FIRST WORDS

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim

Assalam alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatu

The following incident was mentioned by a Shaikh from Toronto, Canada. The incident is about his 18 months old daughter. The shaikh also has a son who is about 3 years old and he had already started teaching the young son about Quran and Hadith without wasting any time. Masha Allah, the boy has already memorized Surah Al-Fatiha and various other surahs. One day, his young daughter who is only 18 months old was sitting beside the son while he was asked to recite Surah Al-Fatiha by the father, shaikh. This little girl is pronouncing her first words clearly in these days. Now, when the son recited the 5th verse of Surah Al-Fatiha until "Ihdina Sirat...", the small girl suddenly said "Al Mustaqim" and completed the verse. Subhana Allah! How blessed is this child whose first words are among the words of the Holy Quran, which she learned through her father when he was teaching her brother.

It is very important to teach Islam to our children in their early childhood. We can easily bend trees in any direction when they are still small. But when the trees become big and tall, 10 people pushing together is unable to bend them. Similarly, teaching the children when they are young is necessary so that they go towards the right direction.

Raising a child(ren) is no easy task. May Allah help us in having complete families with spouses of good akhlaq as a role for our children to grow with good akhlaq and love Islam.