Essentially, our parents are most deserving of our efforts in this regard. They protected us, raised us, gave us education, taught us about the world, showed us how to distinguish between good and bad, and put themselves in difficulty to keep us at ease. After them come our siblings. They are our lifelong companions, and they unconditionally support us no matter what.

With great regret, what do we see nowadays? Parents consider their children a nuisance. Children turn their face from their parents. Respect and love between brother and sister is few and far between; instead we find rudeness, disputes, displeasure and a lack of respect for one another.

Even despite living under the same roof, blood brothers and sisters do not speak to one other, sometimes over the most trivial of things. If they live at a distance, they go months or even years without wanting to see each other.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Encouragement to act upon Pious Deed number 61

Dear Islamic brothers, in order to become a pious Muslim, be regular in performing salah, and to gain the passion to maintain ties, always remain associated with the Islamic environment of Dawat-e-Islami. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه Religious and character-centric training is provided, with the main role in this being played by the 72 Pious Deeds booklet, gifted to us by the Amīr of Ahl al-Sunnah  دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ .

By virtue of acting upon these pious deeds, many sinful individuals have begun traversing the right path and are now engaged in rectifying others too. From amongst the good deeds we are prescribed to perform in this booklet, pious deed number 61 is: