Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 398
The Teaching of Justice and Kindness Regarding Relatives 389 into two halves and gave one to each of her daughters. ' Now this behoves only a mother and she does this in accordance with her nature, not for the sake of doing a good deed. She was compelled by her heart and so chose to remain hungry. When this was narrated by Hadrat ‘ A’ ishah S idd i qah ra to the Holy Prophet sa , he said 'in reward for this act of hers Allah has made it essential for Him to grant her paradise. ' 68 How great is this teaching! The teaching of justice is so thoroughly intermingled with the teaching of beneficence that one cannot be separated from the other. Allah does not permit the treating of one’s children unjustly, even with the apparent intention of pleasing Allah. Hadrat S‘ad bin Ab i Waqq a s ra narrates, 'during the year of the Last Hajj, I fell seriously ill in Mecca. The Holy Prophet sa came to inquire after my health. Having told him the seriousness of my illness, I asked that since I have a large property and except for one daughter, there is no other close relative to inherit from me, may I give two-thirds of my property by way of alms?' Hadrat S‘ad bin Ab i Waqq a s ra was a very knowledgeable person and had fear of Allah. He did not ask if he should be permitted to give all his property for the sake of Allah. Instead he calculated that two-thirds is the right of a son and one-third that of a daughter. He thought that because he had no son he could dedicate two-thirds of his property (which is the son’s share) for the sake of Allah, without