Asif Hirani – Ayah of the Night Ramadan Day 13
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Our society
is struggling big time from fatherlessness.
There are statistics and report
that fatherlessness
have caused so much drug addiction,
so much
high school dropout, and so many other issues.
Lack of father is a problem in our
entire modern society.
Now, see Suri Yusuf. In the beginning,
Allah
highlights the role of Yaqub
in the development of Yusuf, alayhi, salaam.
Allah
says, in the beginning, at 4, when Yusuf
alaihi salatu wa sallam saw a dream, that
famous dream, 11 stars and a sun and
a moon doing sajdah to him. He went
straight to his dad.
He had 11 other siblings. He had other
aunties, but he went straight to his dad
because he was trusting and his
trusting. And his dad had such a relationship
with him that, actually, my dad will able
to help me, if I'm struggling or if
I have seen any dream. He will able
to help me to find the answer to
it. And then Yaqub alayhis salaam also, he
was not dismissive of the idea that I
am busy because,
you have to understand, he was a
prophet. He had 12 kids. That's what we
know from the Quran. But he gave time
to the son. And at the same time,
he advised him and very wise advice.
This is what we are learning. When a
father talks to his son, that makes a
huge impact. This is in his childhood when
he was 7 years old. Now if you
go at the end of Surah Yusuf, you'll
see something really interesting.
You will see the same Yusuf alaihis salaam
when he will grow old. He will become
the reason
of saving so many kids from starvation in
Egypt. SubhanAllah.
When father gives time to his son and
daughter
and gives advice to the son and daughter,
then eventually these people, these son and daughter,
when they will grow old, they will going
to give it back to the community in
a positive way. An extremely, extremely important reminder
to all of us about the role of
fatherhood in our community.
I ask Allah
to give us all the ability
to
understand these ayat properly. I mean, You're