ISLAMIC EDUCATION- The Parent's Role

Islamic Education- The Parent’s Role

       Islamic education should be informative plus transformative. Attention…Parents … You are responsible for the education and upbringing of your child. Both the Qur’an and Sunnah point out that the Parents are responsible for their child’s moral and academic education. 

In Surah At Tahreem, 66:6, Allah instructs “Save yourself and your family from the fire whose fuel are men and stones….”. And from many hadeeths we come to know that the Parents are responsible for their childs upbringing….. “Everyone of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock…..”

WHAT IS EDUCATION?

Education is the process of acquisition of knowledge, both theoretical and practical.

WHAT IS ISLAMIC EDUCATION?

Islamic Education is the process of acquisition of Islamic knowledge, both theoretical and practical, from the Qur’an and Sunnah.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION?

       The purpose of Islamic Education is to connect the Abd with his Rabb. In an Islamic School,  the subjects that are taught viz. Islamic Studies, Quranic studies, Hifz etc and even academic subjects like Science, Maths, Social Studies etc should bring the child closer to his Creator. If the Islamic Education does not fulfill this purpose then it is misguidance.

       Unfortunately, there is a gap between what we expect the child to become and what he actually becomes. Many children fall short of the standards that are expected of them as students of an Islamic School. At the end of the day, many children if not all, don’t really like to read the Qur’an or offer Salah, they are too busy following the fashion dictates of the Sport stars and Film stars instead of following the Sunnah.

        The problem lies in the fact that we are confused between Taleem and Tarbiyah. When the children need Tarbiyah, we give them an overdose of Taleem. Taleem is fact based education, knowledge, information that we provide the child. And Tarbiyah is that we train the child to like the knowledge which he gets. Tarbiyah is the process of the development of the child in such a away that he loves to practice what he is taught.

       And this can be done only with the co-operation, active participation and commitment of the Parents. YOU CANNOT OUTSOURCE PARENTING. With the Parents realizing their role we can  make our children excellent and dynamic Muslims who can make a better Ummah in the future. And then eventually, we can create a peaceful and progressive society and Nation.

Obed Khan (Vowel Education Academy)

vowelhelpdesk@gmail.com

Teacher / Trainer / Educator