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Choosing the desire wife
“And of His signs
is that He created for you from yourselves mates that
you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between
you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a
people who give thought.” - Surah Ar-Rum, 21.
In this time of happiness, when gifts are received, hugs
are generously donated, and laughter sprinkles the
tables, we must remember who gave this all to us.
In this verse, Yamtann Allahu Alayna – Allah reminds of
us of His favour upon us. Every husband in this room, it
is Allah that created your bride. Every bride in this
room, Allah created your husband. Allah created the
pairs and then blessed the pair with love and mercy. |
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Then
Allah says:
“Indeed in that are signs for a people who give
thought”.
Let’s take the time now to give a little thought to
Allah’s favour upon us.
Sulayman – alayhis salam – sat his son down one day
and taught him about Allah and life. Allah mentions
what he said:
"And We enjoined upon man (care) for his parents.
His mother carried him, (increasing her) in weakness
upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years: Be
grateful to Me and to your parents; to me is the
(final) destination.”
Thank Allah:
1. Every thing that you enjoy,
everything that you love is from Allah:
“And whatever you have of blessing (indeed) it is
from Allah!”
2. Thank Allah, remember Him
and He will remember you. Allahu akbar!
“Remember me and I shall remember you, and be
thankful to Me and do not be ungrateful.”
3. Allah will give us more
when we are thankful:
“And (remember) when your lord proclaimed, ‘if you
are grateful, I will surely increase you; but if you
deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.”
I’ve heard of Muslims that regularly donate half a
million dollars to the Democratic Party to have
their picture taken with Clinton and his wife! They
place these pictures up in the middle of their homes
in all pride and honor.
Yet to every parent, let me draw your attention the
most noble picture to put up in your home. Allah
ta’ala put His majesty and every parent in this
world in a portrait: “Be grateful to Me and to your
Parents!”
Scholars have said that being grateful to Allah is
to be grateful for the Iman that He has blessed us
with. And to be thankful to our parents is to be
grateful for the hard work they went through to
raise us.
Ibn Abbas raa said, “There are three things that
will not be accepted if it’s mate is not fulfilled.
(And he mentioned), “Thank Me (Allah) and your
Parents...” – Luqmaan 31/14.
Ibn Abbaas continued, “Thus whoever thanks Allah and
is not thankful to his parents, Allah will not
accept it from him.”
The scholars understood this and set the example for
us. Haywah bin Shurayh (ra), one of the Imam’s of
our Ummah, used to give classes in front of his
home. During the class, his Mother would call him to
feed the chickens. He would stand up, leave the
Halaqah, and go feed the chickens.
Sufyan ibn Uyaynah – one of the Ummah’s greatest
scholars – said, “Whoever prays the 5 salah has been
grateful to Allah. And whoever prays for his parents
after the Salah has been grateful to them.”
My mother in Law, Ali’s mother once told me about
when Ali was young. He would come home from school,
run up to her and give her the strongest hug. Then
he would top it off with, “Mummy I love you.” She
would mention the story and then let a tear drop.
As we get older, words like ‘I love you’ become
harder for us to say. Yet as much as it becomes
harder for us to say, as much as it becomes more
precious to the parents.
I ask Allah ta’ala that we not forget this
innocence, when we were without sin, when we used to
bring a smile to our parents.
Let’s keep making them smile. And In doing so, we
would be thanking Allah. |
