I got married two years ago. My husband – praise be to Allaah – fears Allaah with regard to the way he treats me, but I have a psychological complex because of a father who did not fear Allaah with regard to me, my siblings and my mother, which created resentment in my heart and in my siblings’ hearts towards him. Even though I have got married and moved away from that horrible life, I cannot help but be upset because of my mother’s and siblings’ suffering. They are still suffering and that affects the way I treat my husband who respects me, but his patience sometimes runs out when he sees me so sad most of the time and he thinks that I like to be miserable. What should I do? Also, my siblings and I cannot respect my father because of the way he has treated us; what should we do to rid ourselves of our resentment towards him? We try to respect him, but he does not respect anyone and he suffers from a complex whereby he hates everyone who is better than him, and he loves to show off and to stand out, i.e., he wants to show people that he owns a great deal even though he does not own anything, rather he is in debt. I hope that you can help me to solve this problem.
Firstly:
With regard to your father, you have to keep on advising him
and reminding him of what Allaah has enjoined upon him with regard to
himself and to his family.
You have to try different methods of advising him. It may be
hard for him to hear it from you, but do not despair of reminders and
exhortations reaching him by way of your relatives or his friends. You could
also let him listen to some useful tapes.
Secondly:
You have to fear Allaah with regard to your husband. You
should not bring the worries of your family into your husband’s house and
place them on his shoulders, especially since he treats you well and you do
not see anything from him that upsets you. What you have to do is to
appreciate him and treat him kindly. This is what Allaah commands you to
do.
Thirdly:
No one is free of diseases – except those on whom Allaah has
mercy. The fact that your father likes to show off and to appear to be
better than others means that you have to be compassionate towards him, not
resent him. The fact that he has treated you badly and is still doing so
means that you should show mercy towards him, for if he dies and meets his
Lord in that state, then he will meet Him with many sins.
Hence you and your siblings and family have to look again at
your relationship with your father and your attitude towards him, for Allaah
has commanded us to treat parents well and honour them, even if they call us
to shirk and kufr. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“But if they (both) strive with you to make you join in
worship with Me others that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them
not; but behave with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of him
who turns to Me in repentance and in obedience. Then to Me will be your
return, and I shall tell you what you used to do”
[Luqmaan 31:15]
Ibraaheem (peace be upon
him) debated with his mushrik father politely, as Allaah tells us
(interpretation of the meaning):
“And mention in the Book (the Qur’aan) Ibraaheem
(Abraham). Verily, he was a man of truth, a Prophet.
42. When he said to his father: ‘O my father! Why do you
worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything?
43. ‘O my father! Verily, there has come to me of the
knowledge that which came not unto you. So follow me, I will guide you to
the Straight Path.
44. ‘O my father! Worship not Shaytaan (Satan). Verily,
Shaytaan (Satan) has been a rebel against the Most Gracious (Allaah).
45. ‘O my father! Verily, I fear lest a torment from the
Most Gracious (Allaah) should overtake you, so that you become a companion
of Shaytaan (Satan) (in the Hell-fire).’
46. He (the father) said: ‘Do you reject my gods, O
Ibraaheem (Abraham)? If you stop not (this), I will indeed stone you. So get
away from me safely (before I punish you).’
47. Ibraaheem (Abraham) said: ‘Peace be on you! I will ask
forgiveness of my Lord for you. Verily, He is unto me Ever Most Gracious’”
[Maryam 19:41-47]
Look at the etiquette of this Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and how he addressed his mushrik father who
was threatening his Muslim son. In this there is a great lesson for those
who suffer a similar problem with their fathers.
Fourthly:
With regard to the grief that you feel, it should not make
you stop doing things or prevent you from doing acts of worship, or make you
fall short in doing that which Allaah has enjoined upon you, such as the
duties that Allaah has enjoined upon you towards your husband, or the duty
to call your father to Allaah.
We advise you to recite a du’aa’ for protection, and another
for healing.
The du’aa’ for protection is as follows:
It was narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to
say: “Allaahumma inni a’oodhu bika min al-hammi wa’l-hazani wa’l’ajzi
wa’l-kasali wa’l-jubni wa’l-bukhli wa dala’ il-dayn wa ghalbat al-rijaal
(O Allaah, I seek refuge with You from worry, grief, incapacity, laziness,
cowardice, miserliness, from being heavily in debt
and from being overcome by men).” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6008.
The du’aa’ for healing is as follows:
It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“If a person who is afflicted by anxiety or sorrow says: ‘Allaahumma inni
‘abduka wa ibnu ‘abdika wa ibn ammatika naasiyati bi yadika maadin fiyya
hukmuka ‘adlun fiyya qadaa’uka as’aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta
bihi nafsaka aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw
asta’tharta bihi fi ‘ilm il-ghaybi ‘indaka an taj’al al-Qur’aana rabee’a
qalbi wa nooar sadri wa jalaa’a huzni wa dhahaaba hammi (O Allaah, I am
Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your female slave, my forelock is in
Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me
is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You with which You have named
Yourself, or, or You have taught to any of Your creation, or You have
revealed in Your Book, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen
with You, that You make the Qur’aan the life of my heat and the light of my
breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety)’, then
Allaah will take away his anxiety and sorrow, and will replace it with
joy.”
It was said: “O Messenger of Allaah, should we not learn it?”
He said: “Yes, whoever hears it should learn it.”
Narrated by Ahmad, 3704; classed as saheeh by Shaykh
al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 199.
And Allaah knows best.
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