Salaam Brother... hope you and yours are doing fine .. the only reason i joined this conversation was to let the Person know that Parents are to be part of each and every one of their child's life matters, specially which involve major decisions.... and Parents cannot be kept outside or be told to stay way ....
about what you said... many parents marry their child for money and duniya, i agree there are parents... that do and if they do then they are responsible for their actions...
and if u take it in another way parents forcing thier child for thier better future................., do they know the future?
I know that parents have experience more than the child has, and that can make them see things which child may not.... in that case if they see future going to be not good for their daughter, then they have the right to tell them and help them... .. you may disagree, up to you bro ...
almost all of them would refuse due job (lessness) or either he does not have his own house/car
these so called parents see only dunya.
a proper marriage is when u marry someone just for allah azzawajal and that ur partner should show u they way to jannah, whats the use of that partner who has house/car and has huge salary but doesnt pray and not is islamic? would he leave u to jannah or jahannum?
but i guess such type of marriages would be so rare in our ummah right now
I think your from Pakistan, forgive if i am wrong.... i say so because i am from pakistan and that is Typical attitude of Pakistanis living abroad in UK, Canada, US, ...also in Pakistan its the Upper class specially, and upper and lower Middle class.... i see that such attitude mostly comes from Pakistani parents such as mentioned... However, its not always like that.... i know the World has become materialistic and keeps heading that way as we move ahead in to the future.... but there are many parents who stop their children because of good reasons as well or marry them not because of their own benefit but the benefit of their daughters....
brother remember there are two extremes in everything islam shows us a a middle and best path, if u keep women only inside the house and tell her NOT NOT NOT to everything its not good niether she should be allowed to mix with men freely. there is a middle path, im sure i dont need to elaborate on that u can certaily understand what it is.
i completely agree.. yes there is a middle path and may Allah guide our parents and us, as we are moving towards becoming parents.... inshA Allah we will adopt the Middle Path....
Now just to let you know... the purpose of me to reply to the
Person (H-N) who posted the 1st few posts telling us how to deal with parents.... was COMPLETELY disrespectful, and it wasn't even Islamic! ... i was posting to reply to tell what Islam (Quran and Sunnah) says about the Parents issue... since parents come 1st, After Allah (swt)... we need to understand the Subject of parents and their Rights upon us... and only under the light of that understanding do we move forward in our lives and shape our lives, because if we do not draw the line between our Rights given by Islam and the Rights of Parents over us in Islam, then we could be making serious error by overriding some of their Rights in the name of our Own rights, which would be disobedience to Allah (swt)..... and i clearly saw that happening in this thread....hope you understand...
Muhammad (Saw) was once asked
"what is the rights of parents over their children ?" to which Messenger of Allah (Saw) replied...
"They are Your Heaven and Hell." (Ibn Majah, Hadith 3652)