Could one tell his or her parents if they are performing any kind of shirk or not.
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this question:
could
one tell his or her parents if they are performing any kind of shirk or not if
doing so also hurts them because they are practising it from long time
back??
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Answer:
Shirk of 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 none 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 39 Surah
Zumar verse 65-66:
If you commit ‘shirk’ all your works will
be rendered vain and you will be among the losers.
Therefore, you should worship
Allah Alone, and be among His grateful
servants.
Allah
says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48
Shirk (associating other deities with Allah) is the only sin that
Allah does not forgive, and He
forgives, whomsoever He pleases, sins other than this. For whosoever associates any other partner
with Allah, does indeed forge a big lie and commits the most heinous sin
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 72:
Whoever commits ‘shirk’ (invoking
anything with Allah), Allah shall forbid
for him
Because the crime and abomination of ‘shirk’ is considered
the ultimate sin in the Sight of the Lord….so much so that this abomination of
‘shirk’ is singled out by the Lord Most Just as absolutely unforgivable, and
its doers are guaranteed the eternal penalty of Hell Fire in the Hereafter….if
one finds one’s loved ones or parents involved in ‘shirk’, it would only be an
extension of their love and their concern for their well-being in the
Hereafter, that one politely but firmly informs them regarding their act/s of
‘shirk’.
If one fears that their informing their loved ones
regarding their ‘shirk’ might cause them some hurt or pain or anguish in the
life of this world….they should know with absolute conviction that the hurt,
and pain, and anguish this abomination of ‘shirk’ will inevitably bring upon
their loved ones in the Hereafter would be unimaginably and considerably
greater and more lasting than whatever anguish its informing them might cause
them in this world!
If one sees ones loved ones, and especially ones own
beloved parents involved in the abomination of ‘shirk’ and remains silent only
because one fears revealing the truth about the abomination of their acts of
‘shirk’ might cause them some pain or anguish….then one should prepare oneself
to be a mere witness to the eternal, everlasting, and unbearable punishment of
the Hell Fire which the Lord Most Majestic has guaranteed to those who die in
the state of the abomination of ‘shirk’!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 19 Surah
Maryam verses 41-48:
41 Also mention in the Book (the story of) Ibraheem (a.s.): he was a
man of Truth, a Prophet.
42 Behold he (Ibraheem (a.s.) said to his father: "O my father!
Why worship that which hears not and sees not; and can profit thee nothing?
43 O my father! To me hath come knowledge which hath not reached thee:
so follow me: I will guide thee to a Way that is even and straight.
44 O my father! Serve not the Shaytaan: for the Shaytaan is a rebel
against (Allah) Most Gracious.
45 O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (Allah) Most
Gracious, so that thou become to the Shaytaan, a friend."
46 (His father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods O Ibraheem? If
thou forbear not I will indeed stone thee: now get away from me for a good long
while!"
47 Ibraheem (a.s.) said: "Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord
for thy forgiveness: for He is to me Most Gracious.
48 And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom ye invoke
besides Allah: I will call on my Lord: Perhaps by my prayer to my Lord I shall
be not unblessed."
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