Sunday, 10 May 2009

What is That?

My respected teacher once in his talk mentioned regarding parents rights and said that one should never disobey them and nor shout or yell at them.

Allah says:

Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and do good to parents. If any one of them or both of them reach old age, do not say to them: uff (a word or expression of anger or contempt) and do not scold them, and address them with respectful words, and submit yourself before them in humility out of compassion, and say, “My Lord, be merciful to them as they have brought me up in my childhood.” (Al-Qur’an 17-23/24)

And then he mentioned a story of an old father who was sat in the garden with his son.


Whilst they were sitting a bird flew down in front of them, father then asked what is this? The son replied: it’s a crow! Minutes later the father asks again, what is this? The son replies I told you before that it’s a crow! A few minutes later, father asks the son what’s that? The son got angry and shouted how many times I have to tell you, it’s a crow!


Father took out the note book and asks the son to look and read what’s been written in it.

It said that when was young and ask me many times father what’s that? And each time I replied him with affection that O my son it’s a crow. At this moment the son was ashamed and sought forgiveness for what he had done.


Please find the attached clip which denotes this story


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