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TIle neglect of fathers' duties and the diminishment of their training role,
particularly in the present era, have had adverse effects 011, and consequences for the children personality, the family ambience and the society atmosphere. TIle present articles dmls with the special position and role of father in training childrell, from the' Islamic perspective.
In Islam the father's duties have been explained in extensive detail and distinctly as regards various stages of life within the framework of a training system. which duties can be classified and categorized distinctly.
In this treatise. the significance of the training role of father and the implementation grounds of training duties of father in prior to marriage and prior to the child birth periods, including the educational, social, religious, and canonical training, as well as the requiremellls for discharging these duties in the best manner possible, from the Islamic perspective are separately discussed.