Children

Belittling Children -يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُّغَيْرُ ‏ There was a little boy who had a little sparrow. This little sparrow died, so the Prophet wanted to cheer the…

The way a person's parents are, that's how they will usually be [exceptions apply].... A Pashtun poet says : هره ونه خپله خپله مېوه نيسي په نارنج کې مې انار…

The people of the past used to say: إذا أراد الله هلاك النملة أنبت لها جناحين ‘𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿.’

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim quotes a beautiful saying: لا تكرهوا أولادكم على آثاركم فإنهم مخلوقون لزمان غير زمانكم ‘Don’t force your traditions upon your children, because they were created for a…

‘𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.’ When we stress, we tend to take our anger out at those who didn’t…

It is said: ‎القرد في عين أمه غزال ‘A monkey is a gazelle - in its mother’s eyes.’ And a hedgehog said to its child: ‘how soft is your back!’…

Our elders used to say: د کارغه له ځالې کارغه الوځي او باز له ځالې باز. “From a crow’s nest, a crow will rise. From an eagle’s nest, an eagle…

If you want your family members to be respected by others, you should always respect them and never disrespect them in front of others. There's a story: A man wanted…

Never suppress the opinions of little ones, they may know something that the knowledgeable elders don't know. The Hoopoe bird said to the Prophet Sulayman: أحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ…

The Prophet ﷺ said: يقال للولدان يوم القيامة: أدخلوا الجنة قال: فيقولون: يا ربنا حتى يدخل آباؤنا وأمهاتنا. قال: فيأبون. قال: فيقول الله عز وجل: ما لي أراهم محبنطئين، ادخلوا…

A father went to a wise man and asked: “Can you tell me how I can best raise my son?” The wise man asked: “How old is he?” The father…

As adults, we should be very careful with our behaviour, because children look up to us. They imitate us, we set the norms & culture. A poet says: إذا كان…