“Although man associates with a large number of people, he is obliged to associate with some people more than others due to the exigency of his life. These are the people who are called “friends.” Since companionship gradually transfers the habits and character of one of the two companions to the other, a man must…
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Parents should put their children under…
Parents should put their children under the care of a teacher from the time they get aptitude for education (usually from seventh year of their age). Parents should make every effort to place their children under the care of a decent teacher, so that they may get good and desirable impressions from what they hear…
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Parents, too, must avoid lying, ill-speaking…
Parents, too, must avoid lying, ill-speaking, and using bad language and obscene words in front of children. Parents should perform decent deeds, so that children might be brought up as chaste and magnanimous people. Parents must endeavor and show motivation and justice, so as to transfer to their children the love for justice and humanity…
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Indeed, man obeys the order of the world…
Indeed, man obeys the order of the world of creation which demands the survival of mankind. Thus it is the duty of parents to implement the order enjoined by conscience and religious laws with regard to their children and to bring them up very well, so that they may grow into decent human beings. Parents…
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Al-Siddiqah al-Kubra (the most strictly…
Al-Siddiqah al-Kubra (the most strictly veracious) Fatimah (A) was the only beloved and honourable daughter of the Holy Prophet (S) who, as a result of her wisdom, faith, righteousness, decent attributes, and praiseworthy ethics, had filled the pure heart of her respectable father with her affections. SOURCE: ISLAMIC TEACHINGS IN BRIEF | ALLAMA TABATABAI (R)