"I think we should strive to fill the airwaves of the social media with intelligent discourse rather than useless foolishness."
-The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
With the use of this modern technological tool, Minister Farrakhan is instantly reaching hundreds of thousands of people with timely guidance, warning and inspiration. His favorite aspect of Twitter is answering questions from those eager to learn more about the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. He does not review the questions prior to answering becasue he likes the spontaneity of seeing what Allah (God) will bring forth from him in responding.
This is Volume 3a of his responses.
Excerpt from this powerful little pocket size book:
Q: In case of divorce, and there is a male child [involved], at what age should he be given over to the father to develop him?
HMLF: Well, I didn't have a father in my life but my blessed mother was so strong, I didnt need one. At least I didn't know that I needed one! The woman is the nurturer of both the male and the female. Its sad that we don't have male and female in the same house, because if male and female were in the house, together, the male adult would be nurturing the male child by the role that the man is playing in the house; 1.) He's working, but he's coming home; 2.) He's bringing money into the house that allows the wife, mother, to take the son and say, "lets go shopping" for the food that she is going to cook to feed her family. Then all of you sit at the table -- not just the mother and the child.
But the father is off somewhere, waiting for the child to a "certain level" that you can take the child? What makes you think you are qualified to take the child even then if you have not been in the childs life? What are you going to teach the child? Can you teach it how to be a man if you havn't developed as a man? The child will want to know its father at some point. No matter how bad the relationship has been between the mother and the father, at a certain point the child, rather male or female, will say, "I want to know my daddy!". And they will find the father, God Willing, wherever he may be. When they find you, father, I pray that they will find you worthy.
Some of the great ones out there find their father, but the father has never given anything to them during their development; and, it doesn't turn out so good. So wherever you are as a dad; Be one! Support the life that you and the female brought into the world; and at a certain point, that child will want to be with you. And I pray that you and I will develop as men that our boys will see in us the type of man that they would like to become.
pg. 93-95 Marriage and Family Chapter.
