The best gift for your children is your righteousness, not things. You are the number one role model for your children. Children, no doubt, are tests for parents.
Allah Almighty says,
نَّمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ ۚ وَٱللَّـهُ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١٥
Indeed, your wealth and children are a trial.
[Quran At-Taghabun 64:15]
The wealth and the children are a test from Allah to His slave, so that He may know his ability of (correct) upbringing of his children, and the payment of the zakah on his wealth.
Raising children to be good Muslims and decent human beings is a huge challenge. They have so many windows available to look into. It's scary out there. Shaytan is everywhere. We have to try our best to direct our children to the right windows and always seek Allah's help and make lots of du'a for them.
The one consolation for us parents is in the story of Musa and Al-Khidr, peace be upon them. Al-Khidr reinforced a broken wall in a town in which people were selfish and inhospitable. Beneath the wall lay a treasure that belonged to two orphans, so in order to protect the treasure from the people of the town, Al-Khidr fixed the wall. It was revealed that the reason he was ordered to fix the wall for the orphans was because their father was a righteous man. [Surah al Kahf ayat 82]
May Allah make us righteous parents and protect our families . Ameen.
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