Surah At-Tur/ The Mount
The Offspring of Righteous Believers will be elevated to Their Grades in Paradise
- In
this Ayah, Allah the Exalted affirms His favor, generosity,
graciousness, compassion and beneficence towards His creation. When the
offspring of the righteous believers imitate their parents regarding
faith, Allah will elevate the latter to the ranks of the former, even
though the latter did not perform deeds as goodly as their parents.
Allah will comfort the eyes of the parents by seeing their offspring
elevated to their grades. Surely, Allah will gather them together in the
best manner, and He will not decrease the reward or the grades of those
higher in rank for joining them together, hence His statement,
"to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything." [52:21]
- Ath-Thawri
reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Verily, Allah elevates the ranks of the
believers' offspring to rank of their parents, even though the latter
have not performed as well as the former, so that the eyes of the
parents are comforted.'' Ibn `Abbas then recited this Ayah,
"And
those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith, -- to them
shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of
their deeds in anything." [52:21]
- Abdullah,
son of Imam Ahmad, recorded that `Ali said, "Khadijah asked the Prophet
about two of her children who died during the time of Jahiliyyah, and
the Messenger of Allah said;
"They are both in the Fire." When he saw sadness on her face, he said,
"If you saw their dwelling place, you would hate them." She said, `O
Allah's Messenger! What about my children with you.' He said,
"They are in Paradise." The Messenger of Allah said,
"Verily, the believers and their offspring will dwell in Paradise, while
the idolators and their offspring will dwell in the Hellfire." The
Prophet then recited the Ayah,
"And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith...)"
[52:21]
- Certainly,
it is Allah's grace and favor that He grants the children this blessing
because of the good deeds of their parents. He also grants His favor to
parents on account of their offspring invoking Allah for them.
- In
Sahih Muslim, from the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah, who said that the
Messenger of Allah said,
"When the Son of Adam dies, his record of deeds will cease except in
three cases: an ongoing charity, knowledge that people are benefiting
from and a righteous son who invokes Allah for him."
May Allah give us pious righteous parents and pious
righteous offspring which we benefit in this life and the akhira! And
may we be pious and righteous. Ameen