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EPISODE 2️⃣3️⃣ – NINTH (LAST) CHARACTERISTIC: THEY ALWAYS MAKE DU’A THAT THEIR SPOUSE AND LINEAGE ARE THE COOLNESS OF THEIR EYES (Continuation)
Look at the priority of Ibad-ur Rahman!
They are not asking Allaah for a beautiful, wealthy, or powerful family and lineage, even though there is nothing wrong to ask that from Allaah but the Ibad-ur Rahman want a family and lineage that absolutely uphold the purity of Tawhid, and love to perform worship for the sake of Allaah Alone. They want a family and lineage that aspire to improve their acts of worship, and do not desire to commit evil.
Al-Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله said:
“By Allaah, there is nothing that brings the coolness of the eyes to a Muslim than the obedience to Allaah that he sees in his children, grandchildren, relatives, and close friends.”
The Ibad-ur Rahman Want To Be Leaders of the Muttaqun
The ayah continues:
وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
And those who say: “Our Rabb! Bestow on us from our wives and our offspring the coolness of our eyes, and make us leaders for the Muttaqun (pious).”
[Surah Al-Furqan 25:74]
Muttaqun means believers who are pious, who have taqwa of Allaah.
Scholars said that this part of ayah means that the Ibad-ur Rahman love to supplicate to Allaah that He makes them leaders who would be taken as examples in good, or as guides who would call others to goodness.
They want to leave a legacy behind – a legacy of pious lineage whom Allaah loves, whereby their examples and guidance will go beyond themselves and benefit others. They want a lineage that will bring good even after their death, for indeed, this is a much more rewarding and a better end. Prophet ﷺ said:
“When a man dies, his deeds come to an end except for three:
(1) a continuous charity,
(2) knowledge by which people derive benefit,
(3) pious child who prays for him.”
[Sahih Muslim]
Parents who teach and guide their children and their descendants in goodness are whom Prophet ﷺ referred to in this hadith.
To be continued… إن شاء الله
May Allaah facilitate us to do the same.
آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ
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