Family life according to the Right of Love

Before explaining this subject, it is necessary to mention that, according to our faith, love for the Holy Prophet and his family is an integral part of love for Allah. So we will not look at the similarity between the love of parents and love of A11ah. Instead, we will consider the similarity between the love for parents and love for Ahlu'lbayt (a.s.).

First: Allah has made the enmity of the rightful wasi (successor) of the Holy Prophet a criterion of illegitimacy and it surely leads to Hell.

Abu Zubayr al-Makki says: "I heard Jabir ibn Abdillah al-Ansari saying, `O' People of ansar, teach your children the love of `Ali, and if anyone rejects it then investigate the morality of his mother." This saying of Jabir ibn `Abdillah al-Ansari is based upon the tradition of the Holy Prophet.

Now here is a similar hadith about parents: Anyone who beats his parents is an illegitimate child.

Second: The hadith of the Holy Prophet about Fatimatu'z-Zahra' (a.s.) is accepted by all the Muslims that Fatimah is a part of mine; whosoever hurts her, hurts me; and whosoever hurts me hurts Allah.

Likewise, the Holy Prophet said about the parents

Anyone who hurts his parents hurts me; and one who hurts me hurts Allah; and whosoever hurts Allah is cursed in Tawrat, Injil, Zabur and Qur'an.

The Holy Prophet, in one hadith, has described himself and `Ali (a.s.) as fathers of this ummah: "`Ali and I are Fathers of this ummah." One of the reasons of this description may be to show the greatness and importance of the parents of his ummah.

Anyhow, the net result of all these ahadith is that love for parents is a part of love for Allah; and, as the man who disobeys or has enmity to wards the beloved ones of Allah, is an enemy of Allah and far from Paradise, likewise the person who hurts the feelings of his parents is an enemy of Allah and far removed from Paradise.