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“Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour.” (Surah Al Isra 17:23)
When I was 4 Yrs Old : “My father is THE BEST”
When I was 6 Yrs Old : “My father seems to know everyone”
When I was 10 Yrs Old : “My father is excellent but he is short tempered”
When I was 12 Yrs Old : “My father was nice when I was little”
When I was 14 Yrs Old : “My father started being too sensitive”
When I was 16 Yrs Old : “My father can’t keep up with modern time”
When I was 18 Yrs Old : “My father is getting less tolerant as the days pass by”
When I was 20 Yrs Old : “It is too hard to forgive my father, how could my Mum stand him all these years”
When I was 25 Yrs Old : “My father seems to be objecting to everything I do”
When I was 30 Yrs Old : “It’s very difficult to be in agreement with my father, I wonder if my Grandfather was troubled by my father when he was a youth”
When I was 40 Yrs Old : “My father brought me up with a lot of discipline, I must do the same”
When I was 45 Yrs Old : “I am puzzled, how did my father manage to raise all of us”
When I was 50 Yrs Old : “It’s rather difficult to control my kids, how much did my father suffer for the sake of upbringing and protecting us”
When I was 55 Yrs Old : “My father was far looking and had wide plans for us, he was gentle and outstanding.”
When I became 60 Yrs Old : “My father is THE BEST”
Note that it took 56 Yrs to complete the cycle and return to the starting point “My father is THE BEST”
Abu Hurairah, a companion of the holy Prophet (SAW), has said that:
“A person is indeed disgraced, who does not earn Paradise by caring for his parents during the life time and old age of his/her parents.”
Let’s be good to our parents before it’s too late and pray to Allah that our own children will treat us even better than the way we treated our parents.
Thanks a lot
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Forgive me for a comment not related to the post. There is an excellent new blog dedicated to a book called: *An Incomplete History: The Muslims of Spain Post 1492 in a Global Context and its Relevance to Muslims Today*
http://historyofandalus.wordpress.com/
The situation of the Muslims living in the West today poses a striking similarity to the situation of the Muslims in Al- Andalus post 1492 (when the last Muslim ruler surrendered the last Muslim stronghold of Granada to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella). This marked the official end to Islamic rule in Al- Andalus. The end of Islamic rule was also marked by the Capitulations of Granada which was signed between Abu Abdullah Muhammad the Twelfth and the Spanish Crown of Castille. The agreement seemed to be made binding upon the Spanish Crown of Castille but as the reader shall see, it was broken within ten years after the agreement was put into effect.
Muslims lived in Andalus for at least two hundred years after the fall (1492). Their lives were not easy. In many cases they were forced to give up their identities, could not practice Islam in public, they were not allowed to speak Arabic (and therefore could not pray in congregation) or even give their children Muslim names! So what began as tolerance for the practice of Islam in Al- Andalus and allowing for their affairs to be judged under Shari’ah courts (Capitulations of Granada) slowly but surely led to the persecution of the Muslims of Al-Andalus until no trace of Islam in Andalus was to be found.