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Oh Muslims, in this above verse Allah states categorically that He has prescribed
affection, kindness and obedience towards parents. The Almighty absolutely forbids
ill-treatment, abuse and neglect of parents. Paradise and divine approval are for
those who are kind to their parents, as the Holy Prophet (pbuh) so beautifully states;
Oh servants of Allah. We are in the middle of our 2014 academic year. The learner,
the educator, the professional, the layman, the business person, nay, everybody in
society is in search of success and prosperity. The question is; What is true success
? Pharaoh, Firoun was a mighty ruler and very wealthy, yet he died horribly and
unsuccessful. Abu Jahl, who was an uncle of our beloved Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh), was an intellectual in his era, but his obstinacy and boastful arrogance
blinded him to the Truth, and he also died in disgrace and unsuccessful. How many
of us move in mighty executive circles today, holding positions of esteem, but we
neglect and abandon our beloved parents? How many parents are crying of
loneliness in old-age homes and cramped out buildings? Why are childrens
memories so short? Have we forgotten so soon how our mothers painfully bore and
brought us into this world? Remember, when our beloved Prophet was asked who is
the most deserving of our affectionate company, he replied thrice, Your Mother, Your
Mother, Your Mother and then your Father. Therefore lets understand! that our
worship of Allah is incomplete if we abandon or abuses our parents.
Our Noble Prophet (pbuh) was asked: Why do you give the mother three degrees of
preference over the father? He replied: Your mother carried you for nine months in
her blessed womb, then she painfully gave birth to you. After that she gave up her
sleep for you, suckled you, carried you in her arms for three years and cleaned up
your mess. She did your laundry. She cooked and served your food for eighteen
years. When you were forty, fifty, sixty, she still followed your progress with great
interest. The man enquired; Oh Prophet, suppose I carry my mother on my back for
years, clean up after her, cook for her and feed her. Suppose I attend to those same
services as long as she may live? The Prophet replied; There will be this one
difference between you. Your mother looked out for you to live, while you are waiting
for her to die.
Ammaa baad:
Innallha wa malaaikata yusallna alan nabi. Y ay yuhal latheena manu sall alayhi
wasalli m tas leema. Allahumma salli al Muhammad, wa ala li Muhammad, kama salayta
ala Ibrahim, wa ala ali Ibrahim. Allahumma barik ala Muhammad, kama barakta ala
Ibrahim, wa ala ali ibrahim. Fil la meen, innaka hameedun majeed.
Second Khutbah:
Soob hanallahi wal hamdu lillah, wala hawla wala quwwata illah billah yu althi yual
theem
Glory to Allah! Praise to Allah! There is no power and no strength except from Allah!
My dear sisters and brothers,
Oh Muslims, Listen dearly and reflect on the following qissah (story) as well.
One day, the great wali, Imam Hasan Al-Basri (ra) was making Tawaf around the
Kabah, and saw a young man carrying a basket on his back. The young man
explained. We are poor folk. For years my mother had this deep yearning to visit the
Kabah, but we could never afford it. She had grown old, but always spoke so
lovingly of the Kabah, with eyes filled with tears. I could not bear to see my mother
in such a state, so I placed her in this basket and brought her all the way from our
house in Syria. Oh Imam, did I repay my Mothers due by what I have done for her?
The pious Imam replied: Even if you carry your mother on your back and perform
tawaaf seventy times around the Kabah, you will never compensate her for one kick
you gave her when you were in her blessed womb.
Oh servants of Allah! Do I need to say more? Islam teaches us that our two beloved
parents are our doorway to Paradise. Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak Al-Jerrahi urges;
Be obedient and loving to your parents and earn Allahs good pleasure. Your
mother and father are your honoured guests. You will lose them one day, and be left
all alone in this world. You will never find a friend and helper like your mother. For of
all those who seem to be your friends, the most loyal is your mother. She is your true
friend, all the rest are friends of your money, rank, beauty etc. Should you become
bankrupt, ugly, old or sick, or be put into prison, your one real friend will be your
MOTHER.
I pray from this sacred Mimbar to Almighty Allah to bless all our beloved parents
lives with khair and barakah, and those who are deceased, to grant them JannatulFirdous, Ameen.
Brothers and sisters, to conclude our khutbah:
InnaAllaha, Yamuru bil adel, wal ihsaan, wa eetaa-i zil qurba; wa yanha anil fuhshaa-i, wal
munkari walbaghi; ya-idzukhum lallakum tathak-karoon. (Sura 16:90),
Surely Allah commands justice, good deeds and generosity to others and to relatives; and
He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, so that you may
be reminded.
Fadth kuroonee adth kurkum, wash kuroolee walaa tak furoon [2:152].
and remember Me: I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and do not reject faith.
wala thikrul-Laahi akbar, Wal-Laahu yalamu maa tasnaoon. [29:45].
and without doubt, Remembrance of Allah is the Greatest Thing in life, and Allah knows the
deeds that you do.
Ameen. Aqeemus salaah