The Social Shari‘ah: Directives Relating to Parents [46/49] | Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

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.