date: 12/13/2015
Duration: 20

Islamic Upbringing on Call of Islam Radio (Part 3)

Islamic Upbringing, an audio commentary based on the book Children in the Quran and Sunnah , authored by Ayatullah Muhammadi Rayshahri and translated by Dar al-Hadith International DepartmentIslamic Upbringing, an audio commentary based on the book Children in the Quran and Sunnah

Hadith No.  4

رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله): اِتَّخِذُوا الأَهلَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ أَرزَقُ لَكُم.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Establish a family, as it will increase your sustenance.”

Hadith No. 6

رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله): لا يَدَع أحَدُكُم طَلَبَ الوَلَدِ؛ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إذا ماتَ و لَيسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ انقَطَعَ اسمُهُ.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “None of you should give up seeking to have a child, for when a person dies without having a child, his name will discontinue.”

Hadith No. 8

رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله): ما وُلِدَ في أهلِ بَيتٍ غُلامٌ إلّا أصبَحَ فيهِم عِزٌّ لَم يَكُن.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is no child born in a family without the family gaining honor they did not previously enjoy.”

Hadith No. 12

رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله): إنَّ لِكُلِّ شَى‏ءٍ ثَمَرَةً، و ثَمَرَةَ القَلبِ الوَلَدُ.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Verily, everything has a fruit, and the fruit of one’s heart is his child.”

Hadith No. 15

الإمام الكاظم (علیه السلام):  سَعَدَ امرُؤٌ لَم يَمُت حَتَّى يَرى خَلَفا مِن نَفسِهِ.

Imam al-Kazim (a.s.) said: “A person is happy that can see a successor (offspring) for himself before his death.”  

Hadith No. 16

الكافي عن بكر بن صالح: كَتَبتُ إلى أبِي الحَسَنِ (علیه السلام):  إنِّي اجتَنَبتُ طَلَبَ الوَلَدِ مُنذُ خَمسِ سِنينَ، و ذلِكَ أنَّ أهلي كَرِهَت ذلِكَ و قالَت: إنَّهُ يَشتَدُّ عَلَيَ تَربِيَتُهُم؛ لِقِلَّةِ الشَّيءِ، فَما تَرىٰ؟ فَكَتَبَ إلَيَ: اُطلُبِ الوَلَدَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ‏  عزوجل يَرزُقُهُم.

al-Kafi, narrating from Bakr ibn Salih who wrote to Abu al-Hasan [al-Kazim] (a.s.):  “I have been avoiding having a child for five years, and it’s because my wife does not like it and she says that it will be difficult to raise them due to lack of wealth. What is your opinion?” He wrote back: “Seek in having a child, for Allah will provide their sustenance.”

Hadith No. 21

رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله): مِن نِعمَةِ الله‏ِِ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ أن يُشبِهَهُ وَلَدُهُ.

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “From the blessings of Allah upon a man is that his child looks like him.”

Hadith No. 23

الإمام الباقر (علیه السلام): مِن سَعادَةِ الرَّجُلِ أن يَكونَ لَهُ الوَلَدُ يُعرَفُ فيهِ شِبهُهُ، خَلقُهُ وخُلُقُهُ وشَمائِلُهُ.

Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said: “From among the signs of a man’s happiness is that his son is similar to him in body, morals and behavior.”

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