In the Name
of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Why Breaking
Relations
- Part-1
By
Irshad Mahmood
– Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
The moment a person is
born, his/her
relationship builds up with the world, which includes parents,
brothers, sisters, other relatives, as well as whole world in addition
to relationship with Allah (God). He/she according to time learns how
to deal with the people around him/her, which are dependent upon
his/her neighborhood, which includes home as well. If he/she does not
learn manor to deal with the people around him/her, then he/she could
be looser in his/her life. Many relations are being broken due to
intolerance and not respecting each other. The Quraan teaches us to
deal with it and respect all, without any discrimination. Forgiveness
is the key to resolve any matters as taught by the Quraan.
Responsibilities
do Change, BUT Don’t Break Relations. Below are key Relationships:
1>
Relationship with Allah (God)
2>
Relationship with Parent/Child
3>
Relationship with Brothers
4>
Relationship with Sisters
5>
Relationship with Uncles
6>
Relationship with Aunts
7>
Relationship with Cousins
8>
Relationship with Spouses (Husband/Wife/Wives)
9>
Relationship with Other Relatives
10>
Relationship
with Friends
11>
Relationship
with Neighborhood
12>
Relationship
with City
13>
Relationship
with Province/State
14>
Relationship
with Country
15>
Relationship
with the World
We are all human and we
do mistakes
again and again, which need to be corrected. Someone need to
standup and
make peace among them,
and get great reward from Allah, otherwise Allah may question them on
the day of judgment, which will be too late to reconcile, (Ref. Al_Quraan_049:009-012).
People
who can
come forward to make peace and get Great Reward from Allah:
1>
Parent
2>
Children
3>
Brothers
4>
Sisters
5>
Uncles
6>
Aunts
7>
Friends
8>
Husband
9>
Wife/Wives
10>
Other
Relatives
11>
Neighbors
12>
Teachers
13>
Students
14>
Police and
Law & order enforcing authorities
15>
City
councilors
16>
Province/State Assembly members
17>
Country/National Assembly members
18>
United
Nations
Tips
on Dealing
with People:
It is human nature to
burn up on
certain, things or words or others attitude/tone towards him/her.
Bullying and Yelling hurts, and people may do suicide. Sticks and stones
break only
skin, while words and actions live in their mind permanently.
Bullying
may kill
people including your loved ones. We must stand up, speak
up and
make it stop before it gets too late. Those who do Bullying
must need
to be send to correction center.
We all
need to
learn how to talk with manners, dignity and respects, regardless of
elders/youngers.
We need to train ourselves to become a role model in our society. We
need to learn Effective Communication (a Two Way Communication) to deal
with these matters in the light of the Quraan. Brothers
and
Sisters must be BEST Friends to each other regardless of Elders or
Youngers.
THINK
before you speak, since you will be question on the Day of Judgment on
each of your actions. Remember, no action is also an
action
itself. Each and every letters of THINK
itself stands for.
T
= is it really True?
H
= is it Helpful?
I
= is it Inspiring?
N
= is it Necessary?
K
= is it Kind
Use soft tone instead of
harsh one,
e.g. instead to saying “You never helped me, look you saw and didn’t
help me”, or you say like yelling “Hey, Do this” or “Hey, Do that”, or
say “Are you blind, deaf or dumb”, just say “can you please help me”.
Do consult with your loved ones and be tolerant on collective
decisions, if that is not against the Quraan and Authentic Sunnah.
Inshaa Allah that will help cooling down all and if others didn’t help
just keep calm, be patient and ask Allah to help you. If you get help
from your loved ones in your hardships, you must accept that and give
reward to him/her if you can afford to do so. You must not forget those
who are very close to you like under the candle light there is dark. If
for all you are the best example but for your closed loved ones you are
terrible then wait, and Allah will tell you on the Day of Judgment or
correct yourself before it gets too late. For your closed loved ones
you must be the best friend regardless of elder or younger and mind
your language before saying, Think
before You
Ink.
You must say “Jazaak Allah Khair (May Allah Reward You for this Help,
AMEEN) / Thank You”, after getting help at least. Problems do come in
our lives as a test or alarming punishments. If someone is badly
sick/disabled or having other hardships, it could be a test for him/her
or alarming punishment. While for others who are not in hardship may
also having test for this, to check that if they are helping those
having hardship as much as they can. If they do help what they can,
then they are safe, otherwise they will be questioned on the Day of
Judgment. Many times Elders/Rich/Powerful people create problems due to
their PRIDE
and thinking that
they are BIG,
this is Devils
(Shaitaanic) work and that may lead them to hardship by Allah. Remember:
You cannot change
others but you
can change yourself.
Tips
to Save Your
Marriages:
Many people act first
and then they
cry rest of their life including their children, due to not taking the
Guidance from the Quraan. The Quraan has given Clear Guidance for each
and every situation including Divorce. Reasons of Divorce (Talaaq) are
many, which could be Differences in Status, Understanding, Unnecessary
spending, Un-Islaamic Activities in Marriages, other Un-Islaamic
Ceremonies, and falsely blaming each other etc. After Divorce they try
to look for shortcut of Halaalah (Temporarily Marriages), which is
Zina/Rape. No
Marriage is Marriage if it is for fixed period of time.
Divorce is on the rise,
since not
releasing each other’s problem. World is changing and you must change
yourself accordingly. Now it is extremely hard to survive for a family
on single earnings and many women have started working to boost their
family income to support their family. It is time to realize our
women’s great help for our family and help them as well for ongoing
housekeeping. Many time parents don’t educate their children about
marriage life that is one of the reasons Divorce happens. Help the
needy does not mean to neglect your loved ones. It has been observed
that a man married wife of his brother’s (who has passed away) but
neglecting his own first wife and children, and divorced happen with
his first wife and his own children are suffering. This is totally
unjust with his loved one and he will sure be question on the
Day-of-Judgment and that will be too late. It has been observed that
many of the women do not realize how hard her husband is working to
support his family and later on due to disrespecting husband, she gets
divorce. For those women who don’t understand how hard it is to earn,
it is advised to take a month break and try yourself to support your
family without husband’s income and see. Perhaps that will be life long
experience to save their marriages. One must go through Marriage
Counselling or Marriage Guide. Please find link for Marriage
Counselling.
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/Marriage_Guide_in_Quraan.pdf
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/MarriageCounseling.pdf
Tips on
Dealing
with Mother-in-Law & Daughter-in-Law:
Mother-in-Law &
Daughter-in-Law
are very critical and that may trigger Divorce among Husband and
Wife/Wives due to not realizing their responsibilities. Both need to
accept each other as their own mother and daughter. Due to bad image
from Movie and Dramas, many are judgmental about their Mother-in-Law
& Daughter-in-Law, but in reality they might be very loving.
Don’t
be judgmental about each other. Don’t demand separate home in the very
beginning, vast majority of people around the world might not afford to
buy or rent new home, does not mean that they don’t need to marry. In
many mega cities families are living in one or two rooms and sharing
kitchen/bath and they are not able to afford to have living/dining
rooms. Mothers need to realize that now his son has more
responsibilities so she should spare him. Also Wife/Wives need to
understand theirs husband’s responsibilities otherwise they will have
consequences which may trigger divorce at later stage. Today if any
Daughter-in-Law separates her mother-in-law tomorrow she might be
separated by her own Daughter-in-Law. Divorce may also happen if one or
both of spouses have children from previous relations and instead of
helping them and get great reward from Allah, they become judgmental
and falsely start blaming each other. After marital relations buildups,
their children become legal children except for inheritance. If
mother-in-law is not disabled then she should not act like a true
disabled and become fully burden on daughter-in-law, instead help her
family and help her grand kids, then Inshaa Allah she will get true
happiness in their lives. If due whatever reason, daughter-in-law does
not accepts her mother-in-law, in that case, if she can live with her
own daughter, then son-in-law must accept her. This will help his own
kids learn how to help their own parents, and Inshaa Allah he will get
great rewards from Allah. Remember:
What you plant today will harvest later.
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/Marriage_Guide_in_Quraan.pdf
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/MarriageCounseling.pdf
Tips
on Respecting
Your Parent:
Many times Parent do not
teach their
own kids how to deal with the people and what Allah has taught in the
Quraan and later they suffer, since perhaps they do not know
themselves. Regardless of what parent has done, kids duties are to help
their parent and when they become old do not say even a single word of
Disrespect (Ahh! or Offs etc.). Once your parent
crosses the age of 55,
treat them as young old, but if they live longer
than 65
years of age then treat them as middle old, and if they live
longer than 75
years of age then that is bonus age for them called very
old. Prophet Muhammad (Peace-Be-Upon-Him) lived for around 63 years. It has
been observed that those who disrespect their parent they
face hardship in their life and sometime their own kids do the same to
them what they have done to their own parent at earlier stage. Respect your parent
before it
gets too late.
There is NO place
of old home in the
Quraan. You must
live along with your
parent, if
possible
and respect them as well as
follow the
commandments of Allah, (Ref: Al_Quraan_002:083,
004:036,
006:151, 017:023, 029:008, 031:014, 046:015). Remember:
What you plant today will harvest later.
Prevention is better
than cure. We
love to teach our kids all the modern and professional courses which
may help them to earn big money, BUT we hardly teach our kids
(boys/girls) about life after marriage, when they are grown up, and
perhaps we might not know ourselves as well. As a parents or guardians
or friends it is our great responsibility to teach them Marriage
Counseling in the light of the Quraan and Authentic Sunnah, so that
they may avoid any consequences in future.
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/Marriage_Guide_in_Quraan.pdf
http://www.global-right-path.com/Downloads/MarriageCounseling.pdf
Tips
on Dealing
with Youngers, Poor, or Week:
Many times your loved
ones (specially
your Elder Brothers or Elder Sisters or those who are rich) may force
you to do something without realizing your problems, which is another
cause of breaking relations. E.g. if one force you to pay Zakat
(Charity), without realizing that you are in hardship and don’t have
enough money to pay the fare to travel to find job and instead have to
walk several miles, or forcing you to do some other things without
realizing that you or your spouse or your loved one is having hardship
due to critical illness like Cancer/Heart-Bypass/Heart-Pacemaker/Other
Disabilities etc., or do not ask you how is going in your hardships.
That is the reason for breaking relationship. Big
shame on those who don’t help those relatives/friends/neighbors who are
going through hardships including critical illnesses and it will be too
late after they passed away.
Today you still might
have time
to repent, BUT tomorrow it could be too late. Repent
now before
it gets too late. Not
following Allah’s Commandments is Breaking Relation with Allah.
It is my humble request to all
Masjid
organizers to start Quraanic Arabic Language Course in Masjids for free.
It will help Ajmi Muslims to understand the Quraan and protect
themselves from Great Sins. Be
Careful, if you are BIG
(Brother/Sister/Rich/Power/Educated).
… To Be Continued in Part-2
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