In these circumstances the parents have to discreetly broach...

In these circumstances the parents have to discreetly broach the subject of death with them. If, unfortunately, the childs Grandpa is dead, he might ask, Mom! Where did Grandpa go? In such situations the facts must be explained to the child. The child can be told that his grand parent is no more. He has gone to the Other World. Every one who [1] Makaarim al-Akhlaaq, Vol. 1, Page 254. dies, goes to that World.

If he were a good person in this life, he would rest in the Heaven where there are beautiful gardens. If the person who has died was a bad person in this life, he would go to the Hell which is full of fire. The child should be informed about the inevitability of death slowly. He must be told that this life is transient and everyone has to go to the Other World.

This informal instruction of the religious knowledge should continue till the child completes his primary, middle and higher levels of schooling. Previous…