Çocuklarda İnancın (Akidenin) Tesisinde/İnşasında Ebeveynlerin Rolü -Allah’a ve Ahiret Gününe İman Örnekliğin
Authors: Dinçer Arda 
Published: February 2025

Role Of Parents In Building Islamic Creed/Aqida Of Children: Belief In Allah And The Last Day As An ExamplernIndeed, our need for the correct creed is over all of the needs, and over all the necessities, because there will be no happiness and blessing in this world and in the Hereafter for the parents and their children except by worship to Allah alone, the Almighty.rnToday, the childhood of Muslims around the world is spiritually lost and empty and faces an intellectual and cultural invasion. Therefore, as Muslims, we have an urgent need to raise our children on the foundations of faith drawn from the Qur’an and the Sunnah of our Prophet. The first of these is to deepen and instill the belief in Allah and the Day of Judgment, which is the core of Islamic creed. Thus, their final destination will either be Paradise or Hell. Allah Almighty says: “O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is people and stones” (Tahrim, 66:6). This call from Allah is directed first at the individual and then at the parents, as they are the ones responsible for raising and guiding their children throughout their lives. Hence, the correct doctrinal upbringing of children is a legal obligation for parents, and neglecting this responsibility is sinful.rnIn addressing such an important matter, the scope of my research has been defined to focus on the role of parents in deepening and instilling the belief in Allah and the Day of Judgment in children, from pre-birth to puberty/adolescence. This is due to the significant importance in the life of a Muslim, as children are the delight and adornment of this worldly life for parents, a source of happiness and well-being in both this world and the Hereafter, and a reason for the betterment of the Muslim community – by the will of Allah Almighty.rnSo, this study aims to identify the parents’ responsibility that they hold in educating their children on the Islamic creed since its basic two pillars are: Believe in Allah and Believe in the last day, and the effect of that on the child’s personality from birth until reaching puberty.rnThis study is divided into preliminary and two chapters. The first chapter deals with the method of the holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah in deepening and instilling the creed of believe in Allah and the last day in their children. The second chapter outlines the necessary methods parents should adopt in instilling these beliefs in their children.rnThroughout the study, it has been highlighted the educational methods that guarantee achieving that in light of the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah: from educating by prayer/ duʿa, the example/qudwa (being a role model), dialogue/hiwar, encouragement and deterrence, threatening/ at-targhib ve’t-terhib and providing the desire, and the education by preaching/mawiza. And what is required of parents pre-preparation to be qualified for this great responsibility because they are the first example influencing the child, this requires from them to be aware of everything that might positively influence their child of educational methods and educational means towards the drawings, illustrations, charts, plans, pictures, TV programmes and other means, with the consultation by the educational opinions and growth psychologists in the past and in the recent days.rnKeywords: Islamic Theology/Kalam, Islamic Creed/Aqaid, Faith, Allah, Hereafter, Children, Parents, Faith Education /Upbringing.