The Barakah (blessings) of Righteous Parents #AllahJagaAnakKita

We all want what is best for our children; and especially in current times of anxiety due to the #COVID19 pandemic, we all hope in means that Allah preserves and guards them from safety and harm. We talk about investing in them to provide them the best future.

But how? 

In surah Al-Kahf, Allah provides the solution: be a righteous parent. In the third story of the surah in ayah #77 Allah narrates the adventures of Khidr and Prophet Musa:

فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْاْ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَاراً يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ

“Then they both proceeded till when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them, therein which they found therein a wall about to collapse. He (i.e. Khidr, fixed the wall and) set it up straight.”

Despite being treated poorly by the townsfolk, Khidr did them a public service free of charge, and was therefore questioned by Musa: “Why didn’t you demand wages for that hard work?” Ibn Kathir commented: “because they did not entertain us as guests, you should have not worked for them for free”

In ayah 82, Khidr explains:

وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـلِحاً فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ

"And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the town; 

and under the wall there was a treasure belonging to them; 

and their father was a righteous man, so your Lord intended that they should attain their age of full strength and take out their treasure as a mercy from your Lord.”

Because the wall was defective, it was feared that if the wall had fallen before the children had reached maturity, the townsfolk would have stolen the treasure. But because the orphans’ father was a righteous man, Khidr explained that ALLAH wanted to preserve their wealth so that they may gain it when they have attained old age. 

Ibn Abbas said: “They were taken care of because their father was a righteous man, although it is not stated that they themselves were righteous.''

Ibn Kathir commented: “(This verse) indicates that a righteous person's offspring will be taken care of, and that the blessing of his worship will extend to them in this world AND in the Hereafter. This will occur through his intercession for them, as well as their status being raised to the highest levels of Paradise, so that he may find joy in them. This was stated in the Qur'an and reported in the Sunnah.

In a touching display of compassionate fatherhood, this is how the companion Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, and the tabi’ee Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab understood this verse: in remembrance of their sons, they were motivated to increase their night prayers and strengthened their relationship with Allah.

Hasn’t the time come we increased ours…? 😭😭😭

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