Yearly Archives: 2017

  The meaning is: Be a righteous role model for your children. Be a righteous good person so that your children and others would follow your example. It is impossible for children to raise up for high morals and sublime principles even if they hear hundreds of advices and guidelines while they are watching their parents do against these advices. Some fathers are not good models for their children. They show bad manners with their children, wives, and people as well. For example, 1- They have lewd tongues while they want their children with clean tongues and of good speech to the [...]

Of the errors which we commit with our children: To send the child to a place to fetch something and when he returns after buying something you do not want, it will be like doomsday to you and the world becomes gloomy in you face then you yell, insult, rebuke him, repeating expressions like: You do not understand, you do not know, and suchlike expressions which frustrate rather than building, harm his self-confidence, and its trace remains for a while. If your son does so, treat him kindly, thank him for what he did, and explain to him kindly that he [...]

I wrote to my brothers and my beloved advising my children saying: "O son, if you do something bad, you are closing the door of my pleasure, and I shall not open this door unless you remove this evil and do a good deed to remove it and indicate your sincere intention." One of virtuous professors objected politely and said: "If you do something bad, you are closing the door of my pleasure" is a nice expression, but the idea itself has some cruelty, professor. Thereupon, I answered: "Yes, it is part of intimidation, and discipline is achieved by this and [...]

The right of custodianship:  Custodianship over children is rearing children, managing their affairs, and meeting their needs. It is mentioned in Al Mu`jam Al Wasit: "Custodianship over children is rearing and managing the children's affairs."[1] Munir Baalbeki said: Nursery is a place that cares for children and their cleanliness, and accustoms them to play new games in the open air, in addition to teaching them what is suitable to their age such as chanting, calculation, and so on.[2] Jurists stipulated that a babysitter should be of sound mind, healthy, psychologically able to do the duties of custodianship over children, hereby Islam protects children [...]