O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Behold, among your spouses and your children may be enemies unto you. (They could create a wedge between you and the Divine Order). So beware of them! And if you pardon, ignore, and absolve their imperfections, then, behold Allah is absolver of imperfections, Merciful. 64:14 Your worldly goods and your children are but a trial and a temptation, whereas with Allah there is a tremendous reward. 64:15 We should not ruin our eternal life for the sake of this worldly life. Sometimes our loved ones tempt us to act contrary to the demands of conscience and faith; and thus becomes the spiritual "enemy". Explaining this Moududi wrote "You are being made aware of their enmity so that you may beware of them and do your best to save your faith from them, This warning does not, however, mean that you should treat your spouse and children harshly, or strain your relations and make your own and their domestic life miserable and wretched For if you do so, two of the disadvantages would obviously result: first, it may close down every avenue to the reformation of the family and children for ever; second, it may give rise to suspicions and misgivings against Islam in the society and the people around may form the impression that a Muslim turns unduly rigid and ill-tempered for his own children in his own house as soon as he has embraced Islam."
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:06:12 +0000
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