Similarly children are responsible to discharge their...

Similarly children are responsible to discharge their obligation towards parents" Wafi, 12th part, pp. 210-211 "May Allah have mercy upon those parents who help their children so that the children could reciprocate the same tawards them. They asked how can they help. He replied by accepting any easy task he may fulfill; and by not requiring him to do hard labour; and by not being rough and unfair to him." Wafi, 12th part, pp.

219-211 Imam Ali (as) says: "Do not force your children in having the same characteristics as you do. Because they created in an era which is different from yours." Al Imam Ali, vol. III, p 733 Further he said: "A father has three obligations towards his child: 1. To give him a good name, 2: To raise him in a good manner, and 3: To teach him Holy Qur'an. Nahjul Balagha, p. 546.

I think, by this, he does not merely mean the proununciation of Qur'anic words, but rather the practice and implementation of its commondments, method, and its exalted moral guidelines in their day of day lives. You should familiarize yourself with the sublim realities in the Qur'anic text, so that you can meet your spiritual needs. What better honour is there to lead a life according to the teaching of the Holy Qur'an.

Our fourth Imam, Imam Sajjad (as) says: "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." Wafi, Part III, p.127 Imam al-Sadiq (as) says: "He who is beneficient to his child, is so to his parents" - Wafi, part II, p. 211 Our seventh Imam, Imam Musa al-Kazim,1 (as) says: "It is appropriate to encourage a boy during his childhood to do difficult work in order to grow up a patient and meek adult." - Wafi, Part II,P.

211 ____________ 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 oftern 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.