How to Raise Great Children in The Islamic Religion

Here is a list of 15 tips to follow when raising children on Islam:

1. Teach them the Importance of only worshipping Allah: The best thing to do when children are very young, exposing them to this kind of environment, and emphasize that this religion is Allah’s message to us through his Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him).

2. Go out with them as a family: Take trips with your family rather than letting them only go out with their friends to change the influence on them, and always let them be around whom you want them to take their manners and values from, other than giving them your company.

3. Don’t spoil them: If kids always get what they want, that will be their expectation for everything in the future. Be careful of what you buy for them and make them feel how privileged they are.

4. Perform acts of worship together: As said before, kids are influenced by what they are around, especially when young. With that said, praying with them will have a really positive effect on them when they are older, or at least praying in front of them will also give them this advantage. Also make sure to tell them about the rewards of this act so that they don’t feel as though it is a burden on them.

5. Give examples: Such as telling them about the Sahaba (friends of prophet Mohammad) instead of modern day make-belief superheroes such as superman etc. especially because they aren’t Muslim, and may have a bad influence on your child (girlfriends and so on.)

6. Don’t humiliate yourself or them: Nobody is perfect and children are a good example of such people. They might mess up in something and you end up humiliating them in front of their friends, even if they were trying to please you! Instead tell them what’s right in private.

7. Sports: Our prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) encouraged parents to teach their kids sports and specified horse-riding, bow and arrow throwing, and swimming. They help, along with any other sport, on building body for when it’s necessary as long as they keep away from forbidden acts.

8. Make them feel as a part of the family: Consult them in family matters, such as vacations to make them feel as though they play a role in the growth of the family.

9. Praise them for good doing: When you praise a kid (especially in front of others) that makes them feel proud of themselves and gives them a bigger motive to do more good deeds.

10. Emphasize Halaal: Don’t spend your life on teaching them what is forbidden, but teach them about the beauty of other things in life, because Islam is still full of halaal.

11. Set yourself as a good example: You ARE the children’s best example in life, so if you do forbidden acts, expect your children to do the exact same. Speak rudely to your parents? Be sure to expect that from your kids. Set a good example and you will be surprised.

12. Don’t let your relationship be like friend to friend: It is common to see kids treating their parents like friends and in Islam, it simply just doesn’t work that way. Friends might talk to each other in a way that isn’t supposed to be implemented into a parent-child bond. They should know to respect you while still being able to share their concerns with you.

13. Make them feel the sense of responsibility: Give them chores or certain tasks and expect from them to complete it as best they can. That sense of responsibility will carry on with them to when they are older and will be one of the best values they will have.

14. Treat them with kindness: Treat people the way you expect to be treated, a phrase heard all over the place, for a reason. When you treat your child kindly they will treat you kindly in return and that will reflect on all the other people they interact with, for the best.

15. Let children sit with adults: Adults are more mature, so that will teach the kids to act more mature with others, especially when listening to Islamic lectures.

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