My father and I don't share a good relation cause of obvious reasons, he has never proved to be a good father nor a good husband.

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My father and I don't share a good relation cause of obvious reasons, he has never proved to be a good father nor a good husband , I have seen in these 40 years of mine how my mother has suffered physically and mentally. And still he is torturing her and I am helpless.

Now he is going for umrah and my husband has told me to meet him since he will be leaving in some days. Let me tell you I am not very happy to do so and have refused to meet him. I am doing the right thing as per islam. Cause just recently he has come up with an issue which is not at all human.

 

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Answer:

 

Disown abusive father

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah Bani Israel verses 23-24:

Your Lord has enjoined the following: You should not worship anyone but Him Alone!  Treat your parents with great kindness;  if either or both of them attain old age, do not even say ‘uff’ to them;  nor rebuke them;  but speak to them kind words.  Treat them with humility and tenderness and pray, “O our Lord,  be merciful to them, just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.”

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah Luqman verse 14:

14      And We have enjoined on mankind (to be good) to their parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command) "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.18 Narrated by Aisha

The Prophet (saws) said:  "The word 'Ar-Rahm' (womb) derives its name from 'Ar-Rahman' (i.e. Allah).  So whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e. kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of kith and kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him!"

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.821         Narrated by Anas

The Prophet (saws) was asked about the ‘Kabair’ (the absolute gravest sins in the Sight of Allah). He (saws) replied: "They are:--

  1. To join others in worship with Allah,
  2. To be undutiful to one's parents,
  3. To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of murder),
  4. And to give a false witness."

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.290         Narrated by Abu Bakra

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "Shall I inform you of the biggest of the Greatest sins?"  They said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (saws)!"  He (saws) said, "To join partners in worship with Allah, and to be undutiful to one's parents."

 

After the rights due to Allah and His Messenger (saws), in Islam the biggest rights in all mankind are due to one’s parents.  The enormity of being undutiful to one’s parents can be imagined by the fact that The Messenger of Allah (saws) listed being undutiful to one’s parents as the second gravest of all the gravest sins in Islam! 

 

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3653        Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

The Prophet (saws) said, "An undutiful son, a gambler, one who casts up what he has given, and one who is addicted to wine will not enter Paradise."

 

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3655        Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "There are three people to whom Allah has forbidden Paradise: one who is addicted to wine, an undutiful son, and a cuckold who agrees to his womenfolk's adultery."

 

Dear and beloved sister in Islam, regardless of what one’s parents do or say, regardless of whether or not they fulfill their responsibilities towards their off-spring or not, regardless of their conduct, or character, or condition….their child, being one who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day, should never never ever resent them, or be rude towards them, or break relations with them, or say unto them even a harsh word!  And if their Lord has blessed one or both your parents to reach an abject old age, and their age has made them senile, or troublesome, or quarrelsome, or even unreasonable….bring to remembrance the time when the off-spring himself was a totally and completely helpless infant and they brought him up with kindness and affection……thus when they reach that abject old age where after having known and done much, they know nothing….it is precisely at this stage of their lives when the off-spring is Commanded by their Lord to treat them with absolute and total humility, and tenderness, and kindness, and mercy….and whatsoever their parents may choose to say or do….do not even say ‘uff’ to them…but speak to them words of humility and pray to the Lord Most Merciful to have mercy upon them, just as they had mercy on their child in its infancy.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 70:

70      It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing All-Powerful.

 

My dear and beloved sister in Islam, as troublesome and quarrelsome old age might have made one’s parents…remember that this life is only a place of test and a trial….and the honor of serving one’s parents in their old age is an opportunity for the righteous to earn the ultimate reward of Paradise from their Lord in the Hereafter.

 

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4941        Narrated by Abu Umamah

A man said, "O Messenger of Allah (saws), what rights can parents demand from their children?"  He (saws) replied, "They are (or your relation with them will determine) your Paradise or your Hell."

 

Sahih Muslim Hadith  6189    Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Let him be humbled into dust!  Let him be humbled into dust!’ It was said: ‘O Allah's Messenger (saws), who is he?’  He (saws) said: ‘He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he sees both of them, but he does not enter Paradise (through his deeds of service towards them)!’

 

Regardless of whatever one’s parents might choose to say or do unto their off-spring…… it just does not behove and befit one who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day to treat them harshly, or Allah forbid, disown them!  Allah is our witness sister, there is only one crime and sin greater in the Sight of Allah than an off-spring being rude, or manner-less, or harsh with their words and their deeds with their parents….ie. ‘shirk’ or associating other gods with Allah Subhanah!!!

 

If one (Allah forbid) finds one’s parents enraged upon them for any reason whatsoever, absolutely regardless of who is at fault, or who started the argument or disagreement…….the absolute first thing they should do is in extreme humility and politeness seek their forgiveness, and staying within the boundaries of Allah Subhanah, strive their utmost to appease their rage.  In their anger or rage, even if one’s parents were to say bad or abusive things to their children, it would be the duty of the child to humbly listen and absorb whatever they might choose to say without as much as building a frown upon their forehead!!!!  Such is the level of humility and tenderness and kindness expected from an off-spring in regards to their parents in Islam. That would be akin to piety and righteousness on the part of the child in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.

 

 

 

Your Question: ….Now he is going for umrah and my husband has told me to meet him since he will be leaving in some days. Let me tell you I am not very happy to do so and have refused to meet him. I am doing the right thing as per islam.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 13 Surah Ar-Raad  verse 25:

As for those who break their covenant with Allah after confirming it, who cut asunder relationships which Allah has bidden to be joined, and spread chaos on the earth,  their’s shall be the curse, and they shall have a wretched abode in the Hereafter.

 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Bakarah verse 27:

And He leads astray only those who disobey Allah,  who break Allah’s covenant after ratifying it, who cut asunder relationships what Allah has ordered to be joined, and who produce chaos on the Earth.   These are indeed the people who are the losers.

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.17 Narrated by Abu Huraira

The Prophet (saws) said, "The word 'Ar-Rahm (womb) derives its name from Ar-Rahman (i.e., one of the Names of Allah) and Allah said: 'I will keep good relation with the one who will keep good relation with you (the womb, i.e. kith and kin), and sever the relation with him who will sever the relation with you (the womb, i.e. kith and kin).

 

It is absolutely impermissible, forbidden, and an abomination of a sin in the Sight of Allah for one to break or sever any ties or relationships of blood which the Lord Himself has created for them, leave alone breaking relations with one’s own father!!! 

 

Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, whatever might have transpired between your father and you in the past, whatever he might have said and done unto you or your mother, whatever the situation and conditions….you, as one who fears Allah and the Last Day, must never never ever say or do anything which would cause him even an iota of pain and grief….if indeed you sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day.  Only and only if you are satisfied that your Lord Creator Himself will sever relations with you, should you ever even contemplate of ever severing your relationship with your own father!!!! Such is the gravity of breaking or severing one’s blood relationships in the Sight of Allah Subhanah!

 

If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),   one can be assured of never ever being misled;   but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led astray.  

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan

 
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