- The Translator’s Note
- Foreword
- 1-THE PARENTS’ RESPONSIBILITY
- 2-THE KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL COOPERATION OF THE EDUCATORS
- 3- TRAINING-THROUGH DEEDS, NOT JUST TALK
- 4- ABSTAIN FROM DOMESTIC DIFFERENCES
- 5- STARTING LIFE AS A MOTHER
- 6-WELFARE OF THE EMBRYO (FOETUS)…
- 7- THE EFFECT OF THE MOTHERS NUTRITION ON THE FOETUS
- 8-THE MOTHER’S NUTRITION
- 9- CONSUMING TOBACCO
- 10- WHEN PREGNANT WOMEN FALL ILL
- 11- EFFECT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION…
- 12- AN ADVICE TO PREGNANT WOMEN
- 13- CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
- 14- MISCARRIAGE
- 15- DIFFICULT DELIVERIES
- 16- AFTER THE BIRTH
- 17- MOTHER’S MILK—THE BEST NUTRITION
- 18- SUPPLEMENT THE MOTHER’S MILK
- 19- WEANING FROM MOTHER’S MILK
- 20- THE SCHEDULE OF BREAST FEEDING
- 21- IF THE MOTHER IS DEFICIENT IN MILK
- 22- WEANING THE CHILD
- 23- DAUGHTER OR SON
- 24- NAMING THE CHILD
- 25- HEALTH AND HYGIENE
- 26- THE CHILD’S SLEEP -and- FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
- 27- THE MOST DELICATE PERIOD OF LIFE
- 28- THE NEWBORN AND MORAL UPBRINGING
- 29- RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING OF THE NEW BORN
- 30- THE SENSE OF BELONGING
- 31- WHEN THE CHILD STARTS TO SEE THE WORLD AROUND HIM
- 32- AFFECTION
- 33- THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND AFFECTION
- 34- LOVE – NOT AN INSTRUMENT OF CONVENIENCE
- 35- LOVE SHOULD NOT BECOME A HINDRANCE TO GOOD UPBRINGING
- 36- THE SPOILT CHILD
- 37- SUCKING OF THUMBS
- 38- FEAR
- 39- PLAY -and- RECREATION
- 40- CONCEIT OR PRIDE
- 41- TAQLEED OR EMULATION
- 42- SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH
- 43- SELF-CONFIDENCE
- 44- INDEPENDENCE
- 45- STUBBORNNESS
- 46- WORK AND PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES
- 47- STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
- 48-KEEPING PROMISES
- 49- OWNERSHIP
- 50- MAGNANIMITY
- 51- A HELPING HAND IN GOOD WORK
- 52- HUMANENESS AND CHILDREN
- 53- JUSTICE -and- EQUALITY
- 54- RESPECT FOR THE CHILDREN
- 55- SELF-ASSESSMENT -and- MEANINGFUL EXISTENCE
- 56- HE INCOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND EXPENSES
- 57- RESPECT FOR THE LAW
- 58- RESPECT
- 59- THEFT AND KLEPTOMANIA
- 60- JEALOUSY
- 61- ANGER
- 62- TONGUE LASHING -and- IMPERTINENCE
- 63- BACKBITING OR CARRYING WORDS
- 64- FAULT-FINDING
- 65- CHILDREN’S QUARRELS
- 66- FRIENDS -and- FRIENDSHIP
- 67- THE CHILD -and- THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
- 68- THE CHILD -and- THE RELIGIOUS DUTIES
- 69- POLITICAL -and- SOCIAL TRAINING
- 70- THE CHILD -and- THE RADIO AND TELEVISION
- 71- THE GENDER PROBLEMS
- 72- THE HABIT OF READING BOOKS
- 73- PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
- 74- PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
- 75- NON-PHYSICAL PUNISHMENTS
- 76- ENCOURAGEMENT -and- REWARD
- endnote
THE CODES OF TRAINING
The Translator’s Note
My friend Riaz Ahmed gave me a copy of the Urdu translation of the book to read and attempt its translation into the English language. He told me that the sponsors are keen to have the book published in the English language for the benefit of young, eligible, girls, newly married couples and expectant mothers who do not have proficiency in Persian, the language of the original text, nor can they read Urdu in which it has been translated and published. After reading the book I am convinced that it is a highly commendable project. I feel a copy should reach every household. It should be a part of the dower of newly wed brides, it should be presented to the young married couples and it must be there on every family bookshelf. The book should adorn the bed- side table of every young couple and will be a very useful reference and guide for proper upbringing of children.
Ayatollah Ustaz Ibrahim Amini has rightly pointed out in his foreword that the western libraries are chock full of works on child rearing and upbringing, but we find hardly any comprehensive reference on the subject with particular emphasis on the Islamic norms and guidelines for upbringing of children. The Western works are more materialistic which emphasize only on the material and moral aspects of child rearing. It is Islam that covers all the aspects including the religious and spiritual guidelines for bringing up the children as good Muslims and citizens. He has extensively quoted from the Holy