Disciplining one's child with love and compassion
Q: Is it better to refrain from hitting a child when they do something wrong?
Upbringing and Tarbiyah
Going for swimming lessons to pools with no segregation between men and ladies
Q: What do our Ulama say about sending kids or youth or adults to swimming pools or gyms where there are mixed ladies and men with no segregation and improper attire? Is a boy or girl, who are not baligh, allowed to learn swimming lessons in this environment? Please kindly advise?
Putting star stickers on children's hands as a way of rewarding them
Q: Are you allowed to put star stickers on children's hands as a way of rewarding them?
Teaching the children to be transparent with their parents
Q: Please can you recommend what age is appropriate to teach a child their body parts?
My 3.5 year old only knows it as her private area. And in the shower I only point to all the areas no one is allowed to touch. As she is getting older and ready for school soon my fear of sexual abuse increases daily and I want to know what I should be teaching her and when?
I only recall my mother ever talking to me about my own body when I became baligh, and I learnt about the male body when I was getting married. Now though, it's different. There's so much more fitnah. And parents that allow their kids to use screens, these kids are exposed to so much more.
I just want my daughter to get the correct knowledge from myself and her father here at home first before we send her out.
Stopping one's son from having a girlfriend
Q: My son is 23 and living by me. I told him he can't have a girlfriend and he must get married. If not, he must move out if he wants a girlfriend. Am I wrong to do so?
Father disciplining his daughter
Q: As a father, can one punish the daughter if she's a teenager? Islamically what physical discipline is permitted or should my wife do it?
Disciplining children for disrespecting food
Q: If children throw food items in which Quran Aayaat was recited on. After that children they felt guilty for that act. What is the kaffara for this action?
Shaving the hair of a toddler to make it grow thicker
Q: Is it permissible to shave a toddlers hair (e.g. 1 year old) as some say the hair will grow thicker thereafter?
Guidelines for a husband in advising his family and giving them deeni direction
Q: How does one bring about shariat law in him and his family?
The wife is working and does not want to wear purdah. All her belief systems are being influenced by shaytaan.
What method and according to Islamic teachings can one use to bring love for Deen upon his spouse and children?
Adopting measures to keep one's children firm on Deen
Q: What is the ruling for parents towards upbringing of their children.
If children are not on the right track, upto what extent is it permissible to be strict or authoritarian towards child-raising? Kindly explain in detail.