Kitab Atawheed - Lesson 2.
Kitab Atawheed - Lesson 2.
Kitab Atawheed - Lesson 2.
In the book of Allah is many verses which clearly depict the purpose
of man, not only the purpose of man but also the reasons man was
created, how man was created, and all things which the slaves of
Allah [Men & Jinn] need to know about the reason for their living.
Allah the Almighty states in Surah Athaariyaat [Verse 56]:
and I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship
me.
Had this verse been the only verse revealed, it would be sufficient for
us to understand the reason for our existence. He did not create man
or jinn to invest our time in evil, to do things which are displeasing to
Allah, he created us to worship him alone, assigning no partner or
associate with him and to call to goodness and reject evil.
Moreover, further clarification and evidence that Allah the Most High
has declared that his slaves worship him alone and do not associate
partnership to him is in Surah Israa, Verse 23 in which Allah says:
And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but him and
to be good to the parents.
In the highlighted part, Allah swt specifically ordains upon the
slave to worship none except him. And an extra sweetener and
additive is the connection between the worship of him alone and
prescribing goodness to the parents. This not only emphasises
the significance of being obedient to the parents, it places it on
an extremely high status by mentioning this topic directly after
Allah tells us to worship him alone.
There are two categories in regards to being obedient and
respectful to the parents:
1) Birr-Ul Waalidayn Obedience to parents, known as
Filialpiety [Respectful, obedient, honest etc. towards the
parents]
2) Uqooq-Ul Waalidayn the opposite of the former, this means
disobedience, disrespect and such towards the parents.
then he said: the right of the slaves upon him is not to punish
any person who does not associate anything with him. He
[Muadh] said Ya Rasoolullah [Oh Messenger], Shall I not give
the glad tidings of the people? The Prophet said: do not inform
them lest they rely on this. In other words the Prophet
said do not tell them in case they become
completely dependent on this and do not take
precautional measures, or do not take action and
strike in committing good deeds for the sake of
Allah, the Prophet did not want them to lapse in
their obedience to Allah.