How to Raise Children to Fear Allah
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The questioner:
The Shaykh said: “Salih is the one most deserving of this, and he is the one who prays for me most sincerely. Yes. May Allah bless you. A brother says: I hope you will ask Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) that everyone is making du'a for him, may Allah reward him with good, and that we benefit from his lessons and guidance. I ask the Shaykh about how to raise children to fear Allah, be afraid of Him, and be mindful of Him?”
The Shaykh:
First, regarding what you praised us with, we seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance. We are greatly lacking, but we seek Allah’s forgiveness for our shortcoming and heedlessness. As for the children, yes?
The questioner:
Yes, he asks: How do we raise them to fear Allah and be mindful of Him?
The Shaykh:
By commanding them to obey Allah and commanding them to pray. “Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds.” Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tur 52:21]. And this is in Paradise. If the father is in a high place in Paradise, and his son is below him, then Allah raises the son so that his father’s eye is pleased with him, out of His grace and kindness, raising him to his father’s rank. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh said: “Salih is the one most deserving of this, and he is the one who prays for me most sincerely. Yes. May Allah bless you. A brother says: I hope you will ask Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) that everyone is making du'a for him, may Allah reward him with good, and that we benefit from his lessons and guidance. I ask the Shaykh about how to raise children to fear Allah, be afraid of Him, and be mindful of Him?”
The Shaykh:
First, regarding what you praised us with, we seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance. We are greatly lacking, but we seek Allah’s forgiveness for our shortcoming and heedlessness. As for the children, yes?
The questioner:
Yes, he asks: How do we raise them to fear Allah and be mindful of Him?
The Shaykh:
By commanding them to obey Allah and commanding them to pray. “Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds.” Allah the Exalted said:
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍThe presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7462 — youtube.com (15:55)
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