Father's Day......every day

FATHER’S DAY

by Obed Khan

      Father's Day occurs every year on the third Sunday of  June in India but the dates keep on changing. The present date of Father's Day for the year 2019 falls on the 16th June whereas for the last year, the occasion was celebrated on 17th June, 2018. It is a day of meeting, caring and spending quality time with your father. In Islam every day is a fathers day or a parents day for that matter. We have to take care, meet, and make our father happy all the time.

In Islam, parents have a very high status. Allah says in the Qur’an,

“Say (O Muhammad): Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents…”

[al-An’aam 6:151]

“And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents”

[al-‘Ankaboot 29:8]

It is not allowed to say any word of contempt or even frown upon our parents-

“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour.

 And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was young’”

[Qur’an Surah al-Isra’ 17:23, 24]

     In Islam children can be good to their parents even after they have passed away- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When a person dies, all his good deeds come to an end except three: an ongoing charity he has begun, or beneficial knowledge he has left, or a righteous child who will pray for him.”  (at-Tirmidhi, no. 1376)

A lot more instructions on how to treat your parents in the Qur’an and Hadith but ending with this warning by the Almighty Creator-

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The pleasure of the Lord is in the pleasure of the parents, and the displeasure of the Lord is in the displeasure of the parents.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1899 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani)

      So dear readers make every day a fathers day and a mothers day. Take care of your parents, love them and spend time with them. And as for today, wishing all those who are celebrating Father’s Day…. A very Happy Father’s Day.

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