DISOBEYING ALLAH (GOD) CUTS YOUR RELATIONSHIP! Family Ties Matter Only If You Are A Believer.

Your Family Ties Matter

Only If You Are

A True Believer!

Disobeying Allah (God)

Cuts Your Relationship

(M. Javed Naseem)

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لاَ تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّاراً

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلاَ يَلِدُوۤاْ إِلاَّ فَاجِراً كَفَّاراً
“And Noah, said: ‘O my Lord! Leave not of the

Unbelievers, a single one on earth! For, if You do

leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Your

devotees, and they will breed none but

wicked ungrateful ones.’”

(al-Quran 71:26-27)

Your Faith (Iman) and your Faith (Iman) alone matters, everything else is superficial! Even your family ties and relationship don’t count if you both don’t believe in the same God! This is the law of Allah (God) and there are no (once again NO) exceptions. So much so that Allah didn’t even spare the Prophets and Messengers. The same rule was applied to their families, kith and kin or the household.

Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) father was a disbeliever – a pagan, who worshipped idols and did not accept the sovereignty of the One and Only Allah (Islam). Ibrahim tried his best to bring the enlightenment (Allah’s guidance) to him but the stubborn father refused to accept. Eventually, Ibrahim said goodbye to him – the relationship between a father and his son became null and void. The father became the fuel of Hellfire while the son became the lighthouse of Paradise – being the father of three semitic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam).

Prophet Noah faced a similar problem. His son would not listen to him and would not accept the sovereignty of Allah (Islam). Prophet Noah tried his best but the son never listened to him and went astray. Eventually, their relationship came to an end; and this end was announced by the Almighty Allah. Noah saved, with the help of Allah, all the believers while disbelievers (including his own son) were perished in the floods. Prophet Noah, being a father, cried to Allah for mercy and pleaded that his son was his family. In response, Allah said: ‘No, he is NOT of your family because he is of evil conduct’. As a matter of fact, Allah warned Noah in strong words to refrain from such appeals. So, it was his Faith-based conduct that separated the sinner son from the righteous father. One believed in God, the other didn’t.

Here are the two verses of the Quran narrating the situation:

وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبُنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى

وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَاكِمِينَ

قَالَ يٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ

فَلاَ تَسْأَلْنِـى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ

إِنِّيۤ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَاهِلِينَ
“And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: ‘O my

Lord! Surely my son is of my family; and Your

promise is true, and You are the most just of Judges!’
He said: ‘O Noah! He is not of your family; for his

conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that

of which you have no knowledge! I give you

counsel, lest you should act like the ignorant!"

(al-Quran 11:45-46)

Prophet Lot (Looth) went through the similar situation. He delivered the message of Allah’s sovereignty (Islam) to his people but he didn’t get any cooperation from his own household (family). He wife went astray. Therefore, when the wrath of Allah fell upon those wicked and sinful people, his own wife was also destroyed along with them by the rain of fire (burning brimstones) from the skies.

There is a very clear message in those examples for the entire mankind:

If you believe in Allah (One God) and obey His Commands, you are a good believer. You will be treated with mercy and blessings; and your family ties remain valid. But if you disobey Allah; or do not believe in His sovereignty and disregard His Commands, you’ll be treated like a wicked person or a disbeliever; and your family ties (between believers and unbelievers or between righteous and unrighteous) would be annulled. The wicked or disbelievers will be punished, if they don’t repent and ask for Allah’s forgiveness.

It does not matter who was your father or grandfather; who was your mother or grandmother; who was your son or daughter! The only thing that matters, is your Faith (Iman) and their Faith (Iman). If they believe in One Allah and His sovereignty, and obey Allah’s commands, they’ll be treated by Allah with mercy, compassion and forgiveness. If not, their relationship to you does not count; and they’ll become fuel of Hellfire, whether you like it or not.

Allah’s Word is final and His laws cannot be changed, no matter what. Nobody is above the law – not even the Prophets or Messengers or their families. You have to be a staunch believer and an obedient servant to Allah to receive His blessings.

Can we learn something from the above stories of the families of the Prophets?

One thing is certain: Your Muslim name or your Muslim parents or your Muslim children cannot benefit from the Muslim names only, or from the Muslim relations, or from the Muslim family ties! Only your (and their) Faith (Iman) counts! If you and they are true believers of One God, and obey Allah’s Commands (practice your Faith), you will be successful. And only the successful will be rewarded with Paradise! The rest is fuel of Hellfire! May Allah guide us all … Amen!

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