The good upbringing of children is obligatory and a responsibilty

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Q.102

Many fathers pay no attention to the upbringing of their children, especially in respects to the religion. They are negligent concerning the teaching, arguing that they are tired after a hard days work:

The answer:

It is obligatory upon the believer to pay significant attention to the upbringing of his children, so that he may be applying the words of Allaah, The Most High:

{O you, who believe, ward off from yourselves and your families a fire whose fuel is people and stones over which are angels stern and severe who disobey not the commands they receive from Allaah, but do as commanded}.

At-Tahreem: 6

So that he may rise to the responsibility that the Messenger of Allaah (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

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"Order your children to perform the prayer at seven and spank them over it at ten".

Let him know that this is a trust that has been placed upon him and that he will be asked about it on the day of Resurrection. Lt him prepare the correct answer so that he may be free from this responsibilty on that day. He will reap the fruits of his works if good then good, if bad then bad. It may be that he is punished in this world by being tested with children who treat him badly, disobey him and do not pay him his due respects.

Sheikh Uthaimeen

{Fataawa Islaamiyyah: 1/367}