Don’t get me wrong.

I am not asking you to go out there and start scouting for the “infidels” and try to convert them to Islam. I am not asking you to go out there to every conference to deliver talks and get paid thousands of dollars. I am not asking you to go out there to start fighting political battles.

What I’m asking you to do simply is become the spiritual guide of your child. Focus all your dawah towards the worldly and celestial success of this gift of God to you.

Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversations. — Lydia H. Sigourney

Start with yourself. Improve and mend your own character.

A well-trained child is the most valuable legacy you can give to the world.

Remember, though, you can’t just raise and train a child that smoothly. There are hurdles you will have to cross to achieve success.

You may be a part of the hurdles.

Sometimes, the child you are raising is the problem. Other times, the environment is the problem.

And it is frustrating when your child and the environment compete against you. Even then, you still can win… a tough battle.

How to Make Dawah Work for Your Parenting

The job of a dawah worker is to make people understand Islam so beautifully that they fall in love with it.

It doesn’t matter if they are not going to embrace Islam. But to get them to care about its teachings so much that they want to adopt those teachings in their own lives.

As a da’i parent, though, there is an extra for you here. You actually want your child to not only love Islam but to embrace it fully till their last day.

And you will have to be forward-thinking to achieve that. Because the Prophet (saw) said:

Every child is born on the fitrah. It is the parents that make it a Jew, Christian or idol worshipper.

This simply tells you that you must prepare to train your child right before s/he is born. And that is for every child.

The experiences you used in training your firstborn might be utterly different from those you need to train your last child. Time changes, and the realities of life change with it.

Part of preparation is to understand what is going on in your community before your child is born. What can you do to mitigate the adverse social problems that can affect the Islam of your unborn child before they become adolescents and afterwards?

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