To raise our children right, one of the most important blocks that we must focus on is the connection that we have with our children:

- I know that just like me, you are worried about your child’s upbringing more than anything. Don’t you just wish that we can just send our children to the ‘ulama (scholars) just like how imam Malik’s mother did or like Ummu Salamah who sent Anas to Rasulullah (salallahu alaihi wasalam). However, not all of us have that kind of opportunity.

But let’s not get stuck with our limitations. The important question for us now is, what can we do to raise our children with the right Islamic values.

I wanted to share a little insight I learned recently about how the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasalam) raised a generation of righteous young companions, from the likes of Anas ibn Malik, Ibn Abbas and his grandchildren Hassan and Hussein.

One of the most prominent characters of our beloved prophet was showing how much he loved and cared about the children around him. He would show so much affection to them like allowing them to play on his back while he was leading the prayer, and displaying his affection to his grandson publicly for his other companions to follow 

A generation which consisted of the Prophet and his companions showing mercy towards the children built a strong foundation in raising the best generation of righteous Muslims like no other.

So this is my takeaway for all of us. To raise our children right, one of the most important blocks that we must focus on is the connection that we have with our children. Show them much mercy and love. Restrain our anger and forgive them much. Get used to kissing and hugging them lots. Play with them, laugh at their silly jokes and give them our full attention when they speak to us.

This is the first step. Only then, will they care when we begin telling them about Islam, Iman and Ihsan.

Best regards,

Ummu Muhammad

From ummiandkids.com

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