SHOW LOVE TO CHILDREN

WHY DO WE ALWAYS, SEEM TO HAVE NO TIME FOR OUR CHILDREN, YET ALWAYS
FIND THE TIME TO WORK MORE?

WAKE UP PARENTS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE! WAKE UP BEFORE YOUR TIME IS
OVER AND YOU ARE FULL OF REGRETS AND WISHES. WISHING THAT YOU RAISED
YOUR CHILD IN A BETTER MANNER; WISHING YOU HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO
ENJOY EVERY BLESSING YOUR CHILD HAD TO OFFER; WISHING THAT YOU HAD
HUGGED OR KISSED YOUR CHILD MORE OFTEN.

THE MOMENTS OF CHILDHOOD CAN NEVER BE REPLACED. YOU WILL NEVER ABLE
TO GET BACK THE EXPERIENCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO YOU WHEN YOUR
CHILD WAS THREE MONTHS OR 1 YEAR OR 5 OR 10 YEARS. THEY WILL PASS
QUICKLY- IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REFLECT UPON THE REWARDS THAT ALLAH HAS TO OFFER
US FOR THE GOOD DEEDS THAT WE PERFORM. ALLAH GIVES GIFTS TO THOSE
WHO OBEY HIM, BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE HEREAFTER. WHILE CHILDREN
ARE A TEST FOR US, THEY ARE ALSO THE GREATEST GIFTS WE WILL EVER
RECEIVE FROM ALMIGHTY ALLAH. NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO THE HUGS,
SMILES, AND LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN. THEIR INNOCENCE, BEAUTY, AND GLOW
SHOULD REMIND US OF ALLAH AND THE BOUNTIES HE HAS TO OFFER. SEEING
OUR CHILDREN SHOULD REMIND US OF ALLAH'S GRACE THAT THEY ARE AMONG
US.

WHEN ALLAH ORDERS US TO BE KIND TO CHILDREN, THE BENEFITS OF
OBEDIENCE TO HIM COME ONLY TO OURSELVES ALLAH DOES NOT NEED ANYTHING
FROM US; HE IS SELF SUSTAINING, BEYOND ANY NEED. ALLAH ONLY ORDERS
THINGS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR US AND INCREASES OUR WORSHIP OF
HIM. WHEN WE ARE KIND TO OUR CHILDREN, WE REAP THE REWARDS AND THIS
SHOULD LEAD TO US TO OBEY AND WORSHIHP ALLAH EVEN MORE. HOW COULD WE
MISS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO COME CLOSE TO OUR LORD?

REFLECTS OUR LEVEL OF EMAN AND THE MERCY THAT IS WITHIN OUR HEARTS,
AS NOTED IN THE FOLLOWING AHADEETH: " A NORMAD CAME TO THE MESSENGER
OF ALLAH-PEACE BE UPON HIM- REPLIED: I CANNOT HELP YOU SINCE ALLAH
HAS WITHDRAWN MERCY FROM YOUR HEART. ~~BUKHARI AND MUSLIM

"WHEN THE PROPHET-PEACE BE UPON HIM- KISSED HIS GRANDSON, HASAN BIN
ALI, IN THE PRESENCE OD AQRA BIN HABIS, AQRA: 'I HAVE 10 CHILDREN,
AND I HAVE NEVER KISSED ANY OF THEM.' AT THAT, THE PROPHET -PEACE BE
UPON HIM- LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID: HE WHO IS NOT KIND TO OTHERS WILL
NOT RECEIVE KINDNESS. KISSING AND HUGGING A CHILD IS SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD COME NATURALLY.

WHEN PERSON IS NOT EVEN ABLE TO DO THIS, IT IS SIGN THAT MERCY AND
COMPASSION HAVE LEFT THE HEART. HOW COULD A PARENT DO MORE WHEN
BASIC EMOTIONS AND ACTIONS ARE MISSING?

IF THIS IS THE CASE, THE PARENT NEEDS TO EVALUATE HIS OR HER LEVEL
OF EMAN AND CORRECT IT; NOT ONLY FOR HIS OR HER SAKE, BUT FOR THE
SAKE OF THE CHILDREN TODAY. GIVE THEM A HUG, A SMILE, A KISS. SHARE
A STORY OF OUR BELOVED SABAHAH, OUR DEEN. THE REWARDS ONLY COME TO
YOU AND THEY ARE THE MOST GLORIOUS ONES THAT ALMIGHTY ALLAH HAS TO
OFFER.

AVOID REGRET AND SORROW. DIRECT YOURSELF TO ALLAH AND HE WILL GUIDE
YOU TO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGNS OF HIS MAJESTY. IT IS THE
SIGN THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU, IN THE EYES OF YOUR CHILD.