اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Isra Ayah 31_*
*وَ لَا تَقۡتُلُوۡۤا اَوۡلَادَکُمۡ خَشۡیَۃَ اِمۡلَاقٍ ؕ نَحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُہُمۡ وَ اِیَّاکُمۡ ؕ اِنَّ قَتۡلَہُمۡ کَانَ خِطۡاً کَبِیۡرًا(31)*
*_”And do not kill your children for the fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is a great sin.”(31)_*
اپنی اولاد کو افلاس کے اندیشے سے قتل نہ کرو ۔ ہم انہیں بھی رزق دیں گے اور تمہیں بھی ۔ درحقیقت ان کا قتل ایک بڑی خطا ہے.(31)
_Many in the past were addicted to *female infanticide.* In a society perpetually at a war, son was a source of strength whereas a daughter was a source of weakness. Even now infanticide is not unknown for economic reasons.‼️_
_It was the fear of want that induced people to kill their children or resort to abortion. In the recent past, another plan has been added to these, i.e., *contraception.*_
_History tells us that the food resources have always expanded in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a country: and yes, often they have exceeded far more than the needs of the inhabitants. Thus it is a folly on the part of man to interfere with the arrangements of Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la. It is very significant that as a result of this teaching no movement has ever been started to control birth nor has there been any inclination to infanticide among the Muslims ever since the revelation of the Qur’an._
*_Act for the Day is:_* _To understand that Allah Azzawajal is the One who determines the means people have, there is no connection, then, between poverty and the number or sex of the children they have. The matter is fully in Allah Azzawajal’s hands. It is one of the biggest mistakes of man to check birth rate as a solution to the want and scarcity of provisions; therefore, it warns him, as if to say, *”O man, it is not you who make arrangement for food, but AIIah, Who settled you in the land and has been providing for you and will provide for those who will come after you”.*_
— _To understand that the crime against children’s lives is here characterised as one of the *greatest sin.*_ When *people adopt false beliefs, these beliefs affect their everyday lives*. The effect is not confined to the adoption of wrong notions or the offering of worship rituals. On the other hand, adopting and strengthening Imaan from any false notion does have a positive effect on feelings, behaviour and social life generally. The fact that people in pre-Islamic Arabia used to bury their daughters alive provides a clear case of how far religious beliefs can affect human life so as to establish such horrendous crime as an acceptable social norm. It testifies to the fact that life is affected by the sort of beliefs people adopt. *Indeed correct Imaan and aqidah cannot remain isolated from human life.*
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la strengthen our Imaan and save us from following wrong motions and practices. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu Khair!