Fariq Naik – Raising Children as Seen

Assalamu, Alaikum. Warahmatullahi, Wa Alaikum. Assalamu. Alaihi

barkatu, how are you? Alhamdulillah. I'm fine. My name

is Khaja Abdul Sami. I am a student, and I live in Dhaka,

Bangladesh. I have seen a video of you, where you are around six or

seven years old, and you are giving a speech in front of people

who are way older than you. It shows that you started learning

about the religion of Islam from childhood. I am curious to know

about your childhood in brief, and also suggestions on whatever you

remember, on how your father raised you, so that we can do the

same to our generation. Inshallah, razakaran, the right upbringing,

the right tarbiyah of the children. It is very important if

children are given right tarbiyah, the Islamic tarbiyah, at a young

age, Inshallah, when they grow up, they will be inclined towards

Islam. They will, Inshallah, not be involved in things that are

haram and Alhamdulillah. My parents, my mother and my father,

they saw to it that me and my sisters were given the right

Islamic environment, the right Islamic tarbiyah, the right

Islamic education. And even in the Islamic International School,

there was a good Islamic environment. We were taught

regarding Islam, regarding tafsir, regarding Hadith, regarding

Aqeedah. And at the same time, we were taught regarding dawah. We

were encouraged to do dawah. And from a young age, we were taught

regarding the techniques, the tips and the tricks of public speaking,

how to talk to non Muslims. And Alhamdulillah, we see on Peace TV

that young children, who are three and a half years, four years, five

years, they are giving speeches in an eloquent and confident manner,

training children from a young age. It is very important so that

when they grow up, it will be easier for them to do dawah and to

do Islamic activities. Another important aspect is that the

parents should see to the admit their children into Islamic

schools. And this is very important. And in addition, after

the students pass from an Islamic school, they can study in Islamic

universities. We have several options. We have in Saudi Arabia,

Imam Muhammad bin Saudi Islamic University, wherein I studied

Sharia and I completed my bachelor's in this university, you

have the Islamic University of Medina, you have ummulkara

university. You have universities in Qatar, for example, Qatar

University. You have Islamic universities in Malaysia, for

example, IIm, the Islamic International University of

Malaysia. These are all options that a person can study. But what

we see is, unfortunately, many Muslims, they prefer going to

Western countries, to USA, to UK, to acquire a degree rather than

studying from an Islamic University, unfortunately, and

when we happen to go to some of the Muslim countries, and this has

happened a few times, that people, when they meet my father, for

example, in certain Arab countries, they tell I have sent

my son to Harvard University. I send my son to study medicine in

USA, and they are proud. Then my father responds and tells them

that you people, you are Arabs, and you are sending your son

outside to study to Western countries. I, being an Indian, I

send my son to the Arab countries to study and to acquire the

knowledge of Islam, then they realize that acquiring the

knowledge of Islam, it is more important and far superior. That's

the reason. Acquiring knowledge of Islam, it is very important, and

it will give us success in this world, as well as in the

Hereafter. And in addition, Alhamdulillah, there is a very

informative course that is available on Al hidaya platform.

And this course, it was conducted in 2016 by my father, Dr Zakir

Naik. He specially took out time to do this course when students

from different parts of the world, from Malaysia, from Indonesia,

from Saudi Arabia, from India, from China, from Netherlands, they

attended this course, and the title of the course is, let's

become effective, dais which talks about or which focuses on the tips

and the techniques related to dawah. This course, it is

available on platforms. A person can benefit from this course. It

will, Inshallah, hugely benefit an individual, wherein he can learn

the tips and the techniques related to dawah and Inshallah, it

will aid him to convey the midst of Islam to the non Muslims, to

those who are unaware of it. And we see our Palestinian brothers

and sisters. We look at their courage and their resilience,

especially the children. Look at the tarbiyah that is given to the

children five years, six years, seven years old. Children, they

are not scared of being bombed. Many of them, they are not scared

of dying. And we see in videos wherein they are saying that we

will stand up and we will defend the Holy Land. Come What May this

is the tarbiya. This is the courage.

That we should instill in our children

that come what may, they should not sacrifice the religion of

Islam, and they should be strong to stand against oppression, to

stand against injustice. We need to learn from the Palestinian

children. We need to learn from their courage and their

resilience. May Allah subhanahu wa taala reward them immensely, and

may Allah subhana wa Taala admit those who have been martyred in

his sake into janatul Firdaus, into the highest level in Jannah,

Allahumma ameen. So therefore we should see to it that from a young

age, we train the children, give them the right Islamic

environment, see to it that they are in the company of good and

righteous people, friends play an important role. And at the same

time, if they are admitted into good Islamic schools, then the

environment Inshallah, it will be good, and they will be focused and

to serve the religion of Islam, and when they grow up Inshallah,

Inshallah, they will be thought bearers of the world, spreading

the message of Islam, spreading the message of peace far and wide.

But.