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The Methods of Child-Upbringing And Lady Fatima Zahra 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Methods of Child-Upbringing And Lady Fatima Zahra 2 2021-06-22 401 Views Child Upbringing In this part of the article titled “The Methods of Child-Upbringing And Lady Fatima Zahra”, we shall continue with other relevant points in this regards.

Paying Attention to the Needs of Children One of the most important factors for the mental and physical well-being of a child is nutrition and the other is hygiene. Thus providing for these needs of the child, guarantees his physical and psychological well-being for life. Many of the psychological and mental problems that surface in adulthood too, have their roots in unfulfilled childhood need and desires.

Moreover, the mutual effects between the body and the spirit should never be taken for granted or neglected. There is no doubt that a sick body distresses the soul, while an unrestfull soul causes physical disorders. History has recorded that time and again, Hazrat Fatima (PBUH) would go hungry in order to feed her children. It is said that once, because of scarcity of water, the Muslims of Medina were facing severe problems.

Like any other mother, Fatima (PBUH) was concerned about her sons Imam Hassan and Hussain (PBUH) and took them to her father, the Prophet (PBUH&H). She expressed her concern to her father saying that she was worried since her children were small and couldn’t bear the thirst. Seeing Fatima distressed, the Prophet (PBUHH) put his tongue into the mouths of his two grandsons.

This immediately soothed Fatima (PBUH) and relieved her of her concern as well as satiated the extreme thirst of the two children (1). Fatima (PBUH) loved her children so deeply and was so full of compassion that towards the end of her life, she was very worried about her small children. Her main worry was that these children would be deprived of a mother’s love which no one else could probably be able to compensate for.

Foreseeing the plight of her motherless children, Fatima (PBUH) suggested that her husband Imam Ali (PBUH) married someone who would take care of her children, after her demise.(2) As we all know, Fatima (PBUH) was deeply-grieved after the demise of her father and it is said that a large part of her pain was because her children were deprived of the love and care of the Prophet (PBUHH) and their grandfather.