208. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said:
“Encourage your sons in their childhood to learn etiquette; so that in their grown up age they can be the joy of your eyes.
Indeed the parable of the etiquettes you assemble in yourearly childhood is like engraving something on the stone.
These are some treasures the reserves of which grow; and there is no fear on them from instructive events.”1
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The Value of Upbringing
209. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The right of a child upon his father is that he should choose a good name for him, choose a good wet-nurse for him, and raise him well.”2
210. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “No father has left anything as inheritance for his child better than good manners.”3
211. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “No father has granted a gift to his child better than good manners.”4
212. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Honor your children and raise them well and you will be forgiven.”5
213. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Among the rights of a child upon his father is that he should properly bring up his child and does not deny his relation to him.”6
1.. al-Diwān al-Mansub ilā al-Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) [The collection of poems attributed to Imām ‘Ali (a.s.)], p. ۲۴۲, h. ۱۶۳.
2.. Shu‘ab al-Imān, vol. ۶, p. ۴۰۱, h. ۸۶۶۷, narrating from ‘A'ishah. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۱۷, h. ۴۵۱۹۳.
3.. al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat, vol. ۴, p. ۷۷, h. ۳۶۵۸, narrating from Sālim ibn ‘Abdullah from his father. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۶۰, h. ۴۵۴۳۵, narrating from al-‘Askari and Ibn al-Najjār.
4.. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol. ۴, p. ۳۳۸, h. ۱۹۵۲. al-Mustadrak ‘alā al-Sahihain, vol. ۴, p. ۲۹۲ h. ۷۶۷۹. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, vol. ۲, p. ۲۸, h. ۲۲۷۳. All narrating from Ayyub ibn Musā from his father from his grand father.
5.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۷۸, h. ۱۶۵۱. Sunan Ibn Mājah, vol. ۲, p. ۱۲۱۱, h. ۳۶۷۱. Tārikh Dimashq, vol. ۱۷, p. ۱۳۸, h. ۴۰۷۲. Both narrating from 'Anas, without ‘you will be forgiven’.
6.. Tārikh al-Madinah, vol. ۲, p. ۵۶۸, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۷۳, h. ۴۵۵۱۲, narrating from Tārikh Dimashq from Ibn Mas‘ud and Ibn ‘Abbās.
