Cleric tasks parents on child upbringing

The proprietor of the Daarul-Uluumil-Islamiyya-Fi-Naijiria (DUIN) International Academy, (Islamic Sciences House of Nigeria) Kubwa, Abuja, Dr. Rafee’ Owonla Al-Ijebuwi, has urged parents to cater for their children more than they struggle to give birth to them. He gave the advice at the annual 2017/2018 ‘Walimah’ banquet organized by the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), […]

The proprietor of the Daarul-Uluumil-Islamiyya-Fi-Naijiria (DUIN) International Academy, (Islamic Sciences House of Nigeria) Kubwa, Abuja, Dr. Rafee’ Owonla Al-Ijebuwi, has urged parents to cater for their children more than they struggle to give birth to them.

He gave the advice at the annual 2017/2018 ‘Walimah’ banquet organized by the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Cherryfield College, Jikwoyi, FCT. 

“The struggle to breed children is a continuous process. But only a few think beyond that. In the Islamic perspective, Muslim parents are not expected to only struggle to bear children, but they are rather also saddled to bring them up according to the dictates of their religion, so that their mutual relationship doesn’t face the risk of being limited to this life alone,” Al-Ijebuwi said.

The cleric, who is also the chief imam of al-Huda Masjid, Byazhin-Kubwa and deputy chief imam, Kubwa Muslim Community, Abuja, quoting verses of the Glorious Qur’an, said the only way for parents to continue the enjoyment of the fruit of their labour after death was, if they left behind children who had also continued the good work they themselves had been doing as stated.