Parents' duties towards their Child

Naming a child with regards to its meaning sacrificing an Akika kurban – Nourishing and raising them with halal. – Teaching them life knowledge and their religion. – To be moderate in their portrayal of love. Love should not cause the discipline of the child to hinder. – The child needs to be approached with compassion and should not be maltreated. – Parents should encourage their child to do well and choose the right path, they should not ever curse them. – Not to induce the child with what they are incapable of. – To treat each child fairly. – Not to be a bad example. – To treat the intimacy between husband and wife hidden from their child.

The Reward of Sincerity

When Fatih Sultan Mehmed conquered Istanbul he was congratulated with encomiums from many poets. The Sultan granted each one of them with generous gifts. One day a poet who recently came from Anatolia sent him the following two verses: Oh prosperous Sultan, let your morning be propitious, your food be milk and cream, your pathway become meadow Hz. Fatih summoned the poet to his presence and granted him with much more gifts. The Sultan’s close ones asked “Sir, why did you compliment so dearly upon these two verses whereas the other previous encomiums did not get as much attention?”

In response Fatih Sultan Mehmed said: “I found these verses more sincere than the rest… As He believes cream and milk to be the most delicious food and the meadow to be the most magnificent place. He has never seen anything batter than this, to see me worthy of it!”