ATH: Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra) "Our Youth and Their Future" (Part 2 of 2)

Birthing A Future

"And don't forget that when the new baby comes, to whisper in the ear the Adhan and whisper in the ear Al-Fatiha.

If we whisper into the child's ear what Allah has instructed us and inspired us to do through the teachings of the Prophet and the learned leaders of the religion, we will have given the child, something that is impossible to be erased from the mind. The child won't understand the connection, but the behavior down the road will be tied to what was whispered in the ear of the child.

Our Prophet (PBUH) said, "Everyone is born a Muslim, and it is the circumstances that they are put in that make them Jew, Christian, or other." Science, as you know, points to two factors (conditions) as being responsible for forming us. One is our genetic makeup or what we have inherited genetically from our parents and from those behind us. The other is the environment. This is Western science, and I would say it is universal. Again there are basically two circumstances accounting for what we are and the conditions that we have internally. There are the genes and the environment that we so happen to be of or in." Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra)