Teach your children at home, cleric urges parents

An Islamic scholar, Abu Mazeedatil Khayr Bn Saheed, has advised Muslim parents to organise regular trainings on Islam at home to prevent their children from being indoctrinated with wrong ideologies.

Ustaz Saheed gave the advice yesterday in Abuja while delivering a lecture at a four-day seminar organised by the Organisation of Tadhamunul Muslimeen (OTM), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) branch.

Speaking on the theme: “Understanding of Islam as a Protection Against Afflictions”, he said such regular trainings and lessons would prevent the parents from being declared kaafir (unbelievers) by their children who had embraced wrong ideologies from outsiders.

The cleric, who is the Managing Director of De Minaret International, said only a clear understanding of Islam from the Qur’an (Holy Book) and the Sunnah (authentic traditions of Prophet Muhammad{SAW}) could protect Muslims against confusion, turmoil, calamity or bewilderment.

“Without right understanding of Islam, someone will misbehave. Let me tell you, if you do not teach your child the right Islam at home, someone will teach him outside. He will come home to declare you a kafir.

“We must belong to the right organisation. There is no doubt about that. We must equally attend programmes. But I want to say that today, this is not enough to rescue us from the prevailing challenge. At home, you must find time to initiate family taalim,” he said.