All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—and may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace and security—likewise to his family, Companions, and true followers.
[24/12/2024] Examples of Child Cultivation According to the Salaf – – SalafiPublications Winter Conference 2024 – Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
Some points discussed during this lesson:
– 1. Cultivating the children upon seeking knowledge.
– Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه الله) on the most noble thing in existence.
– The story of how ‘Abdul-Awwal b. ‘Īsā as-Sijzī walked from Harāh to Būshnaj with his father (رحمهم الله) in search of ḥadīth.
– Benefits from the story.
– 2. Cultivating the children upon Murāqabah.
– Examples of the Salaf instilling murāqabah and fear of Allāh in the youth.
– 3. Cultivating the children to love the People of Īmān and Sunnah and to take good companions.
– Anas b. Mālik on how the Salaf used to teach their children to love Abū Bakr and ‘Umar (رضى الله عنهم).
– Ṣāliḥ b. Imām Aḥmad (رحمهم الله) on how his father would direct him to look at the zuhhād (plural of zāhid).
– Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī’s (رحمه الله) advice to distance your children from bad companions.
– The initial corruption of a child.
– 4. Cultivating the children upon memorising the Qur’ān.
– The story of how ‘Amr b. Salamah (رضى الله عنه) memorised Qur’ān at a young age.
– The benefit of memorising the Qur’ān before the age of puberty.
– 5. Cultivating the children upon Dhikr (remembering Allāh) and the legislated supplications.
– Four connections between du’ā and trials.
– Examples of the Messenger ﷺ teaching supplications to his Companions.
– 6. Cultivating the children to have istiqāmah and patience upon the Sunnah.
– Examples of this from the mother of al-Aswad, ‘Abdul-Ghaniy al-Maqdisī, the mother of Sufyān ath-Thawrī, Muḥammad b. as-Sa’dī, and ‘Ubaydullāh b. Aqram al-Makhzūmī (رحمهم الله).
– Examples of the Salaf showing kindness and being playful with their children.
– Benefits from the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah when he went with the Messenger ﷺ to the house of Fāṭimah asking (i.e. the Messenger ﷺ) for Ḥasan (رضى الله عنهم).
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