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~19~ Role of Parents in the Training of Children Save your Future Generations from the Evils of Media On 23rd April 2010, our leader Huzoor-e-Anwar (aba) delivered an important Friday Sermon in Switzerland regarding the tarbiyyat (moral training) of the members of the Jama’at and especially the younger generations. He explained in detail different moral ills in various societies and especially the moral ills created in western societies by the latest technology. To deal with these, he drew the attention of the parents, Nizam-e-Jama’at (organization of Jama’at) and the auxiliary organizations. Huzoor-e-Anwar (aba) said: “Sometimes one’s children go against the word of God, which is a type of shirk [associating partners with Allah]. Disobeying a clear commandment of Allah the Exalted, so that one may agree with the demands of the children is a covert shirk. Such matters make one forget Allah the Exalted. Some people have distanced themselves from Ahmadiyyat because of their children. When excessive love for children and freedom given to children made the children leave the faith, the parents themselves left the faith. Allah, the Exalted states in the Holy Quran: ِۚ تُلۡہِکُم ۡ اَمۡوَالُکُم ۡ و َ لَا ۤ اَوۡلَادُکُم ۡ عَن ۡ ذِکۡر ِ اللّٰہ لَا الَّذِیۡن َ اٰمَنُو ۡا یٰۤاَیُّہَا ‘O ye who believe! let not your wealth and your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah…’ [Holy Quran: 63:10] “Then, the Promised Messiah (as) expects one to always safeguard oneself from falsehood, fornication, trespasses of the eye, quarrel, cruelty, dishonesty, mischief and rebellion. We need to constantly evaluate ourselves to see if we are staying