The Moral Foundation of a Child; Translated Akhlak Lil Banin Juz 1 Chapter 1 - 3

The following is a translation of the book Akhlak lil banin juz 1 by Umar bin Ahmad Baraja which is often taught to the children of the archipelago. Morals are the initial foundation for students to become a character. This post covers Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 about morals for a child as well as examples of good and despicable morals.

A Child's Moral Foundation

ﺑِﻤَﺎﺫَﺍ يَتَخَلَّقُ ﺍﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪُ؟

ﻳَﺠِﺐُ عَلَى ﺍﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪِ ﺃَﻥْ ﻳَﺘَﺨَﻠَّﻖُ بِالْاَﺧْﻼَﻕِ ﺍﻟْﺤَﺴَﻨَﺔِ ﻣِﻦْ ﺻِﻐَﺮِﻩِ، ﻟِﻴَﻌِﻴْﺶَ ﻣَﺤْﺒُﻮْﺑًﺎ ﻓِﻲْ ﻛِﺒَﺮِﻩِ: يَرْضَى ﻋَﻨْﻪُ ﺭَﺑُّﻪُ، ﻭَﻳُﺤِﺒُّﻪُ ﺃَﻫْﻠُﻪُ، ﻭَﺟَﻤِﻴْﻊُ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ. ﻭَﻳَﺠِﺐُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ ﺃَﻳْﻀًﺎ، ﺃَﻥْ ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِﺪَ ﻋَﻦِ الِأَﺧْﻼَﻕِ ﺍﻟْﻘَﺒِﻴْﺤَﺔِ، ﻛَﻴْﻼَ ﻳَﻜُﻮْﻥَ ﻣَﻜْﺮُﻭْﻫًﺎ: ﻻَ يَرْضَى ﻋَﻨْﻪُ ﺭَﺑُّﻪُ، ﻭَلَا ﻳُﺤِﺒُّﻪُ ﺃَﻫْﻠُﻪُ، ﻭَلَا ﺍَﺣَﺪٌ ﻣِﻦَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ

What is a civilized child with?

A child must have good character from his childhood, so that his life is loved until he grows up, his God is pleased with him, and his family always loves him, and also all humans. It is obligatory for a civilized child to stay away from despicable morals, so as not to become a person who is hated: his Lord is not pleased with him, and his family does not love him and neither is there one from Man.

ﺍَﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪُ الْاَﺩِﻳْﺐُ

ﺍَﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪُ الْاَﺩِﻳْﺐُ ﻳَﺤْﺘَﺮِﻡُ ﻭَﺍﻟِﺪَﻳْﻪِ ﻭَﻣُﻌَﻠِّﻤِﻴْﻪِ، ﻭَﺇِﺧْﻮَﺍﻧِﻪِ ﺍﻟْﻜِﺒَﺎﺭِ، ﻭُﻛُﻞَّ ﻣَﻦْ ﻫُﻮَ ﺃَﻛْﺒَﺮُ ﻣِﻨْﻪُ، ﻭَﻳَﺮْﺣَﻢُ ﺇِﺧْﻮَﺍﻧَﻪُ ﺍﻟﺼِّﻐَﺎﺭَ، ﻭَﻛُﻞُّ ﻣَﻦْ ﻫُﻮَ ﺃَﺻْﻐَﺮُ ﻣِﻨْﻪُ. ﻭَﻳَﺼْﺪُﻕُ ﻓِﻲْ ﻛَﻼَﻣِﻪِ، ﻭَﻳَﺘَﻮَﺍﺿَﻊُ ﻣَﻊَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ، ﻭَﻳَﺼْﺒِﺮُ عَلَى الْأَﺫَﻯ، ﻭلَا ﻳُﻘَﺎﻃِﻊُ الْاَوْلَاﺩَ، ﻭَلَا ﻳَﺘَﺨَﺎﺻَﻢُ ﻣَﻌَﻬُﻢْ، ﻭَلَا ﻳَﺮْﻓَﻊُ ﺻَﻮْﺗَﻪُ ﺇِﺫَﺍ ﺗَﻜَﻠَّﻢَ اَﻭْ ﺿَﺤِﻚ

Polite and civilized child

A civilized child always honors his parents and his teachers, and his older brothers, and all those who are older than him, and loves his younger siblings, and all those who are younger than him. And a civilized child is always honest in every word, and is humble to his fellow human beings, and is patient with disturbances and does not cut ties with his peers, nor fights with them, and does not raise his voice when he is talking or laughing.

ﺍَﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪُ ﺍﻟْﻮَﻗِﺢُ

ﺍَﻟْﻮَﻟَﺪُ ﺍﻟْﻮَﻗِﺢُ : ﻻَ ﻳَﺘَﺄَﺩَّﺏُ ﻣَﻊَ ﻭَﺍﻟِﺪَﻳْﻪِ وَ اَﺳَﺎﺗِﺬَﺗِﻪِ، ﻭلَا ﻳَﺤْﺘَﺮِﻡُ ﻣَﻦْ ﻫُﻮَ ﺃَﻛْﺒَﺮُ ﻣِﻨْﻪُ، ﻭلَا ﻳَﺮْﺣَﻢُ ﻣَﻦْ ﻫُﻮَ ﺃَﺻْﻐَﺮُ ﻣِﻨْﻪُ، ﻭَﻳَﻜْﺬِﺏُ ﺇِﺫَﺍ ﺗَﻜَﻠَّﻢَ ﻭَﻳَﺮْﻓَﻊُ ﺻَﻮْﺗَﻪُ ﺇِﺫَﺍ ﺿَﺤِﻚَ، ﻭَﻳُﺤِﺐُّ ﺍﻟﺸَّﺘْﻢَ، ﻭَﺍﻟْﻜَﻼَﻡَ ﺍﻟْﻘَﺒِﻴْﺢَ، ﻭَﺍﻟْﻤُﺨَﺎﺻَﻤَﺔَ ﻭَ ﻳَﺴْﺘَﻬْﺰِﺉُ ﺑِﻐَﻴْﺮِﻩِ، ﻭَﻳَﺘَﻜَﺒَّﺮُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ، ﻭَلَا يَسْتَحِى اَﻥْ ﻳَﻌْﻤَﻞَ ﻗَﺒِﻴْﺤًﺎ، ﻭَلَا ﻳَﺴْﻤَﻊُ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺼِﻴْﺤَﺔ

The Disgraced Child

A child who is reprehensible is uncivilized to both his parents and his ustadz-ustadz, he does not respect those who are older than him, he does not love those who are younger than him, he always lies when he speaks, and raises his voice when he laughs, and he loves to curse, and to speak vile things, and to quarrel and mock others, and he is arrogant, and he is not ashamed to do reprehensible things, and he does not like to listen to advice.