214. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “The best thing that fathers could leave for their children as inheritance is manners, not wealth, for wealth perishes but manners remain.”1
215. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “A believing servant [of Allah] will continue to bequeath knowledge and righteous manners as inheritance for his family in order to help them all enter Heaven so that it [Heaven] will not be empty of them, whether young, old, a servant or a neighbour. A disobedient servant [of Allah] will continue to bequeath bad manners for his family which causes them all to enter Hell so that it will not be empty of them, whether young, old , servant or a neighbour.”2
216. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.): Luqmān said: “O my child! If you are disciplined during your childhood, you will enjoy it when you grow old. He who cares about manners attaches importance to it, and he who attaches importance to it will strive to learn it, and he who strives to learn it will seek for it intensely, and he whose seeking is intense will gain its advantages.”3
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The Responsibility for Education of the Child
217. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Indeed all of you are guardians and all of you are responsible for your subjects. The governor who rules over the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects [and will be questioned about them]. A man is the guardian of his family and he is responsible for them. A wife is the guardian for her husband’s house and his children and she is responsible for them. A servant is the guardian for the wealth of his master and he is responsible for them. Behold, indeed all of you are guardians and all of you are responsible for your subjects.”4
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۸, p. ۱۵۰, h. ۱۳۲, narrating from Mas‘adah ibn Sadaqah. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۵۰۳۶.
2.. Da‘ā'im al-Islām, vol. ۱, p. ۸۲.
3.. Qisas al-Anbiyā', p. ۱۹۴, h. ۲۴۳, narrating from Hammād ibn ‘Isā. Tafsir al-Qummi, vol. ۲, p. ۱۶۴. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۳, p. ۴۱۱.
4.. Sahih Muslim, vol. ۳, p. ۱۴۵۹, h. ۲۰. Sunan Abu Dāwud, vol. ۳, p. ۱۳۰, h. ۲۹۲۸. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Umar.
