{"id":145,"date":"2015-02-25T21:20:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T21:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2015-02-25T21:20:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T21:20:33","slug":"parents-honor-to","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=145","title":{"rendered":"PARENTS (honor to)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">DEDICATED TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h&ndash;the Glorious and the High,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Lord of the worlds<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">AND TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Mohammad&ndash;who brought the world<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">to our feet and eternity to our arms.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">*<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">PARENTS<\/span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h God the Glorious and the High tells us in His Qur&rsquo;an that one of His reasons for creating us is for us to give thanks to Him. We give thanks to All\u0101h not because He needs anything from us. But as a reminder and reflection that He is the cause of our existence, and that He is the only presence greater than us. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; After worship of All\u0101h, next in line for our service is our parents. Foremost, our mothers. A mother has three degrees of excellence over a father: she having carried us for nine months, given birth to us, and nursed us&ndash;(Ref. Bokhari Vol. 8, # 2). And as the Prophet Mohammad taught, paradise lies at the feet of our mother. Islam esteems womanhood as the symbol of purity and motherhood as the gateway to Paradise.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; In Islam <i>everyday<\/i> is &ldquo;Mothers&rsquo; day&rdquo; and &ldquo;Fathers&rsquo; day.&rdquo; All\u0101h, the Glorious and the High tells us in His Qur&rsquo;an:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;And thy Lord has decreed that you serve none but Him,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">and do good to parents. And if either or both of them reach<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">old age with thee, say not &ldquo;Fie&rdquo; to them, nor chide them,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">and speak to them a generous word&rdquo; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">(Qur&rsquo;an 17:23)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ndash;his mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">weaning takes two years&ndash; saying: Give thanks to Me and<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">to thy parents. To Me is the eventual coming&rdquo;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">(Qur&rsquo;an 31:14)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Man <span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">&ndash;his mother carried him for nine months, endured pain giving birth to him, nursed him for two years, spent countless sleepless hours cleaning and comforting him, and maintained him to maturity&ndash;<\/span> for him to revel in sanctimonious, self-glory for the few hours he spent at her sick bed is pathetic. Disgraceful. He may walk a million miles to vigil her and spend a million dollars to comfort her yet it would not repay her not even for a single drop of her milk she fed him. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Longevity <span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">&ndash;even with its attendant ailments (and even young people have ailments)&ndash;<\/span> is a blessing in that it affords one more time to glorify All\u0101h and to seek His mercy and forgiveness. It is also a tremendous opportunity for children to serve their parents and accumulate the invaluable rewards associated with service to parents. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Whereas food and drink are nourishment for the body, Islamically, worship of All\u0101h, Prayer, Charity Fasting, Hajj, and duty to parents are nutrients for the soul.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; The opportunity to serve parents should not be neglected. Once this opportunity has passed it can never be regained. Ever! Much like the tick of the clock&hellip;.Gone forever!&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; (Why children resembles father\/mother&ndash;Bokhari Vol. 6, # 7).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. 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