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! ! 350 Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II’s ra Instructions Regarding the Moral Training of Children Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 27, 19 2 5 Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra addressed the topic of moral training of children at the 19 2 5 Jalsa Salana. Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said that if children are raised according to Islam ic teachings from the very beginning , they will grow up to be free of sin and develop good morals. Since this is a highly important and essential matter, every woman in Jama'at - e - Ahmadiyya should keep it at the forefront of her mind. T herefore , some of these instructions are presented below : Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra said : Contrary to other religions, Islam has not only drawn our attention towards the methods of era dicat ing sin but has also stressed up on how we should strive to prevent it from taking root in the first place. I say w ith regret , that while the Holy Qur’ān has highlighted this point and some Muslim scholars have also emphasized this, Muslims as a nation, have not paid full attention to it and have ignored the fact that sin takes root even before the age of puberty. When people say a person has begun to fall into sin , the truth is that the seed of sin which had been planted within h im , that seed has in fact now grown into a tree and has become visible to us. O therwise , how could a tree grow where there is no seed? It c an not. If a person had no prior ability to commit sin, from whence did the ability emerge when he was grown ? The reality is that sin develops in childhood an d settles in side the heart before the onset of puberty a nd at times, the origin of some sin may even be in place before birth. By the time a person is grown , and the religious scholars tell you to sav e him from evil, he is already u nder the complete control of Satan. By this, I do not mean that he has