Are you leading your children down a path of disbelief?
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) as saying:
"No child is born, but upon the Fitra. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist." (Sahih Muslim)
This is a very scary hadith.
Your child starts off as a Muslim, but you as a parent can change them into a polytheist.
Now you as a Muslim parent would say, “Of course I wouldn’t do that! I’m a Muslim, and I have firm belief in Islam. How could I lead my own child into polytheism?!”
You will not teach them polytheism, but you will let others teach your child polytheism.
What will they learn when they are not in your care?
What will they learn from the young age of 2 weeks?
I say 2 weeks because your child will still be learning in ways you can't imagine. They will learn by sight, by touch, by feel, by sound.
Who will be the one nurturing them after a few weeks? Will it be the mother, or will it be an institutionalized daycare worker?
Will they be hearing soothing music, or their parents reciting Qur'an/dhikr when they're in these daycares?
By the time your kid reaches school, what will they be learning? You might not know because you grew up in a Muslim country and you learned about Islam and even had Fridays off for Jummah prayers.
But Western schools either treat Islam like a footnote, or even worse, like a disease.
Will the conversations in school revolve around Allah or a Creator, or will the conversations marvel at Science as its God?
Will children be taught proper manners and etiquettes, or will they be told to follow their desires without any care for others?
(Hint: They will be told to follow their desires.)
Do you think you have the ability to mitigate 8+hours a day of this type of indoctrination?
5 days a week?
An environment where religion is considered backward and blindly following society is considered progress?
The only way to mitigate this type of corruption of your child's Fitra is to be your kids' teacher.
This is a call to mothers first, and for fathers second.
Fathers need to be able to go out and provide, and mothers need to take care of the children.
Not just physically, but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
There is a reason why the Prophet ﷺ said that the best pleasure in this world is a righteous woman!
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:
“This world is temporary joys, and the best temporary joy of this world is a righteous wife.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 1467)
Subhan Allah!
What does a righteous wife bring to the table?
Here are some benefits just from a motherly perspective:
Nurture the children in her safety blanket.
Feed the child with healthy food (breastmilk, home cooked meals)
Teach the child about Allah, the Prophet ﷺ, and Islam.
Soothe the child with her beautiful voice.
Having access to the best teacher a child could have.
The benefits are endless to be honest.
The question once again is, "Will you be the one that leads your child down the path of polytheism?"
The decision is up to you.