Translated to English from Urdu, the abridged edition by the Pakistani Islamic teacher, Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar (d. 1997) of the book originally written in Arabic by the Syrian Islamic scholar Shaykh Abd Allah Alwan ('Ulwan) (1928-1987), 'Tarbiyat al-Awlad fi al-Islam' (Bringing up children in Islam).

Disclaimer: This work is a listing of rules for the Muslim family and society in general, backed by Hadith and Sunnah. It is not a book of advice relating to 21st century raising of children. It also contains a few polemic arguments. Nonetheless it provides interesting references and stories from the Sahabah and the Prophet.