Hazrat Ali (ASWS) has expressed in the following manner...

Hazrat Ali (ASWS) has expressed in the following manner:- Whosoever has imparted proper education will tremble less, and whosoever has a lacking in his education will stumble more.48 Further in these words, lmam Zain-uI-Abe;deen (ASWS), preaches the lesson regarding the obligation for education: ___________________________________ 44. Surah Mariu'm, Verse: 5-6 45. Mus'tadrak a]-Wasa'il, WI: 2, Page: 625. 46. Usool-e-Kafi VoI: 6. Page: 48. Mustadrak ul-Wasa'il, Vol: 2, Page:25. 47.

Mus'tadrak al-Wase'iI, Vol: 2, Page: 625 4~. Gura'r-uI-Hakarn. Page: 45. One of the rights of your son on you is, to consider him as yours, and should also know that in this world every good and bad act performed by him, and the relation of each of his virtue and evil is linked with you.

You must know that, due to the relation of being a guardian, the responsibility of infusing "decent etiquette" in your child has been vested upon you, and to draw his attention towards Allah is also your obligation. Besides this, it is also your duty to assist your son in praying and in submission to Allah. Not only this!

but to impart admirable education, having complete faith that if you succeed in fulfilling the right (due upon you) then you would be rewarded for it, and if you, had been negligent then you would certainly be penalized for it.49 Sadiq-e-Ale-Muhammad Hazrat lmam Jaffar Sadiq (ASWS) Says:- "The most precious heritage for your sons is not goods and wealth, but etiquettes and education.

"50 Not only every sentence in the Grace of Allah Almighty, but even each and every word of the supplications regarding his progeny, uttered by the minaret of guidance for the knowledgeable.

Hazrat lmam Zain-ul-Abe'deen (ASWS), is an illustration of elegance in desire and of absolute sincerity, but while demanding boundless dignity and honour for his dear ones, of what he has been desirous for himself from the Almighty Creator, should be considered as the ultimate wish of all sensible "parents" in times immemorial! Every individual needs to engross upon his heart the following "thought provoking, creative and directive sentence" of the lmam. Oh Allah!

help me in educating my children in modeling their etiquettes, and in enriching them with virtues.51 ************************ __________________ 49. Maka'rirn-ulAkhlaq, Page:232, Thu'f-uI-Aqua'l, Page: 189, published in Beirut. 50. Roza'-e-kafi', VoI: 8, Page: 150-Tehran 51. "Due'-le-Waladehi", Sahifa Kamila, Page: 143, Printed in London. 7.