Hadith - Allah membuka keaiban orang yang membuka keaiban saudaranya

Abu Daud meriwayatkan, Rasulullah saw. bersabda, 

"Wahai orang-orang yang beriman dengan lisannya namun keimanan itu belum masuk ke dalam hati! Berhentilah daripada mengumpat orang lain dan mencari-cari keburukan mereka. Sesiapa yang mencari-cari keburukan orang, Allah akan mencari-cari keburukannya. Sesiapa yang telah dicari keburukannya oleh Allah, maka ia akan dihina di rumahnya sendiri." 

(Abi Daud: 4880)

Role of parents towards their children in a society that does not helpin raising children properly

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A very common problem seen in youth in western countries is that their parents allow them to indulge in some form of haram in the hope that that will stop them from committing worse haram. An example of this is that parents will say that they allow their children to indulge in music in the hope that that will stop them from going out with bad people or leaving their home all together. Parents are afraid that if they enforce the law of Allah in their homes, that their children will leave. What is Islam’s position on this sort of compromise? Some parents also say that they only have the duty to tell their children something is haram, and then their children have to choose for themselves because they are already young adults (i.e. 13 -18 yrs old and unmarried, living at home). Don’t the parents have to forbid haram by all means, or do they just say that is haram and then leave them be? To what extent do parents have to go to forbid their children from haram? Parents also believe that once their children reach the age of puberty they are no longer responsible for their sins or actions, and so say they will have no sin if they advise their children something is haram and then leave them. Is this true? Or do parents always have the responsibility of forbidding their children from haram, and will they be responsible if they see their children doing haram and just leave them after advising them?

Do Not Despise The Sinners

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Translated by Shaykh Yusuf Laher

The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

“That person who taunts and ridicules his Muslim brother over a sin from which he has repented, will not die until he himself commits that same sin.”

For example, you come to know that a certain person committed or was involved in a particular sin and you also know that this person has repented from it. To think low of him or to taunt or ridicule him because of that sin, by saying something like: “You are the one who was involved in certain evil actions”, is in itself a sin.