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Islam and child’s right to education
“O ye who believe, guard your soul and that of your family from hell fire whose fuel shall be human beings and stones…” Q66:6.
Education is the process of teaching, training and learning. It can be formal or informal.
Education also means acquisition of skills and knowledge that make one independent of others for sustenance in the future. Education is an establishment because it is an eye-opener, brain sharper, heart developer and body strengthener. An ignorant person is a burden, a source of sorrow and a demoraliser.
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Parent-Child Relationship in Islam
By (Dr.) I. A. Arshed
(1) Rights of Parents (and Duties of children)
Islam recognises family as a basic social unit. Along with the husband-wife relationship the Parent-child relationship is the most important one. To maintain any social relationship both parties must have some clear-cut Rights as well as obligations. The relationships are reciprocal. Duties of one side are the Rights of the other side. So in Parent-child relationship the Rights of parents are the obligations (duties) of the children and vice versa, the Rights of children are obligations (duties) of parents. Islam clearly defines the Rights of Parents (which mean duties of children) and obligations of parents (which means Rights of children).
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Mother – Respect and Expectations
What does a mother wants to see in her child? And, what is that she expects from her child? Well, there is difference in mothers and their motherhood. Usually, a mother expects nothing and she can see nothing but love. She is blind with her motherhood and motherly love for her child. She may not have any kind of expectations and all she would desire to see is that her child grows into a fine young man or woman. That is all.
When she becomes aged and has less strength to perform routine chores of life at that time she expects the same what the child expected from her when he was an infant. In his infancy, he expected her mom to feed him, take care of him, and put him to sleep with love and lullaby.
His mother never hated him for wetting the bed and making a mess. Now, the child, who is so grown and strong, has to do the same what his mother did for him. How she treated him in infancy and until he was all grown up. As a child, son or daughter, it is your turn now to ignore her flaws and any bad words but educate her if needed with love.
Old person hardly has control over his or her tongue, hands or bowel movement. You should spare her from your cruelty, smile at her and bear her. She was never cruel to you – when you were helpless. Now she is helpless. You were helpless due to your infancy and childhood now she is helpless due to her old age.
Allah’s Apostle Holy Prophet SAAS said Paradise is at the feet of your mother. (Al-Tirmidhi) and at another occasion He SAAS said, “God has forbidden for you to be undutiful to your mothers.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)
