Affection for children

Dear Islamic brothers! While Islam has taught the young to respect their elders, it has also ordered the elders to show affection and devotion to their younger brothers and sisters. For motivation, let us listen to two blessed sayings of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

1. Whoever has three daughters or three sisters, or two daughters or two sisters, and he treats them well and fears Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in relation to them, then there is Paradise for him. (Tirmizi, vol. 3, pp. 367, Hadees 1923)

2. He is not amongst us who does not show mercy to our young ones, does not pay respect to our elders and does not fulfil our rights.(Mu’jam-e-Kabeer, vol. 11, pp. 355, Hadees 12276)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Islamic code of life regarding relatives

Dear Islamic brothers! As Islam guides us about familial relations and teaches us to fulfil the rights of one another, it also gives us the guiding principles and rules in relation to relatives.

Let us listen to what Islam has commanded us with regard to treating relatives well and about how we should behave towards them. Listen to it carefully and do your best to treat your relatives well. It is stated in the first verse of Surah An-Nisa:

وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِیْ تَسَآءَلُوْنَ بِهٖ وَ الْاَرْحَامَؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلَیْكُمْ رَقِیْبًا(۱)

And fear Allah in whose name you demand (mutual rights) and be mindful of your (blood) relations. Indeed Allah is observing you at all times.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 4, Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 1)

Regarding this blessed verse, it is stated in Tafseer-e-Na’eemi: The way Salah, fast, Hajj, Zakah etc. are necessary for Muslims, similarly it is also extremely