,;Ii\;, complainir:ig about his son being undutiful to him. He had brought his son with him and began blaming him for his disobedience, so the son asked: “Doesn’t a son have a right over his father also?”

 ‘Umar said: “Of course.” The son said: “Then what is it?” ‘Umar 4,, replied: “That his father carefully chooses a mother for him, that he gives him a good name and that he teaches him the Qur’aan.”

At this, the son said: “My father has not done any of these things. As for my mother, she was a black slave woman that used to belong to a Zoroastrian (Majoos).

He named me Ju’al and did not teach me even one letter from the Qur’aan.” ‘Umar • turned to the man and said: “You came to me to complain about your son being undutiful to you, however, it is you who were undutiful to him before that!”

Abul-Aswad Ad-Du’alee once told his children: “I was good to you when you were children, when you grew up, and also

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