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carries out the obligation of ‘اَمۡرٌ بِالۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ وَنَهۡيٌ عَنِ الۡمُنۡكَرِ’ (i.e. conveying the call to righteousness and preventing others from evils).[1]
The Beloved Prophet Muhammad Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘One who likes that his age and sustenance be increased should behave towards his parents kindly and treat his relatives gracefully.’[2]
Explanation of increase in age and sustenance
Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ, Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated in the 1197-page book ‘Baĥār-e-Sharī’at’ published by Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: It is stated in a Ḥadīš, ‘Treating relatives with kindness increases age and sustenance.’ Some scholars have said this Ḥadīš implies what it apparently means. That is, it refers to Qaḍā Mu’allaq because Qaḍā Mubram cannot be changed[3].
[1] Tanbīĥ-ul-Mughtarrīn, pp. 236
[2] Attarghīb Wattarĥīb, vol. 3, pp. 217, Ḥadīš 16
[3] ‘Qaḍā’ here refers to fate. In order to learn about its details and kinds, study from page 14 to 17 of the first volume of ‘Baĥār-e-Sharī’at’ published by Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ. The footnotes given by Majlis Al-Madīna-tul-‘Ilmiyyaĥ, in particular, are unique and a cure for several satanic deceptions.
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