Lessons Learned from Luqman’s Advice to His Son
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Question:
Abu Sami sent a question saying: Shaykh Salih, Luqman’s advice to his son in the Qur’an contains lessons to be learned. What are the most prominent of these lessons and directives?
Answer:
The most prominent of these is His saying:[Luqman 31:13] [Luqman 31:13] So the greatest type of injustice is shirk with Allah the Exalted and Majestic. It is an injustice that Allah does not forgive except through repentance. Whoever dies as a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), his abode is the Fire, where he will remain forever. So the first thing he is forbidden from is shirk with Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and the first thing he is commanded to do is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the tawhid of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Then He commanded him to establish the prayer, which is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam, and it is the pillar of Islam. "O my son, establish the prayer." Then He commanded him to enjoin good and forbid evil, which are two great pillars of Islam; upon them the religion stands. If enjoining good and forbidding evil is abandoned, society perishes.
So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) compared those who enjoin good and forbid evil to a ship whose people drew lots for its sections; some got the front and others got the bottom. The people in the bottom section would come and take water from the people in the top section. The people in the top section said, "We will not burden our brothers; we will make a hole in our section so they can take water from it, in their opinion." If they had made the hole, the ship would have sunk and everyone would have perished. If the people who enjoin good and forbid evil restrain them, they are all safe. This is the case of enjoining good and forbidding evil and the necessity of society for it. And when the punishment descends, no one is saved except those who[At-Tawbah 9:71]. So Allah the Glorious and Exalted informed that when the punishment comes, no one is saved except those who enjoin [Hud 11:116] We saved them, and they are those who enjoin good and forbid evil.
And He said in the other verse:[Al-A'raf 7:166] Humiliated. [Al-Baqarah 2:65]. And He informed that when the punishment descended, He said: [Al-A'raf 7:165]. So enjoining good and forbidding evil are two of the pillars of Islam. Therefore Luqman advised his son of this, enjoining good and forbidding evil.
And he advised him to be patient, because the one who enjoins good, forbids evil, and maintains the prayer needs patience.[Luqman 31:17] Then he forbade him from arrogance and looking down on people. [Luqman 31:18] And he commanded him to be dutiful to his parents after the prayer. He the Glorious and Exalted said: [Luqman 31:14] So these are the advices of Luqman in brief. Yes.
The presenter:
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Abu Sami sent a question saying: Shaykh Salih, Luqman’s advice to his son in the Qur’an contains lessons to be learned. What are the most prominent of these lessons and directives?
Answer:
The most prominent of these is His saying:
O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allah
يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِIndeed, association [with him] is great injustice."
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌSo the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) compared those who enjoin good and forbid evil to a ship whose people drew lots for its sections; some got the front and others got the bottom. The people in the bottom section would come and take water from the people in the top section. The people in the top section said, "We will not burden our brothers; we will make a hole in our section so they can take water from it, in their opinion." If they had made the hole, the ship would have sunk and everyone would have perished. If the people who enjoin good and forbid evil restrain them, they are all safe. This is the case of enjoining good and forbidding evil and the necessity of society for it. And when the punishment descends, no one is saved except those who
They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِSo why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them?
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُولُو بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْAnd He said in the other verse:
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةًand We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَWe saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.
أَنجَيْنَا الَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَأَخَذْنَا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذَابٍ بَئِيسٍ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَAnd he advised him to be patient, because the one who enjoins good, forbids evil, and maintains the prayer needs patience.
and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِAnd do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly
وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًاAnd We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination.
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 26 / فتاوى على الهواء - 05 11 1434هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (26:06)
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