Mizaan- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
The Social Shariah, Part- 46
All praise is due to Almighty Allah, And may the peace and blessings of
Almighty Allah be upon his trustworthy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan,
In the name of Allah, most gracious and merciful.
Ladies and Gentlemen, In 'Mizaan', Part 2, we are discussing Social Shariah.
This is the second part of this series.
This matter is clear from every aspect that,
the Shariah of Islam has established marriage as the foundation of society.
As a result of this, the most significant, valuable and divine relationship on earth
is the relationship of parents. Ethically, the behavior towards our
parents has already been mentioned several times in previously discussed chapters.
Here, certain legal aspects of this will be understood.
I have made the 14th and 15th verse of Surah Luqmaan as the introduction
to this topic. Surah Luqmaan is the Quran's 31st Surah.
Wa wassainal insaana bi waalidaihi hamalat hu ummuhoo wahnan ‘alaa
wahninw wa fisaaluhoo fee ‘aamaini anishkur lee wa liwaalidaika
ilaiyal maseer Wa in jaahadaaka ‘alaaa an tushrika bee maa laisa laka bihee ‘ilmun
falaa tuti’humaa wa saahib humaa fid dunyaa ma’roofanw
wattabi’ sabeela man anaaba ilayy; summa ilaiya marji’ukum fa unabbi’ukum
bimaa kuntum ta’maloon.
It has been translated as:
And We enjoined man to show kindness to his parents,
with much pain his mother bears him and he is not weaned before
he is two years of age. We advised him, be grateful to Me and to your parents.
To Me shall all things return. But if they press you to serve besides Me,
that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them.
Remain kind to them in this world, and turn to Me with all devotion.
To Me you shall all return, and I will declare to you everything you have done.
I have written that all divine scriptures instruct man to show kindness
to the parents. i.e., In Islam, being kind to the parents
has always been the utmost standard of behavior.
No one should be served besides Allah, and parents should be treated
with kindness. These are the most important commands
in the religion of Islam. Therefore, all messengers have instructed the same.
All divine scriptures have also emphasized it.
All divine scriptures instruct man to show kindness to the parents.
Various verses of the Qur’ān also direct the believers to be
well-behaved to the parents. In the 23rd and 24th verse of the
Surah Bani Israil, the 8th verse of Surah Ankabut,
and the 15th verse of Surah Ahqaf, this topic is stated in these verses
by using the same terms approximately.
The verse which i have used as the introduction to the topic of
Directives relating to parents, that verse is the 14th and
15th verse of Surah Luqman. These verses have also emphasized
the same thing more or less.
The above quoted verses however specifically determine the limits of
good behavior with the parents. i.e., as long as the ethical instruction
was in consideration, a man was enjoined to show kindness to his parents.
Show kindness to your parents and in order to show kindness,
a man is made aware of what is the role of parents in his upbringing,
what hardships they go through. And as a child, if you indeed have some
human kindness, what should be your behavior towards your parents.
?This topic has been discussed in Surah Bani Israil, Surah Ankabut
and Surah Ahqaf which i have mentioned above.
All of these verses, from the virtuous point of view, have stated the importance
of this, narrates Almighty Allah's instructions, admonish people
and raise awareness among them. And the importance of showing kindness
to parents which is present in human nature has been mentioned in it,
and also being reminded by it.
In the verses of Surah luqman, with this some limitations have been
fixed, and this the difference on the basis of which i have selected these
verses to discuss here. i.e., in case of righteousness,
only principles are under discussion, and in case of ordinance, the limitations,
warnings, and terms and conditions are discussed.
This difference should be considered i.e., one being a law which can be passed
in a state, which has its own limitations but when Almighty Allah states that
one thing is shariah and the other is hikmah.
I have mentioned it earlier and explained with evidences that the whole content
of Islam, everything included in this religion has been divided into two parts,
Hikmah which means faith and virtues, which is the true religion,
and Al-Kitaab i.e., based on laws.