Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 61
61 ‘And worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and to the neighbour that is a kinsman and the neighbou r that is a stranger, and the companion by your side, and the wayfarer, and those whom your right hand possess. Surely, Allah loves not the proud and the boastful. ’ (4:37) ‘In the verse (Surah Al Nisa, Verse 37) that I just recited, Allah the Exalted comma nds us to worship Him and to worship Him in the manner that is befitting to His worship. Idols, whether big or small, or idols that you have let occupy your hearts should not deter you from the worship of God. It is then enjoined to treat parents kindly an d this kind treatment towards parents has been explained in multiple angles in various places. ’ Huzoor e Anwer added: ‘It is then stated that once these two basic matters are instilled, further stages of advancement have to be traversed. In order to put th e correct religious teaching in practice, one must demonstrate further levels of high morals. If these levels are attained, one is worthy of being called a Muslim in the real sense. If these levels are attained and high morals are instilled, then one’s obj ective is realised and one becomes a recipient of blessings of Allah the Exalted and InshaAllah will continue to be a recipient. It should be remembered that Allah the Exalted greatly dislikes it if these levels are not attained and one is arrogant and is ever concerned about self -