Teaching Children To Say Bismillah: A Means Of
Forgiveness For Parents
It is reported from Abdullah bin Abbas tthat as soon as the tutor says
to a child, read:
BISMILLaHIR-RAhMaNIR-RAhiM
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
the teacher, the child and the child’s parents are all guaranteed
freedom from the fire of Jahannam.
An Incident
It is reported that prophet Isa upassed by a grave whose inmate was
being tormented. After some days he happened to pass by the same
grave again. This time there was no punishment. The inmate was in
great comfort. This surprised him a great deal. He asked Allah I:
“Lord, what brought about Your mercy so that you have lifted the
punishment from this person?” Allah I replied: “O Isa, when the man
died, he left behind a child. When his mother took him to the
madrasah, the child said:
BISMILLaHIR-RAhMaNIR-RAhiM
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
in the presence of the teacher, it does not befit me to keep on punishing his father while he called me Rahman and Rahim. Hence, I forgave him.
