Scholar emphasises responsibility of parents towards their children

Mangalore, February 13: Television evangelist and Islamic scholar Nisar Nadiadwala exhorted the Muslim parents to up-bring their children according to the religious teachings and hold discussion with them about religious matters without hesitation.

He was delivering a lecture on “Who spoils our children?” at a day-long Islamic conference organised by city based Islamic Education Centre with the central theme “Turn towards Allah” at Town Hall here on Sunday.

Mr Nadiadwala warned the parents that they will pay for the misdeeds of their children in this world and hereafter if the latter were not brought up in an Islamic atmosphere from the day-1.

To convince about the grave consequences of extreme liberalism that prevail in the western societies Mr Nadiadwala gave a number of strange examples from the western countries, where, according to the experts, children are open for moral corruption.

Referring to the report of a nationwide survey conducted in 2009 in United Kingdom, which revealed that there are no less than 5000 schools, where police have been posted to tackle violence between children, the speaker pointed out that parents of those children are sole responsible for such a consequence.

He lamented that although many governments are worried or expressing concern that children are being spoiled in their countries these days, they do not implement effective laws to protect the children from evil influences.

“In some countries, it is prohibited for a minor to “buy” alcohol from a shop but not to “consume” it. In Switzerland companies have prepared mini-condoms exclusively for young students less than 13 years.” He said adding that if this was the situation, we can expect a spoiled and rotten generation.

These facts may be unfamiliar for Muslim societies, due to the barriers created by Islam between such evil practice and Muslims. “But, in spite of all those barriers, there are complaints that our children are also being spoiled,” he said and noted that it is because of the failure of parents in accomplishing their duty.

Mr Nadiadwala quoted dozens of verses from Holy Qur'an and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) while explaining how to up bring the children.

Around one thousand people from across the coastal Karnataka participated in the conference.