If a son does not talk to his parents what will be his punishment?
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Answer:
Punishment for breaking ties with
Parents
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17
Surah Bani Israel verses 23-24:
Your Lord has enjoined the following: You
should not worship anyone but Him Alone!
Treat your parents with great kindness;
if either or both of them attain old age, do not even say ‘uff’ to
them; nor rebuke them; but speak to them kind words. Treat them with humility and tenderness and
pray, “O our Lord, be merciful to them,
just as they brought me up with kindness and affection in my childhood.”
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31
Surah Luqman verse 14:
14 And We have enjoined on mankind (to be good) to their parents: in
travail upon travail did his mother bear him and in years twain was his
weaning: (hear the command) "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to
Me is (thy final) Goal.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.18 Narrated by Aisha
The Prophet (saws) said: "The word 'Ar-Rahm' (womb) derives its
name from 'Ar-Rahman' (i.e. Allah). So
whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e. kith and kin), Allah will
keep good relations with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his
bonds of kith and kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him!"
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.821 Narrated by Anas
The Prophet (saws) was asked about the
‘Kabair’ (the absolute gravest sins in the Sight of Allah). He (saws) replied:
"They are:--
- To join others in worship with Allah,
- To be undutiful to one's parents,
- To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill)
(i.e. to commit the crime of murder),
- And to give a false witness."
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 8.290 Narrated byAbu Bakra
Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great sins?" They said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah, and to be undutiful to one's parents."
After the rights due to Allah and His Messenger
(saws), in Islam the biggest rights in all mankind are due to one’s
parents. The enormity of not talking to
or breaking ties with parents can be imagined by the fact that The Messenger of
Allah (saws) listed being undutiful to one’s parents as the second gravest of
all the gravest sins in Islam!
Although no specific punishment for the life of
this world is prescribed in Shariah for one who breaks ties or does not talk
with his parents in Shariah, if one dies in that state without seeking
forgiveness for his abomination from his Lord and his parents, it is expected
that the accounting of such a person would be extremely severe in the Presence
of the Majestic Lord on that Inevitable Day of Judgment!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3653 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
The Prophet (saws) said, "An
undutiful son, a gambler, one who casts up what he has given, and one
who is addicted to wine will not enter
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3655 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "There
are three people to whom Allah has forbidden
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due
to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister