These days we look around and see what the state of the world has become. There is no peace, all one sees is violence and anxiety. Talking a bit about my own country, it seems to hold more true. I wonder that where are the khomenies(r.a), behjats(r.a), tabatabies(r.a) of this time? Why dont we have such leaders anymore? Whats lacking in Pakistan that we are deprived of such leadership? Is this not the simplest solution? If a leader like that comes all problems might go away? Thinking about this made me wonder that is it not something lacking in the parenting skills that has created this vacuum? If only the mothers of today realized what power and opportunity they had within their grasp.
A recent narration of an event made me strongly wonder about this point. A very famous and pious narrator/scholar(maybe sheik at-thani-r.a. or sheikh tusi-r.a....not sure) lived all his life with utmost piety and never even got involved in any makrooh activity. After a few years when he was married and had kids, one day a guy came and complained that his kid had damaged some possession he had. The sheikh was distressed to an extreme. He thought to himself...Ya Allah(swt) i have never involved myself in even a makhrooh activity...how is it possible that my kid did such a thing. While he was thinking this he remembered that once when his wife was pregnant she had taken a needle and pierced someone else's pomegranate and tasted the juice. At this point he realized what the consequence of such an activity had on his kid.
Can you even begin to imagine the implication of this event? Look how even the smallest of our actions have an affect on the kids. Yet we pay no heed to whats happening...we just go on with our business without taking the upbringing of the kids seriously.
Another event related to this is about Bibi Fatima(s.a). Once she was working on the wheat mill and taking care of her son Imam Hussain(a.s) [i think?] when Hazart Salman-e Farsi(a.s) showed up and told her to let him help her with some difficult task so that her burden may be divided. Bibi(a.s) accepted his request and asked him to work on the wheat mill. Do you think that a person from Ahlul Bayt(s.a) would give a harder task to someone else and themselves take the light one. No...right? that means Bibi(a.s) knew that taking care of a kid was the most difficult task and gave Hazrat Salman(a.s) the lighter task. Even for a second she didnt trust someone as pious and pure as Hazrat Salman(a.s) to take care of her kids.
Yet look at people around us...leaving their kids with ayahs and maids. With not a concern as to what their kids might be learning.
All day long we wonder at the state of affairs of the world and especially our country Pakistan. Yet the solution is simple...raise someone like Imam Khomeni(r.a.). Is someone up for the challenge? Or is whining simply easier?
Please ponder over the power granted to you as parents and especially as mothers.
Here is a reference for people who might be interested to know how to manage the upbringing of their children: Principles of Upbringing Children
A recent narration of an event made me strongly wonder about this point. A very famous and pious narrator/scholar(maybe sheik at-thani-r.a. or sheikh tusi-r.a....not sure) lived all his life with utmost piety and never even got involved in any makrooh activity. After a few years when he was married and had kids, one day a guy came and complained that his kid had damaged some possession he had. The sheikh was distressed to an extreme. He thought to himself...Ya Allah(swt) i have never involved myself in even a makhrooh activity...how is it possible that my kid did such a thing. While he was thinking this he remembered that once when his wife was pregnant she had taken a needle and pierced someone else's pomegranate and tasted the juice. At this point he realized what the consequence of such an activity had on his kid.
Can you even begin to imagine the implication of this event? Look how even the smallest of our actions have an affect on the kids. Yet we pay no heed to whats happening...we just go on with our business without taking the upbringing of the kids seriously.
Another event related to this is about Bibi Fatima(s.a). Once she was working on the wheat mill and taking care of her son Imam Hussain(a.s) [i think?] when Hazart Salman-e Farsi(a.s) showed up and told her to let him help her with some difficult task so that her burden may be divided. Bibi(a.s) accepted his request and asked him to work on the wheat mill. Do you think that a person from Ahlul Bayt(s.a) would give a harder task to someone else and themselves take the light one. No...right? that means Bibi(a.s) knew that taking care of a kid was the most difficult task and gave Hazrat Salman(a.s) the lighter task. Even for a second she didnt trust someone as pious and pure as Hazrat Salman(a.s) to take care of her kids.
Yet look at people around us...leaving their kids with ayahs and maids. With not a concern as to what their kids might be learning.
All day long we wonder at the state of affairs of the world and especially our country Pakistan. Yet the solution is simple...raise someone like Imam Khomeni(r.a.). Is someone up for the challenge? Or is whining simply easier?
Please ponder over the power granted to you as parents and especially as mothers.
Here is a reference for people who might be interested to know how to manage the upbringing of their children: Principles of Upbringing Children
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