Ramadhan Day 8 / Juzz 8
Say, "Come, I will recite
what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate
anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your
children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach
immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill
the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This
has He instructed you that you may use reason." [6:151]
This ayah begins with Allah
telling the messenger, 'Come, let me tell you what your master has made
*impermissible* for you.' So what we are being told is that the list of actions
which will follow this ayah are those things which Allah has made made
impermissible/ haraam for us to do.
So Allah begins. Number 1, don't
commit Shirk, number 2 do not kill your children out of bankruptcy, number 3,
don't engage in shameful acts, number 4, don't engage in murder. So Allah is
giving us counsel of all those acts we need to stay away from.
But... In the middle of this
ayah, Allah says, 'do good to your parents' or, * be the best you possibly can
to your parents* The word احسان - excellence, is used here.
What's so amazing is that in this
ayah Allah is supposed to mention all those things which are prohibited, all
the *don't do's*' Yet, the only *do* Allah mentions in the ayah is to be good
to parents.
Do you know why this is powerful?
Because Allah is saying to us, that *anything short of THE BEST to your
parents, is impermissible.* in other words when it comes to treatment of
parents, Allah has one words: IHSAAN - the absolute best and nothing less is
acceptable.
Allah didn't even specify an
action, so He didn't say Ihsaan in speech, or in attitude, but He kept it open,
meaning Ihsaan in everything, despite their attitude towards you.
May Allah give us the ability to
serve our parents with Ihsaan and nothing less, ameeen.
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