08/05/2019
When asked about the people who taught us the most, who were there for us through hardships, who laughed with us during the good times, who put up with us on our off days, most of us think immediately of our parents. And it is true: our parents are the ones who have been with us through almost everything in our lives. Our mothers carry us for nine grueling months before we are born. Our father take care of us, teach us, help us, and provide for us financially and academically. Without them, most of us would not be in the places we are today. Unfortunately, however, many people do not treat their parents in the manner they deserve. Teenagers fight relentlessly with their parents, often over extremely trivial topics. Other young people ignore their parents, rather spending time with their friends or online. As we get older, we tend to forget that our parents are growing older as well, and they are pushed aside to living on their own or in nursing homes while we start our own families. Not only is this disregard unfair to our parents, it is also strictly forbidden in Islam. God has commanded us to treat out parents with utmost respect, no matter the situation we are in.
Respecting parents is one of the most significant aspects of Islam. God says in the Quran:
Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honor. (17:23)
Be sure to spend time with your parents while you can, because one day when you look up from your busy life, they won't be there anymore. Our parents are blessings, don't delay showing them love, we don't know how long we have this blessing for, love and serve them as much as you can, we're so busy growing up, we often forget that they are also growing old. If your parents are alive, be grateful at the opportunity to earn Jannah by serving them.
May Allah give us all the guidance to understand the status of our parents and give us ability to serve them while they are alive, and give us the strength to take care of our parents the way they took care of us when we were helpless. Whom parents has been passed away they should pray and ask forgiveness for them, Fulfil their pledges, Be kind to their friends, And maintain the ties of kinship that come from only their direction.
Ya Allah, forgive me my sins and those are of my parents, and have mercy, upon them as they had mercy upon me when i was small. (Ameen Ya Rab Ul Alameen)
[JIN]