THE MUSLIM HOME. EPISODE 🔟 - Forming the Household 8️⃣

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*THE MUSLIM HOME*

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*EPISODE 🔟 - Forming the Household 8️⃣*

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*8️⃣ Teaching the Family*

This is an obligation which the head of the household must undertake, in obedience to the command of Allaah: 

*“O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire Hell] whose fuel is men and stones . . .”*

[Qur'aan 66:6]

This Aayah is the basic principle regarding the teaching and upbringing of one's family, and enjoining them to do what is good and forbidding them to do what is evil. There follow some of the comments of the Mufassireen on this Aayah, in so far as it pertains to the duties of the head of the household. Qataadah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: _“He should command them to obey Allaah, and forbid them to disobey Him, and direct them in accordance with the commands of Allaah, and help them to do that.”_

Dhahhaak and Muqaatil, may Allaah have mercy on them, said: _“It is the Muslim’s duty to teach his family, including relatives and female slaves, what Allaah has enjoined upon them and what He has forbidden.”_

Al-Bukhaari, may Allaah have mercy on him, quoted in his Saheeh, in the chapter headed 'A man’s teaching his female slaves and wife,' the Hadeeth of the Prophet ‎(ﷺ): *_“There are three who will have two rewards: … a man who has a female slave whom he teaches good manners and teaches her well, and teaches her knowledge, and teaches her well, then he frees her and marries her: he will have two rewards.”_*

Ibn Hajar, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, commenting on this Hadeeth: _“The chapter heading refers specifically to female slaves, and to wives by analogy, i.e., teaching one’s free wife about her duties towards Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger is more clearly essential than teaching one's female slaves.”_

In the midst of all a man’s activities, work and other commitments, he may forget to allow himself time for teaching his wife. One solution to this is to allocate some time for the family, and even for others such as relatives, to hold a study-circle at home. He can let everyone know the time and encourage them to come regularly, so that it will be an ongoing commitment for him and for them.

_To be continued... إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎_

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