The Obligation of Parents in Raising Their Children to Love the Messenger
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the obligation of parents regarding raising their children to love the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), follow him, honor him, and send prayers upon him?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, every believing man and woman loves Allah and His Messenger, and this is one of the foundations of the creed, and it is a requirement of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) upon which they were raised. They do not need to be raised in this, because they are imbued with it from the start, and they have no doubt about it. The obligation is that we teach them the correct creed, which includes loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). As for focusing only on loving the Messenger and leaving the rest of the foundations of the creed, that is a great defect. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the obligation of parents regarding raising their children to love the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), follow him, honor him, and send prayers upon him?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, every believing man and woman loves Allah and His Messenger, and this is one of the foundations of the creed, and it is a requirement of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) upon which they were raised. They do not need to be raised in this, because they are imbued with it from the start, and they have no doubt about it. The obligation is that we teach them the correct creed, which includes loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). As for focusing only on loving the Messenger and leaving the rest of the foundations of the creed, that is a great defect. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/220 — archive.org (0:51)
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