Editor’s note: The article looks into the benefits of a united family and the responsibilities of parents in fostering this unity. it points out the implication of parental negligence and the effect on the society.
The need for a united family brings about peace to the society. Currently, all over the world, there are daily reported cases of crimes committed by youths that seems unbelievable! The youths, who are called the leaders of tomorrow, however appear to be confused. It is never a happy sight to see parents weep profusely when they hear that their children were killed in gangsterism, robbery or any other illegal way.The question here is: “Should the children or parents carry the blame for all these societal moral decadence and a disjointed family? Who is the first person that the accusing finger should be pointed at regarding the collapse of the family going on across the globe?”
It should be noted that Allah provided several ways to go about in having a united family. The son of man, due to his turning deaf ears to his Lord has himself to blame. Incidences of sad occurrence in Nigeria and USA would refresh our memory why the real task and need for a united family lie with parents.
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A few years ago, Cynthia Osokogwu, a female postgraduate student of Nasarawa State University met her death through Facebook where she met some men. She travelled all the way from Abuja to Lagos to meet them in a hotel without the knowledge of her parents. The issue is not a focus on her death, but the root cause of it which was her parents not knowing her whereabouts. A great number of parents these days hardly ask about the affairs of their children. They leave their inexperienced wards to the wolves and hyenas of this world. Some parents believe that giving their children money is everything. They do not share moments together with their children to know about their emotional feelings. What in turn happens is that some of their children fall into vicious traps of drug addiction, rape, cultism and myriads of other evil ways. These in turn, bring about preventable problems upon the family and tear it apart.
Recently in Charleston, a town in USA, a boy, Dylann Roof, killed some innocent members of The Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The interest here of the boy’s case is about his antecedents. He was a frustrated youth. He had divorced parents. There was no responsible parent that showed love to him. When he complained of his unemployment status, there was no father or mother to calm his nerves. At the end of the day, he committed a crime no one could have ever imagined.
In the Glorious Qur’an in chapter 31, the story of a man called Luqman is more than enough a lesson for all parents. It summed up the ways of having a united family. Luqman called his son and advised him. He told him about Allah’s oneness; how to enjoin good behaviour and eschew all evils. He counseled him on perseverance. He taught him about humility and respect for people. He drew his ears by telling him all the ways of succeeding in life despite challenges that would come his ways. The question here is: “How many parents sit their children down?” It’s so disheartening that the rate of divorce is on a daily rise. The family, which is the basis of the society has been torn apart. Children are now like sheep with no shepherd. They are now seen late at night at ungodly places. What are parents doing?
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Scholars in Islam always advise parents to put their children’s interest as paramount in their minds. They enjoin parents to teach their children about good morals and the right peer group. They advise parents to eat with their children as this will bring about love into the hearts of their children. They advise parents to let them see Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon his soul) as their role model.
If parents chase less of the currency that will one day vanish, the family in whole would be better for it. This will bring about peace at home and in turn the society. Parents should know that their children are Allah’s gift to them.
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