May Allaah protect and preserve you. When children are upon goodness, is this a blessing [from Allaah]; and when they are corrupt, are they a curse?
Tag: upright
Upholding your duty towards your children
Is the corruption of children [through poor nurturing considered as] a tribulation?
Know that this is a punishment
So when a person is upright, then feels that his uprightness has weakened and he has begun committing sins - [know that] this is a punishment.
Reading the Qur.aan aplenty
From the greatest of causes for the uprightness of the heart and its protection [from harm] is the plentiful reading of the qur.aan.
An elevated level of manners
Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech. Saad 38:23 Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen رحمه الله commented
The one who safeguards himself the most
The one who safeguards himself the most, is the one who protects his tongue the most [from false and idle speech], and is the busiest of them in terms of his religion, and is one who exerts himself...
From the means which aid uprightness
From the means which aid uprightness [are]
The greatest gift for the parents
Some children give their parents gifts, and this is nice, and being good to them, and [a show of] affection [to them] - may Allaah reward them with good.
Praise and gratitude towards Allaah
al-Imaam Abu Bakr at-Tartooshee رحمه الله said the scholars used to say
Maintaining righteous companionship
I accompanied ['Abdullaah] Ibn 'Own for 24 years, and throughout that time I am not aware that the angels [could have] recorded a single sin against him.