Discipline and Upbringing

• How can severity be part of wisdom in actions without involving cursing, scolding, or quarreling, and what is an example of that?
• Is it permissible for a father to favor some of his children over others in treatment, such as punishing one of them for an action while forgiving another for the same action because he is older, and what should the wronged child do in this situation?
• Does the Hadith about those who are estranged include cutting ties with the husband's nephews who wronged and boycotted him, and refused to apologize or reconcile, despite his previous kindness towards them and his participation in their upbringing?
• What is the ruling on vowing to sponsor three orphans, and is it permissible to contribute only to the sponsorship due to not specifying the duration of the sponsorship?
• Is the father considered sinful if he does not inquire about his son, who lives with his ex-wife in another country and whom he has not seen for years, and merely sends financial support, especially if the son is going through difficult circumstances and needs him?
• Is a father considered an apostate for his negligence in raising his children, to the extent that some of them embraced a disbelief (kufr) or committed an act of disbelief, and must he utter the Two Testimonies (Shahadatayn) anew if he wishes to repent, and is his negligence considered an acceptance of disbelief?
• Is sponsoring an orphan from an orphanage and raising them at home permissible or forbidden?
• Does forgetting the supplication for intercourse ("O Allah, distance Satan from us and distance Satan from what You have provided us with") result in the child being bad or disobedient?
• How should one deal, according to Islamic law, with children who neglect their prayers, listen to music, are disrespectful towards others, and have gone so far as to curse Allah, while there is apprehension about taking action regarding the television and radio?
• Is it obligatory to obey a mother who prevents her financially independent daughter from performing supererogatory good deeds, such as going for recreation and buying toys for an orphaned girl, and even interferes with the amount of charity given? And would the daughter be sinful if she disobeys her mother in this matter?
• Does the Prophet (peace be upon him) boast of the great number of the Ummah, even if that is at the expense of upbringing and morals? And is it Islamically permissible for one who is able to be just between wives, but is unable to raise children, to marry and have more of them?
• Is it permissible to flog a child under 12 years of age as a disciplinary measure for assaulting someone, and are there references for the rulings on ta'zir (discretionary punishment)?
• Is there such a thing as filial impiety from children (toward parents)?
• What is the ruling regarding a mother who prays and recites the Qur’an and fulfills her duties towards her Lord, but her four sons, whose ages range between 10 and 20 years, do not perform the obligatory prayer despite all her attempts? And what advice should she be given in this situation?
• Is obedience due to a father who slandered his daughter and showed no remorse, and does he have guardianship or authority over her?
• ما هي الأعمال الصالحة التي يمكن للحامل أن تقوم بها أثناء حمل حملها؟
• Will the parents be held accountable for their daughter not wearing the hijab, or will she alone be held accountable? And what is your advice to one who does not wear the hijab out of lack of conviction or to one who postpones wearing it until after marriage?
• How can a mother deal with her own stress and the disobedience of her young daughters (four and two years old) so that they become obedient and more patient?
• Must the orphan's guardian have the orphan live with him in the house, or is it sufficient to pay the sponsorship amount to the orphanage? And is the sponsorship a one-time payment or does it continue until the orphan reaches maturity?
• How can a mentor be found and pedagogy integrated into the curricula of Sharia education to address educational illiteracy, and what is the benefit of knowledge without pedagogy, and how can we be mentors in light of the family's pedagogical bankruptcy, and is pedagogy a standalone science or an understanding derived from the people of knowledge, and how did the Salaf raise their children?
• How should children be disciplined for prayer?
• What is the way to raise and reform children without anger or hitting them, and what are the useful books in this regard?
• Must parents prevent their children (13-18 years old) from committing haram by all means, or is it sufficient for them to merely clarify, and to what extent are they responsible for their children after puberty in preventing them from committing acts of disobedience?
• Does Islamic law and civil law permit separating siblings from the same father in upbringing? And what are the circumstances that allow for the custody and upbringing of all children together?