Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Parents' responsibilities for children's religious upbringing

“What are the responsibilities of parents regarding their children's religious upbringing? Please guide us in this.”Asked by Tariq Badr

He answers at 1:12:36 in The Importance of the Quran · 2 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:12:36
maulana, agla sawal tariq badar sahib ka hai aur unho ne aap se poocha hai what are the responsibilities of parents regarding their childrens religious upbringing? please guide us in this. achha, main to samajhta hoon ke is zamane mein jo main jaanta hoon, parent jo hain bas do and don't ki zuban bolne bolte rehte hain.
1:13:07
yeh karo, woh na karo, yeh na karo, woh na karo. do and don't ki zuban se kabhi islaah ho nahi sakti, namumkin hai. aap ko you have to, you have to see the root cause. to main ne is wajah se socha hai jo root cause hai woh woh do cheezein hain. ek to bachon ki pampering. tamam parent apne bachon ki pampering karte hain aur doosri cheez hai ghar ka mahaul. yani ghar ka mahaul jo hai woh agar materialistic hai aur aap chahein ke un ko akhirat oriented banayein, akhirat oriented thinking un ki nazar laayein to woh aa nahi sakta.
1:13:59
yani bachchon ke agar bachchon ke andar agar aap chahte hain akhirat oriented thinking to ghar ke mahaul ko ghair wadi banana hoga. is tarah bachchon ko chahte hain ke aap realist banen, realist to unko pampering chhodna padega. to asal cheez yahi hai ke hum root cause ko daryaft karen aur jahan root cause hai wahan se islaah ki koshish karen. root cause hat kar ke islaah ki koshish ki jayegi to woh effective nahin hogi. maulana, agla sawal kya hai? ek cheez aur is mein main izafa karunga ke insaan jo hai chahe bachcha ho ya bada, woh ek rational yani rational creature hai,
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