As much as we would like to avoid pain, distresses, troubles, calamities, the pains of illness, disability and old age, it is Allah who is in control of our destinies and it is inevitable that we must bear our allotted portion of problems. Concerning this, the Holy Prophet (SAW) said:
“No weariness, nor illness, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress, befalls a Muslim even to the pricking of a throne; without Allah’s expiating some of his sins by it” (Bukhari)
“Be moderate and stand firm in trouble that befalls to be lots of a Muslim for it is expiation for him even to stumbling on the path or the pricking of a throne”.(Muslim)
“When a Muslim is afflicted by some trouble in his body, the angel is told to record for him, his good deeds which he was accustomed to do. Then, if Allah cures him, He washes and purifies him from sins, and if he takes him in death, He forgives him and shows mercy to him”. (Mishkat)
Part of growing up is learning how to live in this world, in a life, which may include millions of possibilities, and also hardships. As there is pleasure, so there is also pain; as there is happiness and joy, there is also trouble and suffering. And each experience we have is meant to teach us something, to bear some constructive fruit.
Hence, the pain of falling down teaches the child something about carefulness in handling his body. Coping with the sorrow of losing a friend makes him aware of his independence on other people and also how to go out and make new friends. Any pain or suffering is recorded and Allah will surely reward every person for it on the Day of Judgment.
The suffering and loss a person experiences will bring him to a high station in paradise, especially if he bears it with patience and trust in Allah. And if death should take him as a young child, he enters paradise without accounting. This is for the fact that he is under-aged; so a Muslim child should be taught to appreciate pains as a source of spiritual growth and moral development.
Allah is the only one entitled to giving law. Thus, His wishes are lawful and what He abhors is forbidden. A Muslim child should be made to de-taste violating the Shariah law; he should learn to abstain from the forbidden acts. A mere touch of alcoholic bottle should, for example, be as abhorrent to him as an erotic gaze of the female body. Early in life a child should be taught to perceive that a crime of being a drunk or a fornicator is as bad as the sin of associating partners with Allah.
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