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Make your children firm upon monotheism
It is our duty to ensure that our children serve Allah alone and associate none with Him. Praying for help or intercession to others ' whether idols, objects of nature, angels, prophets, or saints ' amounts to worshipping them, and is the gravest sin in the sight of Allah. It is, therefore, essential that our children firmly grasp true monotheism as prescribed by the Quran. While Ibrahim (AS) could do nothing about his father worshipping idols, he ensured that his children did not follow the same path:
'And [mention], when Ibrahim said to his father and his people, ‗Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship, except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me.‘ And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might repent [frequently].' (43:26'28)