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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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The contradiction between the environments that influence upbringing.

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If one of the influential environmental factors—

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such as the home, for instance—is Islamic, while all other factors are jahili (pre-Islamic/ignorant)—

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such as the street, the school, the media, or society at large—

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then the educational process will become difficult.

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The educator will need to exert double the effort to remove the traces of this jahiliyyah.

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This is undoubtedly a dilemma.

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For if you isolate the child from society,

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you will cause psychological stuntedness in their character.

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And if you let them go free,

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they will return to you every day muddied by impurities.

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So, what is the solution?

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You may succeed in somewhat limiting interaction with this society,

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but there is no choice but to live within it and interact with it.

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There are no magical solutions.

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Necessary interaction is unavoidable,

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along with the daily, arduous, and exhausting cleansing process for both the educator and the child.

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This cleansing may succeed completely, or it may not.

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But in any case,

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it will mitigate the filth of this jahiliyyah,

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and erase some of its effects from the child’s soul.

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The child may find themselves confused between your Islamic values and concepts upon which you are raising them,

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and the deviant, prevalent jahili behavior in society.

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At that point, the educator has no choice

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but to exert double the effort

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to remove these negative effects as much as possible.

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“So keep your duty to Allah as best ye can, and listen, and obey, and spend; that is better for your souls. And whoso is saved from his own greed, such are the successful.” (64:16)

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Then, one must offer intensive supplication that Allah protects the youth from misguidance and trials,

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and guides them to the straight path.