Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Islam and rights of parents

I was going through some question and answers in Islamhelpline and I came across this question pertaining to parents. I am posting a small extract from the entire post which tell us children on how to react to the parents.

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Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah Bani Israel verses 23-24:

"Your Lord has enjoined the following: You should not worship anyone but Him Alone! Treat your parents with great kindness; if either or both of them attain old age, do not even say ‘uff’ to them; nor rebuke them; but speak to them kind words. Treat them with humility and tenderness and pray, “O our Lord, be merciful to them, just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.”

If one (Allah forbid) finds one’s parents enraged upon them for any reason whatsoever, absolutely regardless of who is at fault, or who started the argument or disagreement…….the absolute first thing they should do is in extreme humility and politeness seek their forgiveness, and staying within the boundaries of Allah Subhanah, strive their utmost to appease their rage. If their anger, even if one’s parents were to say bad or abusive things to their children, it would be the duty of the child to humbly listen and absorb whatever they might choose to say without as much as building a frown upon their forehead!!!! Such is the level of humility and tenderness and kindness expected from an off-spring in regards to their parents in Islam. That would be akin to piety and righteousness on the part of the child in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.

If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led astray. "

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

A is for Allah - by Yusuf Islam

Dress code for Muslim women

I have been reading on islamhelpline for quite some time now and I feel it is gold! It answered many questions I had in my life regarding social and private life. It has helped me immensely in increasing my knowledge about life as a muslim and has helped me live one! Alhamdulillah!

I am hereby posting the link of the page which specifies the dress code of a muslim women and topics related to it. "Fahashi"- nudeness as we call in english is rapidly increasing in every corner of the world. Staying in America and seeing so much lewedness from such close quarters makes me wonder where are the women of the world are heading to! There is no such thing as Haya or privacy here! "Haya" on the contrary is being searched as how gracefully one can flirt with the opposite sex!!!

May Allah (SWT) save us from the scheme of the Satan who makes the bad appear to us as good. Open the second link and read it. Please post your queries and understanding on the same for me to learn/share and explore more knowledge.

Monday, May 07, 2007