223. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “When your children begin to speak, teach them: ‘There is no god but Allah’ and then do not care when they will die; and when their milk-teeth start falling, enjoin them to perform prayers.”1
224. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Let the first phrase spoken by your children be ‘There is no god but Allah’, and at the time of death inculcate to them: ‘There is no god but Allah’, for he whose first word is: ‘There is no god but Allah’, and last word is: ‘There is no god but Allah’ and [even if he] lives for a thousand years, he will not be asked about a single sin [therein].”2
225. al-Kāfi, narrating from Sulaymān ibn Khālid who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.): “I have some family members who follow my words, do I invite them to this affair [in becoming Shi‘ah]?”
He (a.s.) said: “Yes. Verily, Allah has said in His Book: “O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones…”34
B- Love for the Prophet and His Household:
226. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Raise your children to have three features: love for your Prophet, love for his Household, and reciting the Qurān.”5
C- Obligatory Acts, Especially Prayer and Fasting:
“And bid your family to pray and be constant therein. We do not ask you sustenance, (but) We give you sustenance, and the (good) end is for (the people of) righteousness.”6
1.. ‘Amal al-Yum wa al-Laylah by al-Dinwari, p. ۱۵۰, h. ۴۲۳, narrating from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۴۰, h. ۴۵۳۲۸.
2.. Shu‘ab al-Imān, vol. ۶, p. ۳۹۸, h. ۸۶۴۹, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۴۱, h. ۴۵۳۳۲.
3.. Qurān, ۶۶:۶.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۲, p. ۲۱۱, h. ۱. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۱, p. ۳۶۲, h. ۷۸۰. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۷۴, p. ۸۶, h. ۱۰۱.
5.. al-Sawā‘q al-Muhriqah, p. ۱۷۲. Yanābi‘ al-Mawaddah, vol. ۲ p. ۴۵۷, h. ۲۶۸. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۵۶, h. ۴۵۴۰۹.
6.. Qurān, ۲۰:۱۳۲.
