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TO
EVERY FATHER
Allah
Ta'aala says:
"O
Believers!
Save yourselves and your families (wife, children etc.)
from a fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are
appointed stern and severe angels, who do not disobey Allah in
that which He has commanded them and they do (precisely) what
they have been commanded." (Surah TahreeM, Aayah 6)
Hadhrat
Ali (Radhiallahu anhu) says that 'save your families' means
that you should discipline them and give them proper Islamic
education.
Hadhrat
Qataadah (Rahimatullahi Alaihi) says that 'save your families'
means that you should command them with the obedience of Allah
Ta'aala and prevent them from his disobedience.
O
compassionate Father!
What
practical action will you take if it is said to you: "If
you do not take correct care and repair the huge building you
own, it will collapse."
Definitely
you will make every possible effort to save it from
collapsing.
So
what practical efforts are you making with regard to your
beloved daughter whom Allah Ta'aala has commanded you to save
from Jahannum?
Are
you preparing her to fall into Jahannum or enter Jannah? O
compassionate Father!
These
young girls who are deprived of modesty, who display arrogance
toward the commands of Allah Ta'aala, we see and hear them -
they have not fallen from the sky nor emerged from beneath the
earth - they come out from your home and the home of your
Muslim brother.
Hence, My Beloved Brother!
Fear Allah and take care of your beloved daughter more
than your worldly matters.
Do not become from amongst those with regard to whom
Rasulullah Sallallahu `Alaihi Wasallam, said "A cuckold
will not enter Jannah." The Sahaabah Radhiallahu anhum
asked: "O Rasulullah! Who is a cuckold?"
Rasulullah
Sallallahu alayhi Wasallam replied: "He who does not
protect his Mahram women."
In
one narration Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is
reported to have said: "A cuckold is happy with the evil
in his family." (Reported by Ahmed)
Note:
A Mahram is a person with whom marriage is not permissible.
Published
by Madrasah Arabia Islamia - Azaadville - S.Africa
Last modified:
July 19, 2007
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