In the Name of Allāh.
The Muslim parents are given the duty of raising their children in the Way of Allāh. Part of that duty is to bring them up to love Allāh and His Messenger (ﷺ), love the Islāmic teachings, and be better Muslims. This duty is what all parents (or guardians) should take very seriously.
Allāh says (in Sūrah At-Taḥrīm [66] verse 6): “O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allāh, but do that which they are commanded.”
Sadly, many parents (and guardians) are the root cause of the problems their children later face in life because they do not pay proper attention to their Islāmic upbringing and education, and do not help them to become better Muslims. We’ve heard a lot of cases of parents burning their daughters’ Ḥijāb and putting them into torture, not for any crime except that they chose to obey Allāh and His Messenger (ﷺ). Some parents allow their kids to mix and grow with people who have been influenced by Western pollution. While some are witness to the immoralities perpetrated by their children, they see nothing wrong therein.
Why won’t we remember the Day when one will bitterly regret falling short of his duty to Allāh? On that Day, some would regret listening to those who misled them into the evils of polytheism, innovations, imitation of the Kuffār, and several acts of indecency. Allāh says (in Sūrah Al-Furqān [25] verses 27-29): “And (remember) the Day when the Ẓālim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will bite at his hands, he will say: “Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ). Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a friend! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’ān) after it had come to me. And Shayṭān is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need.”
Not only that, they will also curse those people. Allāh says (in Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb [33] verses 67-68 ): “And they will say: “Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) Way. Our Lord! Give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse!”
Muslim parents should set right their priorities and know what they want for their children. Children who are rightly trained to always obey Allāh and follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ) won’t become cultists, drug addicts, prostitutes, and thugs. If we want a positive change in our society, we must change our lackadaisical attitudes towards religious upbringing.
I beseech Allāh to make it easy for us to raise pious children. (Aameen)
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