Raise Your Children on Islamic Education

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

‘Hal yastawī lladhīna yaʿlamūna wa-lladhīna lā yaʿlamūn’, ‘Are those who know equal to those who do not know?’ (Qur’ān 39:09). Are those who know and those who don’t know equal? They are not. Those who know are people who possess knowledge and who are praised by our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

People, Muslims should learn the things required for the religion as much as they can. Because sometimes they commit a sin without knowing, and they make others commit a sin. They think that they are doing something good. The biggest example for this is parents and children. So many people are serving their children so much now that the children think that their duty is the duty of others to serve them. Whereas, to look after the parents and to serve them is their duty. We let that pass; it is fine. You can serve your children for this world. It is ok. But you cannot compromise on something ordered by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. Religion is not as you wish.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created people. He ﷻ knows what they can and cannot do. So He ﷻ gives orders according to that. It is when they become Bāligh/mature, not when they are 18 years old, like they say. When a person is Bāligh/mature, it can be on the age of 12, 13, 14, or 15, then it is Fard. You cannot say as you like that he is a child and that he cannot do it. What is Fard should be done. You must explain the Fard to him. Masha’Allah now small children are smarter than us. They know everything. But when it comes to worship, they are still young. They do everything, and they know everything better than you and me. Therefore, we must explain these things. We must tell them the things that should be done.

Let alone that, people of the present time say, “There is an exam. So don’t fast, my son. Don’t fast, my daughter”. May your worthless education fail! Moreover, you make them avoid this Fard. They won’t be able to attain this Thawab anymore in their lives. When you leave a day of fasting in Ramadan, even if you fast all your life, you won’t be able to reach the virtue of that one day. They don’t even know this.

Therefore, our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that the knowledge of religion, to know what the religion is, is better than worshipping for a thousand years. If you do it knowingly, it is good. But as we said, people of the present time act according to their minds. It is wrong. You do not compromise on worldly things at all. You sacrifice everything you have for them when it comes to education, and what they study are worthless things. You don’t compromise on it, but compromise on the useful things ordered by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. And then you complain, “My child became like this. He doesn’t look after me”.

The biggest example for this; one of our brothers who passed away last year let his son not fast when he had exams. He spent three years in a hospital, and his son didn’t come even once to visit him. His son didn’t even visit him when he passed away. This is what they grow up to be. If you make them ignore the Fard of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla and do as you like, this is just one example. There are thousands, a hundred thousands of examples like this.

Therefore, beware! Parents’ education for their children must be Islamic education. You must pay attention to this. You must teach them when something is Fard and what they should do. It is not good to give them everything they want. They should have a little bit of hard time, because life is not only in parents’ hugs. There are hardships. And when they are always in comfort, they become miserable when they face hardship. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ give intellect and understanding to Muslim families so that they raise their children right and educate their children right insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 13 April 2022/ 12 Ramadan 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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