Shaikh Abdul Hameed, the preacher of Friday prayers in Zahedan, Iran after reciting the verse: “وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا” (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.) [Al-Isra/23]; expressed his points regarding the rights of children, saying: “Many people believe that worshiping of God and the Islamic instructions are limited to offering prayers and pilgrimage, giving Zaka’t and having fasting in fact to worship Allah almighty is ordered by the sharia’h and it is obligatory on mankind but there are other ordinances also on the shoulders of all Muslims about intimacy and human subjects.”
He more said: “As parents have rights on descendant as well as the children also have the same applies to parents, which is also an important issue, parents must observe it. Boys and daughters and parents are the closest people who link with each others.” The great Sunni scholar indicated to children’s rights on the Islamic civilization point of view and said, “The Islamic civilization has focused much attention on descendants, it should be kept in minds that the birth of any descendant is a great blessing God almighty, whether it is male or female, that’s why than the parents are congratulated for that. Contrary to what had happened before the sunrise of Islam in the days of ignorance, The people of that era were considering girls a disgrace to themselves and property for others after getting married, and they thought that son is the helper of father and great treasury of them by passing time, as they used it in wars and business. But Islamic civilization and law rejected this wrong idea; because there is a great percentage of girls that they serve their fathers more than boys, there fore our Islam religion taught us to be pleased by having both the male and female, and we must thank to Allah on it.”
Keeping good name is the main initial right of children
“Many people like to put on their children the foreigner names or the names of kings who lived before Islam in Iran in the days of ignorance, but they should choose the names according to the teachings of our religion Islam,” Shaikh added.
Saying Azan & Eqamah
Mulana Abdul Hameed further said, “One of the essential rights of child is calling Aza’n in his right side ear and Eqa’mah in his left side ear at his birth, it is one of the greatest symbols of God and the divine education, it is an indication that this child will choose the path of Islam and monotheism. As well as it is a sort of reminding that he should keep preparing for his funeral prayer which is offered the time he dies and travels to wards the afterlife,; this funeral prayer is not only worship of God, but also request for intercession and forgiveness for the deceased.”
Khateeb of Sunnis went on saying that the holy Prophet (PBUH) advised us to train children and give them good education surely it is the most important right of children, all the better gift for the child from his parents side is to teach them the etiquette and realize them the Islamic decorum., we should encourage them to learn and go to Islamic schools to learn Shari’ah sciences.
He continued: saying that it is also the right of children to love them, because children are the best wealth we let them come after us, as they are heirs of our money they should be heirs of our Islamic instructions. We should love them equally without discrimination between boys and girls.
Shaikh explained the basic role of fathers how to get their children married saying: “that Parents should not be negligent and lax in the case of marriage of their children; because the parents’ single carelessness may cause harm in the morals of boys and may damage their lives mostly. Talking about the marriage of girls’ shaikh said: “that the views of them should be taken seriously; because if the girls are mature so with out taking their permission the marriage is not accurate; fathers can not make marry without her consent. While choosing wife for children we should give no value to the wealth and beauty of some one rather we must look to the morals and religious conditions, the number of beauty money comes in the last rank after religion, modesty and chastity.
Due to circumstances going on the present time we must be more aware and cautious about girls and boys.”
Referring to some ignorant habits that prevent girls from their inheritance and their basic rights, he more said, “We must make these habits under our feet. Sometimes brothers ask their sisters to betake their heir’s right. This gift is not acceptable when they are not contents, The Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “Using of any Muslim’s property is not permissible unless willingly gives himself.”
The month of Rajab and annual gathering of Sunnis
The head of Darululoom Zahedan pointed out towards the month of Rajab, saying, “This month is the key to the month of Shaaban, the month of Sha’ban is the door of Ramadan, and these months are months of worship, reciting the Qura’n, which is valuable opportunities for each believer, pleading the worship and remembrance (Zikr) and repenting and seeking forgiveness, we should begin fasting in Rajab.
On the other hand, the month of Rajab is the month of gathering in the honor of fresh becoming scholars in most religious schools of Baluchistan, God willing, the annual ceremony (the blessed Khatm-e-Bukhari Sharif) of Darululoom Zahedan will be held at the end of this month, certainly this ceremony is a blessing of God on the inhabitants of this city as well as for those who will participate it.”
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