Tarbiyah & Education

Tarbiyah is an important concept of one's upbringing. It refers to much more than formal education or instruction that children receive in traditional schooling. Tarbiyah is the art of properly dealing with human nature at various levels and in different situations, thus ensuring a person's balanced upbringing that fulfills the purpose of their creation. Tarbiyah helps in the complete growth of an individual's personality; its aim to produce a good person. This culminates in an enhanced spiritual and material life for any person.

Wisdom

Tarbiyah is the process that helps human beings in acquiring this wisdom. It is therefore a comprehensive process because it trains emotional, intellectual, and sensual faculties simultaneously. Almighty God has revealed to human beings their nature and the laws that lead them to proper development of their personalities. Human beings are expected to learn through experiments and work out the details of the process that is given to human beings in the Quran. This is historically preserved in the life, activities and sayings of the Last Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Action

Most parents today consider that the family is not responsible for the actions of their children. Very few parents hold the view that they are those who should shoulder their responsibilities towards bringing up their children. These parents are well aware that they cannot expect from their children to discover the principles of arithmetic on their own just as they cannot discover the principles of morality, ethics and values without proper guidance. Just as they need someone to guide them and coach them in the principles of arithmetic, they are in need for a coach in the areas of ethics, morality and values.