“You should be aware of the fact that your child has come...

“You should be aware of the fact that your child has come from you and that people associate his good or bad deeds with you. You are responsible to teach him good manners, and to guide him to the way of the Creator of the World and to help him on obeying Him. Most assuredly, you will be rewarded for the being good to your child, and will be punished for abusing him.” [^7] Imam As-Sadiq (as) says: برالرجل بولده بره بوالديه.

“He who is beneficent to his child, is so to his parents” [^8] Our seventh Imam, Imam Musa al-Kazim,[^9] (as) says: يستحب عرامة الغلام فى صغره ليكون حليما فى كبره. “It is appropriate to encourage a boy during his childhood to do difficult work in order to grow up a patient and meek adult.” [^10] The Child As you admit for the most part, rearing a child and preparing him for a material and spiritual life is up to his parents. [^1]: Wafi, 12th part, pp. 210-211 [^2]: Wafi, 12th part, pp.

210-211 [^3]: Wafi, 12th part, pp. 210-211 [^4]: Wafi, 12th part, pp. 219-211 [^5]: Al Imam Ali, vol. III, p 733 [^6]: Nahjul Balagha, p. 546. [^7]: Wafi, Part III, p.127 [^8]: Wafi, part II, p. 211 [^9]: The Seventh Imam, Musa, entitled al-Kazim (128/44-183/799). The son of the sixth, he was contemprerary with such Abbasid caliphs as al-Mansur and Harun al-Rashid. He lived most of his life in Medina with several restrictions placed upon him and finally died in prison in Bagdad.

After him, the Imams were often not able to live in their traditional home of Medina, but were forced to remain near the caliph in Baghdad or Samara. He is buried in Kazimayn in Iraq. [^10]: Wafi, Part II,P. 211 Previous…