Raising children in Islam is one of the important points that the Islamic religion focuses on because of its importance in preparing good generations.
Islam took great care in the smallest details of raising children because the child is the building block and the foundation of society, and it is the most important responsibility that man will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection.
Raising a child is an extension of good deeds and a great reward for the educator. By raising a good boy who prays for him, a person ensures the continuity of increasing the good deeds in the balance of his deeds.
Therefore, every educator must be familiar with the most important basic points on which the upbringing of children in Islam is based, to have the right standard and the correct reference on which to base his actions and words.
The Art of raising children in Islam
honor the child
Building the Child’s Islamic Personality
Building a child’s morals
Taking care of the child emotionally and psychologically
Building a Child’s Faith
Raising the child on the righteousness of the parents
methods of disciplining a child
child education
child’s physical health
Teaching and training the child to worship
Certainly, there are other detailed points that Islam is concerned with, but here we will deal with the matter in general, God willing, to help every educator properly understand the upbringing of children in Islam.
honor the child
The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, commanded honoring the child by choosing a beautiful name for the child that would not be strange or bad
Imam Ahmad and the Companions of the Sunan narrated that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: Name the prophets, and the most beloved names to God Almighty are Abdullah and Abd al-Rahman, and the most truthful are Harith and Hammam, and the ugliest of them is war and bitterness).
He also ordered the selection of a suitable mother for the child from the beginning to improve his upbringing and treat him properly.
Islam also forbids insulting a child, hitting him in the face, cursing him, or describing him with bad qualities when he makes a mistake. Rather, the child is directed, taught, and trained in the correct behavior.
This is an essential point that we raise our children on when we tell them about the problem of bullying and its bad impact on people because it makes them lose a sense of honor.
Building the Child’s Islamic Personality
In Islam, the child’s personality is built through the four basic axes
body.
mind.
self.
the spirit.
Each side of them is a large section and contains many details, but here we will talk in general about some points
body:
Islam’s interest in the health of the child appeared through the prohibition of breastfeeding and ordering the mother to breastfeed her child for two full years, which is proven by modern science of the importance of breastfeeding on the psychological health of the child and his physical health.
Mind:
This is done through educating the child from an early age to brighten his perceptions and refine his mental skills. This is not limited to academic education, but rather all the skills and information of religious and practical life.
And telling stories to children from the stories of the prophets and companions has a great role in teaching the child and raising him properly, and the evidence is a large number of stories in the Qur’an.
One of the important points in the mental aspect is that the child’s speech should be according to his intellect and that the dialogue with him be calm and balanced.
self:
Through the Qur’anic verses, we can see the commands of God Almighty to us in the importance of our thinking about ourselves and God Almighty’s creation for us with our great psychological complexity.
For a person to truly know his Lord, he must first know himself, because the human soul is a breath of God’s spirit.
One of the basics of raising a child is to introduce him to feelings, values, ideas, inputs, and so on.
The child must be trained to deal with his feelings and himself in different situations, such as the hadith of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and do not get angry.
One of the sciences that helps a person to know himself is psychology, especially the part related to mental health.
the spirit:
A person who does not feed his soul lives miserably and does not know a goal for life and does not feel contentment.
The best source of nourishment for the soul is its creator, so the educator must raise his son to love God Almighty and to adhere to acts of worship and obedience that bring us closer to God.
Our role is to start this matter early with children by telling stories about God, the prophets, and others.
Children begin to be trained in worship from birth by hearing the Qur’an, kissing them during and after worship, and not getting angry at them, so it is associated with the child that the time of worship is a time of peace, love, and happiness.
