Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 246
246 mothers and fathers. Apart from in some families, when Allah wills that in reaction to the way their parents are, children grow up to be dif ferent. They develop disgust for their parent, mother or father, whoever commits unfairness. They leave home and focus on their own t arbiyyat, although there are very few of this kind. It is therefore very important that in order to save our progeny we do not make our own selves the sole focal point of our attention. Rather, it is essential to instil the habit to sacrifice one’s thoughts and one’s emotions; then alone can a beautiful society be created. Only a believing child, that is, a person who has an i nsight into what righteousness is, can be drawn to make this prayer. He realises righteousness is that in gratefulness of the favours of his parents, he seeks God’s help for them and prays for their betterment. Allah the Exalted has spread men and women in multitudes and has also spread them through disbelievers. Allah the Exalted has stated that O’ men and women, you have been spread in multitudes, adopt the t aqwa of Allah. That is, if those special people who are inclined to religion seek God’s pleasure, if they want religion, then they should search for that righteousness which takes one to God. They should search for that humility and fear which will stop them from vices for the sake of Allah the Exalted and will enable them to do good. In fact, we obser ve in the world that in terms of population the number of disbelievers is greater in comparison