Islam and oppression and barbarism

 Islam and oppression and barbarism 

The distinguishing feature of Islam is that its teachings are very complete and transparent.  Whatever the field or problem, Islam clearly states the solution, But alas, man himself seems disgusted with Islam and its teachings.

Being a human being, humanity is now disappearing from human beings.  On the one hand, non-Muslims, on the other hand, the so-called Muslims who claim to be Muslims, seem to be alienated from Islam.

Do not know!  Where did those Muslims get lost?  Those who had love in their hearts, had affection, had love, now look which way!  Cruelty and barbarism are visible.  What was called humanity has come out of man.  Read newspapers or use social media ...  With each new morning the story of oppression will become more and more entrenched.  Violence against children, brutal killing of children in different places, violence against wives in domestic affairs, deprivation of women's inheritance and seizure of property by brothers, burglary, robbery, adultery and brothels ...  The sale of substandard goods, false oaths and fraud are common in the markets and bazaars.

These are all forms of oppression.  And this oppression will be dark on the Day of Resurrection.  You will find a lot of content on social media, which shows stories of oppression.

I have seen a similar story of oppression.  A father beats his newborn child with slaps. Sometimes he strangles her, and sometimes he slaps her hard on the face.  A six or seven- month- old baby.  Who can neither speak nor express his pain.  He can only cry. And he is running loudly.  But the father,  that he is hard-hearted and is doing extreme cruelty to this little child.

This is a story of oppression. What could be the cause?  And why did this atrocity happen?  What could be its motives?  What will be the psychological effects on those who see this story of oppression in the future?  Why is such oppression done in a society?  It's as if a never-ending series of questions begins.

There is a lot of material in the Qur'an and Hadith about the training of children and their rights. Islam forbids cruelty and abuse against children and teaches to treat them with love and compassion.

The Qur'an mentions the love and compassion of Prophet Ibrahim (sws) for his son.  Syedna Ibrahim builds Baitullah with his son.

In the same way, the Qur'an has described the compassion and love of Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) with his son.  Although the son is disobedient, he is a disbeliever and a companion of the disbelievers.  Yet when he was drowning before the eyes of Prophet Noah (peace be upon him).  He immediately prayed to Allah ... 

"O Allah!  Save my son from the torment".

In addition, the Qur'an openly describes the love and mercy of Syedna Yaqub (as) towards his son Yusuf (as).  The son dreamed that the eleven stars, the sun and the moon were prostrating to him.  The father heard the dream and said to his son out of love and compassion: "Do not tell your dream to your brothers, otherwise they will all conspire against you."  Then, when the brothers together separated Joseph from his father, they kept crying for years in their love.  It is a sign of love with other sons that in spite of causing so much pain, Yaqub (as) did not pray badly.  Rather, he worked patiently.

Apart from these, there are many other places in the Qur'an where one can learn the lesson of love and compassion for one's sons.

Let us now see the love and compassion of the Prophet (peace be upon him) with our children.  The Prophet's own sons had died in infancy.  May two daughters meet Allah in your own life.  And one daughter Syeda Fatima survived even after Rasoolullah.  His two sons Syedna Hassan and Syedna Hussain were six and seven years old respectively.  The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) loved them both very much.  

He would sit them on his lap.  In the state of prostration, if he climbed on his back, he would also lengthen the prostration.  

Once while giving a sermon, Syedna Hassan and Hussain both came to the mosque.  The Holy Prophet left the sermon in the love of his sons and got down from the pulpit and picked up the two.

Once a son was born to a companion. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with his son. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) picked up the child, fell in love with him and chewed the date palm and put it in his mouth and gave him a “ghatti”.

In the same way, Syedna Anas spent her childhood in the service of Rasoolullah.  He himself says that I served the Messenger of Allah for ten years.  The Messenger of Allah never hit me or rebuked me.

If I went out for some work, I would play with the children on the way.  The Messenger of Allah would go out in search of me.  I used to play with the kids.  He would have stood behind me.  When I looked at him, he would start smiling.

There are many incidents which show that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) loved children very much.  These incidents also show that children should be treated with kindness and love.  Children should not be abused.  Parents and teachers should play a positive role in educating children.