During the early days of the Hijrah[migration], when the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalaam and Abu Bakr As Sideeq Radiyallahu Anhu were kept in the cave, when they are shut off from the happenings outside the cave, Allah Azza Wa Jall gave them an eye to acquire the happenings outside the cave, and this was through Abu Bakr’s RA son, 'Abdullah.

'Abdullah RA was raised by his father to have a deep love for his religion, yes, Abu Bakr was a man who kept close companionship with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalaam but this didn’t shun him from spending enough time to teach, inspire, motivate and put that immense love for the deen in the hearts of his offsprings. 

So on this task, his father outlined the role that 'Abdullah had to do
to ensure the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalaam to arrive safely at his destination. He was their intelligence officer.

With the intelligence and sincerity of 'Abdullah, he kept a close eye on the movements of the enemy. During the day, he would have to attend the gatherings of the Quraish in Makkah to hear what the leaders of the Quraish had to say about their pursuit of his father and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalaam, and then at night, he would have to carefully make his way to the cave, making sure that no one was following him. Then before sunset, he had to silently make his way back to Makkah, acting as if he had spend the night in his home.

Now, one must realize that this task was very dangerous and hard for 'Abdullah, as being the son of Abu Bakr RA, it was very likely that his movements were being closely watched but 'Abdullah was able to perform this task with great skills that no one ever caught him or were even remotely suspicious of his movements.
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Why did I chose to share this particular story about Abu Bakr and 'Abdullah RA? Because I wanted to pin point the beautiful bond of this father and son and the beautiful foundation that Abu Bakr RA was able to put in the heart of his son by just constantly spending time with his son.

We have to set a goal for our kids in ourselves, but know that whatever goal you want to put or to set for your kids, you can never achieve it by forcing it to them. You can never implement such things on force, if it will, the end will not be stable and later on stumble and fall.

Look at the way Abu Bakr RA made his son, even though 'Abdullah RA was a son of his from his first wife  Qateelah Bint 'Abdul 'Uzzah Ibn As'ad Ibn Jabir Ibn Malik, who was a polytheist, fall in love with Islam, and this was out of the time spent by Abu Bakr RA with his son.

Just look at how your ample time can do such beautiful things to your children, it doesn’t have to be whole day, even just an hour to just speak about how their day was, wallah this means a lot for parents [as it will mean a lot for you], and the thing is, you don’t have to actually work to earn a time to talk to parents, you just actually have to say Salaam and they will take a seat and talk.

Please, try.

And we pray that Allah Azza Wa Jall make the love of families with each other grow more and more as days pass by and that may He put that light of guidance upon every Muslim to be able to actually remember Him and His Words and the values of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalaam left for them to practice. 

Amin.

Zohayma
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Story was taken from

• Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah: 6/346
• As Sirah An Nabawiyah, Ibn Hisham: 2/102

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