Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Indonesian Islam

This article examines the importance of parental care in supporting children’s success in worldly life and the hereafter from an Islamic educational perspective. It argues that parental responsibility extends beyond providing food, clothing, and formal schooling to include spiritual formation, moral modelling, emotional security, intellectual stimulation, social guidance, and cooperation with teachers and the wider community. The Qur’an presents the family as a site of moral responsibility (Qur’an 66:6) and portrays Luqman’s counsel to his son as an integrated model of faith, worship, character, and social conduct (Qur’an 31:13–19). Prophetic traditions likewise emphasize responsibility for dependants and the enduring value of a righteous child who prays for a deceased parent. The article also draws on research concerning parental involvement, family processes, and child development. Using a qualitative library-based method, it synthesizes Islamic primary sources, classical Muslim scholarship, and selected contemporary educational literature. The analysis finds that effective parental care is consistent, affectionate, ethically sound, developmentally appropriate, and collaborative rather than coercive. It concludes that children’s success should be understood holistically: competence and well-being in this world must be joined with faith, moral responsibility, service to others, and hope for salvation in the hereafter. The article recommends practical family routines, respectful communication, digital guidance, equitable attention to children, and sustained home–school partnership.