Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 8 - al-Walidayn(Disobedience to parents) Āq al-Walidayn Cause Poverty and Misfortune
Ä€q al-Walidayn Cause Poverty and Misfortune
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Ä€q al-Walidayn Cause Poverty and Misfortune
There was a young man from Madinah. His parents were very old. He never did any good towards them. He neglected them and did not expend any of his wealth for their well-being. After sometime he became a destitute and fell sick. His wretchedness and misery reached such extreme, that he became a pitiable character. The Holy Prophet (S) said,
“Those who cause hurt to their parents should derive lessons from the life of this man. See how his wealth and property has been taken away. His affluence and independence has changed to poverty and his health has turned into disease. Whatever position he was to get in Heaven, he has been deprived of due to his sins; in its place the fire of Hell has been prepared for him.”
(Safinat’ul-BihÄr)
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) narrates:
“When Hazrat YaqÅ«b (a.s.) went to Egypt to meet his son Hazrat YÅ«suf (a.s.), he (YÅ«suf a.s.) did not alight from his horse to pay respect to his father. Hazrat JibrÄ«l (a.s.) descended, and told Hazrat YÅ«suf (a.s.) to open his fist. As he did so, a light shot out from his palm and rose towards the sky. Hazrat YÅ«suf (a.s.) enquired, “What was this light which came out of my hand and shot to the sky?.” JibrÄ«l (a.s.) replied, “The light of Prophethood has departed from your loins. You did not pay due respect to your father hence none of your descendants will get Prophethood.” It is true that Hazrat YÅ«suf (a.s.) did not descend from his horse to pay respect to his father. However, this was not due to any feelings of pride and vanity. The Prophets are sinless and could never harbour such emotions. His intentions were merely to maintain his dignity as a King among his subjects.”
