The Punishment for Undutifulness to Parents
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This is a female questioner who did not mention her name in this letter. She says: I was undutiful to my mother, and now I have repented to Allah. She used to pray against me for lack of success, so I failed in my studies, and she mentions that she is now a spinster. Is this because Allah punished her? And what is your advice for her, O honorable Shaykh?
Answer: It may be that this is a punishment, so she must repent to Allah, be dutiful to her mother, and strive to win her affection. This failure may be due to her undutifulness, for the evil of sins is great. Allah says: [Surat al-Shura: 30] And He the Exalted says: [Surat al-Nisa: 79]. So her failure may be due to her undutifulness, or due to other sins, or due to all of them. It is obligatory to repent, feel remorse, and abandon the sins. I ask Allah for success and assistance. Yes.
Answer: It may be that this is a punishment, so she must repent to Allah, be dutiful to her mother, and strive to win her affection. This failure may be due to her undutifulness, for the evil of sins is great. Allah says:
And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا عَنْ كَثِيرٍbut what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself
وَمَا أَصَابَكََ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَفْسِكَ
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