Guidance from Quran

“Oh he is such an innocent little boy, he prays without us saying much.” “Look at her being all obedient and wearing the hijab. We won’t have to worry much about her being religious.” “Our son prays and recites Quran. He would stay that way even if we don’t make an effort to tell him much about deen”   These are the common assumptions that we make whenever we see young children or even teenagers obeying to whatever demands we make of them without question. And they are indeed rare to find these days (Baarakallah lahum!) But this doesn’t mean that we have to leave them behind when it comes to teaching about deen.   Yes, they might be obeying their elders when they are young because they are respectful in nature. They don’t have the heart to disappoint their parents and thus they do their best to live up to the parents’ expectations. And thus they pray and recite Quran. But this doesn’t secure them from the doubts that would appear in their minds as they grow older. ...