What is the ruling on using Western methods of upbringing?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is your opinion regarding the methods of upbringing used in Western ways, and making it an art that every person must learn?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible for us to teach our children Western upbringing; it is forbidden and a betrayal of the children, changing their fitrah (innate natural disposition). Is it not permissible? And if the secularists now call for it, calling for Western upbringing and diminishing Islamic religious upbringing, then this is not to be heeded or looked upon. We demand that upbringing be based on the religion of Islam and warn against Western upbringing.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is your opinion regarding the methods of upbringing used in Western ways, and making it an art that every person must learn?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible for us to teach our children Western upbringing; it is forbidden and a betrayal of the children, changing their fitrah (innate natural disposition). Is it not permissible? And if the secularists now call for it, calling for Western upbringing and diminishing Islamic religious upbringing, then this is not to be heeded or looked upon. We demand that upbringing be based on the religion of Islam and warn against Western upbringing.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استخدام أساليب التربية الغربية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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