Category: Children
Children Like Parents
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 ليدلی نه دی '𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂...
View DetailsProverb About Ants
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.’...
View DetailsBorn For Another Era
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 different era than you.’ [‘Ighathatu al-Lahf...
View DetailsHeal Your Wounds
‘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 cause us problems. Any little thing becomes an excuse to release our anger. اتقوا الظلم، إنه ظلمات يوم...
View DetailsMother’s Love
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!’ Mother’s tend to see the best in their children. Their love for their ch...
View DetailsChildren Like Their Parents
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 will rise.” Children become replicas of their parents, so make sure you ...
View DetailsRespect
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 to buy a monkey, so he went to a store. Man: "How much is this monkey?" Seller: "$...
View DetailsNever Suppress Opinions
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 "I learned something that you do not k...
View DetailsChildren Of Paradise
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 الجنة. قال: فيقولون: يا رب آباؤنا وأمهاتنا. قال: فيقول: ادخلوا الجنة أنتم وآ...
View DetailsRaising Children
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 replied: “Seven months old.” The wise man said: “You’ve left this very late. You should have come to me when you ...
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