Wednesday, September 11, 2013

An Enlightened Lady at home is the Greatest Blessing of God دور النساء في تعلیم وتدریب الأطفال


محبوب رضا، نیو ایج اسلام
As a matter of fact, women play a prominent role in educating children and nurturing their skills. Perhaps for this reason, it was custom at that time in Makkah that the families would send their children to the Beduin nursing mothers of the desert Arabia to be raised up in their laps, because they would nurture their natural skills and teach them fluent and eloquent Arabic language, in order to prepare them to lead their tribes in morality, education, ethics and Arabic literature.
The greatest example, in this regard, was set by Halimah Sadia (an Arabic Beduin woman) who was a wet-nurse and raised up the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he was a child and took care of him for the first two years of his life. The Prophet was entrusted to Halimah Sadia to be well-nurtured, well-educated, and well-civilized. It shows how important the role of women is in educating and nurturing the new generation. Truly, an enlightened lady at home is the greatest blessing of God.
لقد حض الإسلام على طلب العلم وجعله فريضة كبقية الفرائض الأخرى، وأوجب القيام بها على كل مسلم ومسلمة، ولذا قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم:(طلب العلم فريضة على كل مسلم ومسلمة). ولا جرم أن أهمية العلم يحث على طلبه لما فيه غذاء للعقل والقلب وتنوير البصيرة خاصة، وأن العلماء هم أشد الناس خشية من الله، فقد قال الله تعالى في القرآن الحميد:(إنما يخشى الله من عباده العلماء). ورفع الله تعالى منزلة العلماء وذكر ذلك في قوله تعالى:(يرفع الله الذين


 

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