The ailments...

The ailments, which can affect the children, are infantile paralysis, boils on the body, measles, diphtheria, convulsions, kalazar etc. Preventive vaccinations against such ailments are given to the babies. Generally paediatric hospitals have facilities of giving free preventive vaccinations to children against these diseases. The parents have no excuse to neglect their duty of getting timely preventive care for the children.

If any disease afflicts the child because of their carelessness, they will be answerable to Allah and their conscience too will ever curse them. It must be understood that it is the responsibility of the parents that they take good care of the health and well being of their children that they grow into fit humans. [^1]: Majma al-zawaid, v5, p.132 [^2]: Bihar al-anwar, v104, p.95 [^3]: Wasail al-shiah, v15, p. 171 [^4]: Wasail al-shiah, v15, p. 175 Previous…