Mufti Muhammad Qasem Qasemi talked to the participants of the 21st annual graduation ceremony of Darululoom Zahedan after Asr prayers. He addressed the audience to show the importance of family and its role in upbringing the society.
Chairman of Dar-ul-Ifta Darululoom Zahedan began his discourse by reading the holy verse: «يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ» [التحریم:6] , (O you who believe, save yourselves and your families from a fire, the fuel of which is human beings and stones, appointed on which are angels, stern and severe, who do not disobey Allah in what He orders them, and do whatever they are ordered to do.)
Shaikh Qasemi said, ‘Family is one of the great blessings of Allah Almighty that contains father, mother and children. Holy Qur’an and our beloved prophet, peace be upon him, have emphasized on marriage and establishing family’s importance. Family is the first unit of a society; it makes the society perfect.’
He added more saying that if the family, which is the base, were reformed and trained well, the entire society would have been reformed. Shaikh Hasan al-Banna, may Allah have mercy on him, explains his method of upbringing: «نرید فرداَ مسلماَ و بیتاَ مسلماَ و شعباً مسلما و أسرة مسلمة و حکومة مسلمة و…» , (We need to have a Muslim individual, a Muslim home, a Muslim nation, a Muslim family and a Muslim regime.)
Teacher of Hadith and specialization in Islamic jurisprudence at Darululoom Zahedan further said, ‘If you want to have an ideal and exemplary society with a just and good government, then you should have well-trained families. Because, unjust rulers rule on people due to their misdeeds; «أعمالکم عُمّالکم», your deeds are your rulers!’
He analogized family to a garden saying, ‘The head of a family is like the gardener and the best fruits of this garden is well-educated and nice-trained daughters and sons; they will be establishing the society in the future. A good gardener should struggle a lot.’
The editor-in-chief of Neday Islam International magazine underlined saying that holy prophets gave very importance to children; they advised others and urged to have good children. It was the prayer of prophet Abraham, peace be upon him, who asked Allah for peace in Makkah. He asked for security of the city where his children and off-spring lived, because without peaceful atmosphere no one can arrange any good plan for life and development.
He then recited the rest of Abraham’s prayer for his off-spring, saying, ‘Prophet Abraham asked Allah to save him and his children from Shirk. Abraham proved that it is an important matter that what the beliefs of his children are. As he showed that offering prayers is the first cause of families’ reformation. Then he prayed: «فاجعل افئدة من الناس تهوی إلیهم», Prophet Abraham made Du’a for their social status; he wanted his children to be popular among people. As well as, he prayed to Allah for his children’s financial betterment. If people have financial problems, they will be excited to commit crimes.’
Mufti Muhammad Qasem Qasemi went on explaining the holy verse: «یا ایهاالذین آمنوا قوا انفسکم و أهلیکم نارا وقودها الناس و الحجارة», saying, ‘Be careful over yourself and your family members; you should work hard to save them from the fire of the Hell. Its fuel is stones and human beings. This fire can not be extinguished by worldly tools; only good deeds, beliefs and moral can put it out. Guardians of family will be questioned on the Resurrection Day about their responsibilities. Holy Prophet, peace & blessings be upon him, said: «کلکم راع و کلکم مسئول عن رعیته», all of you are guardian and all of you would be questioned about the villain.’
Shaikh asked the audience of the 21st graduation ceremony to avoid Haram, illegal tools, in order to have righteous children. He pointed that if parents do not care about legal and illegal food, cloth etc, their children will be damaging them in future. Such children would be the cause of defamation for their parents, tribe and country.
The eminent Islamic thinker advised parents to avoid their children from bad companies. He said that such bad friends would destroy moral, behavior, views and beliefs of children. He warned parents and guardians of families to be vigilant over drug addiction and triteness which are killing poison for families. Parents should give time to their children and provide them love and care all the time.
At the end of his sermon, Mufti Qasemi put Du’a one of the most influential reasons in cultivation of children. He stated in this regard, ‘When you did your best to nurture children correctly, raise your hands praying to Allah for purification of your children. From prophets, Muhammad, Abraham, Zachariah and others made Du’a for reformation of their children and families. «ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا و ذرّیتنا قرة أعین واجعلنا للمتقین إماما», it was prayer of Zachariah and we must say it as well.’
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