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Family disintegration
Allaah has bestowed upon His slaves many bounties and favors which they cannot count. He has decreed that true Muslim communities can only be established with the existence of families that are obedient to Allaah and are nurtured in accordance with His commandments.
Therefore, He has provided Muslims with the elements by which the family is created, as He Almighty Says (what means): “And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy....” [Quran 30: 21]
Observe how Allaah constructs the family – He created companions for men from within themselves so that they may attain harmony. He made the wife the source of spiritual tranquility, but the family still needs a tangible sort of tranquility, which Allaah describes saying (what means): “And Allaah has made for you from your homes a place of rest....” [Quran 16: 80] Hence, the spiritual serenity is found in the wife and the physical serenity in one's house; together, both of these shape the family, which forms communities.
Muslims are commanded to manage the family according to Islam and Allaah has legislated such rules for us whereby we may acquire prosperity and bond the family closely. This is so that the resulting society will be righteous and one which performs Jihaad, or struggle, for the sake of Allaah, as a result of which Islam will spread throughout the world.
Undoubtedly, when we neglected the family, our communities became corrupt and Muslim countries undeveloped, anxiety overwhelmed people and life became intolerable
Today, if we study the situation of Muslim families, we will see that most of them live a miserable life, in consequence of being distant from Islamic laws and disregarding them. I will give some examples of things that result in the breakdown or disintegration of families.
However, let us first cite an example of a happy, Islamic family, which lived according to the way Allaah has prescribed. Allaah Says (what means): “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors.” [Quran 21: 89]
He supplicated to Allaah and sought His help, as Allaah Says (what means): “Kaaf, Haa, Yaa, ‘Ayn, Saad. This is a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah when he called to his Lord a private call [i.e. supplication] . He said, “My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white hair, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e. disappointed] . And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren….” [Quran 19: 1-5]
The story goes that Zakariyya prayed to his Lord with sincerity, complaining that he became old and weak; he went on to acknowledge that Allaah always responded to his invocations and never failed him. He then expressed his concern that those whom he will leave behind after his demise will not be able to carry out the mission of conveying Allaah's message and that his wife can no longer give birth. At this point, he commenced his supplication, uttering, as Allaah Says (what means): “…So give me from Yourself a heir. Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob…” [Quran 19: 5-6], not to inherit wealth, rather, prophethood.
Zakariyya continued in his prayer, imploring Allaah to make him (i.e., the child) pleasing to Himself. The angels, soon after, came to him with glad tidings from Allaah about a boy whom Allaah named as Yahyaa (i.e., John). So, Zakariyya was not the one naming him or even his mother, but it was Allaah, The One, who gave the child a name which no human before him had. Allaah Says (what means): “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors. So We responded to him, and We gave to him Yahyaa (i.e., John), and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear.” [Quran 21: 89-90]
Thus, this pious family was obedient to Allaah – the father and son were Prophets, and the wife was devout because Allaah made her so. The entire family would rush to please Allaah, both during times of prosperity and adversity; they supplicated submissively and were not heedless nor indulged unnecessarily in this life. This is how families used to be.
Family disintegration
Allaah has bestowed upon His slaves many bounties and favors which they cannot count. He has decreed that true Muslim communities can only be established with the existence of families that are obedient to Allaah and are nurtured in accordance with His commandments.
Therefore, He has provided Muslims with the elements by which the family is created, as He Almighty Says (what means): “And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy....” [Quran 30: 21]
Observe how Allaah constructs the family – He created companions for men from within themselves so that they may attain harmony. He made the wife the source of spiritual tranquility, but the family still needs a tangible sort of tranquility, which Allaah describes saying (what means): “And Allaah has made for you from your homes a place of rest....” [Quran 16: 80] Hence, the spiritual serenity is found in the wife and the physical serenity in one's house; together, both of these shape the family, which forms communities.
Muslims are commanded to manage the family according to Islam and Allaah has legislated such rules for us whereby we may acquire prosperity and bond the family closely. This is so that the resulting society will be righteous and one which performs Jihaad, or struggle, for the sake of Allaah, as a result of which Islam will spread throughout the world.
Undoubtedly, when we neglected the family, our communities became corrupt and Muslim countries undeveloped, anxiety overwhelmed people and life became intolerable
Today, if we study the situation of Muslim families, we will see that most of them live a miserable life, in consequence of being distant from Islamic laws and disregarding them. I will give some examples of things that result in the breakdown or disintegration of families.
However, let us first cite an example of a happy, Islamic family, which lived according to the way Allaah has prescribed. Allaah Says (what means): “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors.” [Quran 21: 89]
He supplicated to Allaah and sought His help, as Allaah Says (what means): “Kaaf, Haa, Yaa, ‘Ayn, Saad. This is a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah when he called to his Lord a private call [i.e. supplication] . He said, “My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white hair, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e. disappointed] . And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren….” [Quran 19: 1-5]
The story goes that Zakariyya prayed to his Lord with sincerity, complaining that he became old and weak; he went on to acknowledge that Allaah always responded to his invocations and never failed him. He then expressed his concern that those whom he will leave behind after his demise will not be able to carry out the mission of conveying Allaah's message and that his wife can no longer give birth. At this point, he commenced his supplication, uttering, as Allaah Says (what means): “…So give me from Yourself a heir. Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob…” [Quran 19: 5-6], not to inherit wealth, rather, prophethood.
Zakariyya continued in his prayer, imploring Allaah to make him (i.e., the child) pleasing to Himself. The angels, soon after, came to him with glad tidings from Allaah about a boy whom Allaah named as Yahyaa (i.e., John). So, Zakariyya was not the one naming him or even his mother, but it was Allaah, The One, who gave the child a name which no human before him had. Allaah Says (what means): “And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors. So We responded to him, and We gave to him Yahyaa (i.e., John), and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear.” [Quran 21: 89-90]
Thus, this pious family was obedient to Allaah – the father and son were Prophets, and the wife was devout because Allaah made her so. The entire family would rush to please Allaah, both during times of prosperity and adversity; they supplicated submissively and were not heedless nor indulged unnecessarily in this life. This is how families used to be.
