The young generation of today finds its life too personal and do not want anyone to interrupt in their life styles be it their parents or anyone else.
The holy Quran says:
‘’Treat your parents with great kindness; if either of them attain old age, do not even say ‘’uff’’ to them; nor rebuke them; but speak to them with kind words. Treat them with humanity and tenderness and pray, ‘’o our lord, be merciful to them; just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.’’
(17: 23,24)
The above hadees clears what is the position of parents in Islam. Children of today have become independent on their own. They do not give the due respect to their parents and elderly family members. If their parents advice them about something, they think they are interrupting their privacy.
Islam has given a really high place to mother. Paradise is at the feet of mother. This can be proved through an incident. Once a man asked hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) ‘’ to whom should I show most of the kindness? “ . Our beloved prophet said ‘’your mother, your mother, your mother and then your father.’’ A woman carries her child in her womb for nine months. She bears all the pain during the process of giving birth. She spends every minute of her life worrying for her child. She sleeps only when her child is asleep. This gives a very high position to a mother in Islam.
Once a man came to Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.w) and said that he can’t take part in pilgrimage as he has to take care of his old mother. Hazrat Muhammad (s.w.a) said ‘’You don’t have to worry. This act of yours will earn you more sawab than the pilgrimage’’
This doesn’t mean that fathers do not have an equal position as to mothers. If paradise is under the feet of mother, father has the key to enter that paradise. The position of father in Islam can be explained through this statement of Quran
“God’s pleasure is in the pleasure of the father, and God’s displeasure is in the displeasure of the father.”
Fathers are those beautiful persons who work day and night for the comfort of their children. They sacrifice their comfort in order to give their children whatever they want. A child can never ever repay all the favors that his father did for him so he must show his gratitude towards him by being obedient.
A child must always remember that his relationship with Allah almighty is directly linked with his attitude toward his parents.
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