At Their Feet Piety Towards Parents | Ibn al-Jawzi

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DAR AS SUNNAH CLASSIC COLLECTION AT THEIR FEET PIETY TOWARDS PARENTS Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597AH) دار السنة
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CONTENT FOREWORD... BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR al-Hafiz Abu'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi...... INTRODUCTION... CHAPTER ONE Rational Basis for Being Good to Parents and Enjoining Family Ties... CHAPTER TWO ..11. .15 .22 ............24 What Allah Has Commanded With Regards to Kindness to Parents (birr al-wälidayn) and Joining Family Ties (silah al-raḥm).... CHAPTER THREE What the Sunnah has Commanded Regarding Being Kind to Parents ...26 ..30
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CHAPTER ONE Rational Basis for Being Good to Parents and Enjoining Family Ties R IGHTS DUE TO SOMEONE WHO renders a favour to you are not hidden to any person of logical discourse. After Allah Almighty, there is no one who has realised a greater favour to any person than his own parents. His mother bore him in extreme difficulty while carrying him, and at the time of giving birth she went through great hardship and trouble. She did her best in bringing him up and spent sleepless nights tending to him ignoring all her other wants and desires. She gave preference to him over herself each and every time. His father, in addition to being a cause for his existence, also gave him love, compassion and brought him up by working hard and spending on him. Thus a logical person knows the right of the one who renders a favour to him and tries to repay such favour. Not to recognise the right of the one who effects a favour is (from the) most despicable quality, especially if the person denies such a right and furthermore, repays it with evil. 24 24CHAPTER ONE Rational Basis for Being Good to Parents and Enjoining Family Ties R IGHTS DUE TO SOMEONE WHO renders a favour to you are not hidden to any person of logical discourse. After Allah Almighty, there is no one who has realised a greater favour to any person than his own parents. His mother bore him in extreme difficulty while carrying him, and at the time of giving birth she went through great hardship and trouble. She did her best in bringing him up and spent sleepless nights tending to him ignoring all her other wants and desires. She gave preference to him over herself each and every time. His father, in addition to being a cause for his existence, also gave him love, compassion and brought him up by working hard and spending on him. Thus a logical person knows the right of the one who renders a favour to him and tries to repay such favour. Not to recognise the right of the one who effects a favour is (from the) most despicable quality, especially if the person denies such a right and furthermore, repays it with evil. 24 24
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CHAPTER SIX Being Good to Parents Increases One's Lifespan 13) Sahl Ibn Mu'adh narrated from his father who said that the Messenger of Allah () said, "Glad tidings for the one who is good to his parents and may Allah increase his lifespan.' 2214 14) Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (radiyAllahu 'anhu) and Abu Hurayrah (radiy Allahu 'anhu) narrated that the Prophet () said, "O son of Adam! Be good to your parents and enjoin family ties, your affairs will be made easy for you and your lifespan will be increased. Obey your Lord and you will be called intelligent, and do not disobey Him for you will be called ignorant." >>15 14 Hakim, al-Mustadrak, #7322; Tabarani, Mu'jam al-Kabir.(20/198) and others. Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani said in Ithaf al-Mubrab, (13/220) that the isnad contained Zaban Ibn Fa'id, who is weak. See also Da'if al-Jami' al-Saghir, #5502. 15 Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Birr wa'l-Şilab, #18. Ibn Hajr said it was mandi' (fabricated) in his al-Mutalib al-Aliyyah, (3/419). 35 35
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AT THEIR FEET PIETY TOWARD PARENTS Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597AH) Allah the Most High Said: "And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents..." [17:23] After Allah Almighty, there is none who has realised a greater favour to any person than one's own parents. His mother bore him in extreme difficulty and went through great hardship and trouble while carrying him. Both parents performing their best in raising him, providing love and compassion and working hard to spend on him; spending sleepless nights tending to him while ignoring their own wants and desires. Islam has gone to great lengths in impressing piety towards parents and indicating reward and punishment associated to it. A person with basic common sense understands the rights of the one who renders favours to him; not recognising such rights is from the most deprived qualities one can assume. A person who is dutiful and good to his parents should know that no matter how diligent he is towards them, he can never repay or thank them for their rights and privileges granted to them by Allah. The renowned and eminent scholar, Ibn al-Jawzi penned this emotive book upon witnessing disregard and neglect some of the youth in his time had for their parents and kin, and not regarding it to be a necessary part of religion. He therefore felt the need to compile a short tract on these obligations so that the unaware may take heed and reassess the shortfalls in regards to their own obligations. He arranged it into seamless chapters touching on divine basis for being dutiful to parents and enjoining ties of kinship. This English rendering of Ibn al-Jawzi's 'Birrul Wälidayn' will assuredly lead to marked positive realignment of our own relationships with our parents and families. And Allah grants the means and ability to whomsoever He Wills. The author, Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH), was an learned scholar possessing extensive knowledge. While still young, he became known as someone who was religious and given to learning. He would not waste his time in idle activities and would scrupulously avoid any food whose source was doubtful. He was a great preacher and his fame was widespread; many people repented and accepted Islam at his hands. He was also a prolific writer and authored over one thousand works encompassing a multitude of Islamic disciplines and sciences. سنة 縮 Där as-Sunnah Publishers P.O. Box 9818, Birmingham, B11 4WA, United Kingdom. E-mail: info@darassunnah.com www.darassunnah.com Copyright by Där as-Sunnah Publishers Visit us www.darassunnah.com ISBN 13: 978-1-904336-50-1 ISBN 10: 1-904336-50-7 9 781904 336501 >