Children are a priceless gift from the Almighty. And we, as parents, have a great responsibility on our shoulder for their upbringing. We must be incredibly careful in performing our duties, as children have some rights over their parents, and vice versa.
It is very crucial for both the parents to prepare themselves spiritually/physically before having any family planning. A child’s up bring (tarbyah) starts from the womb of her mother, therefore a mother plays an especially significant role since the beginning.
Each action of her has an effect on the fetus. Therefore, Mother should be extremely careful regarding her diet, emotions (mental health) and her physical and spiritual needs, and she must spend some time reciting the Holy Quran and other recommended supplications and prayers to Almighty for a healthy kid.
بِاسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِىْ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الْحَلِيْمُ الْكَرِيْمُ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ، اَلْحمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ، كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحَاهَا كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوْعَدُوْنَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوْا اِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّنْ نَّهَارٍ بَلَاغٌ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُوْنَ وَ صَلَّی اللهُ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهٖ اَجْمَعِيْنَ.
bismil laahil lazee laa elaaha illaa howal haleemul kareem. sub-hanal laahe rabbis samaawaate wa rabbil a’rshil a’zeem. alhamdo lillaahe rabbil a’alameen. ka-annahum yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasoo illaa a’shiyyatan awzohaahaa. ka-annahum yawma yarawna maa yooa’doona lam yalbasoo illaa saa-a’tam min nahaarin balaaghun fahal yohlako illal qawmul faaseqoon. wa sallal laaho a’laa mohammadin wa aalehi ajmae’en.
In the name of Allah, the One except Whom there is no god, the Forbearing, the Kind. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the great throne (Arsh). Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds. ‘On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.’ ‘On the day that they shall see what they are promised they shall be as if they had not tarried save an hour of the day. A sufficient exposition! Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?’ And may Allah bless Muhammad and all his progeny.
3. Recommended Prayer
إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Indeed your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne. He draws the night’s cover over the day, which pursues it swiftly, and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, [all of them] disposed by His command. Look! All creation and command belong to Him. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلٰـلَـۃٍ مِّنْ طِيْنٍ۱۲ۚ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنٰہُ نُطْفَۃً فِيْ قَرَارٍ مَّكِيْنٍ۱۳۠ ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَۃَ عَلَقَۃً فَخَـلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَۃَ مُضْغَۃً فَخَـلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَۃَ عِظٰمًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظٰمَ لَحْــمًا۰ۤ ثُمَّ اَنْشَاْنٰہُ خَلْقًا اٰخَرَ۰ۭ فَتَبٰرَكَ اللہُ اَحْسَنُ الْخٰلِقِيْنَ۱۴ۭ اَمْسَكْتُ وِلْدَ فُلَانَةَ بِنْتِ فُلَانَةٍ بِاللهِ الَّذِىْ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَآءَ اَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَی الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهٖ وَ بِقُدْرَةِ اللهِ الَّذِىْ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتُ اَنْ تَزُوْلَا.
wa laqad khalaqnal insaana min solaalatim min teen. summa ja-a’lnaaho nutfatan fee qaraarim makeen. summa khalaqnan nutfata a’laqatan fakhalaqnal a’laqata muzghatan fakhalaqnal muzghata e’zaaman fakasawnal e’zaama lahma, summa anshaa-naaho khalqan aakhar. fatabaarakal laaho ahsanul khaaleqeen. amsakto wilda folaanata binte folaanatin billaahil lazee yumsekus samaa-a antaqa-a’ a’lal arze illaa be-izneh. wa bequdratil laahil lazee yumsekus samaawaato an tazoolaa.
And certainly, we created man of an extract of clay. Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting place. Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh, then We made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed be Allah, the best of the creators.[41] I stop the child of so and so, daughter of so and so, by Allah, the One who “He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except with His permission;” and by the power of Allah, “the One Who upholds the heavens and the earth lest they come to naught.”
