The World Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has said “parents are ignoring their duties towards their children in the vain pursuit of wealth”.
Source/Credit: News Ghana / Onua 95.1FM
By Kweku Antwi-Otoo | August 18, 2016
His Holiness Masroor Ahmad said this at the 50th Jalsa Salana in UK. Jalsa Salana is an Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
This year’s event was held in United Kingdom and it was attended by Ghana’s Chief Iman, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, the Eastern Regional President of the Ahmadiyya Muslims
Mission in Ghana, Alhaji Mustapha Boateng and other Muslim dignitaries from Ghana.
More than 38,000 people attended the Jalsa Salana, which took place at Hadeeqatul Mahdi in Alton, Hampshire.
Apart from the thousands of Ahmadi Muslims who participated, many non-Ahmadi and non-Muslim guests also attended.
“Parents have responsibilities of ensuring their children are safe and that you kill not your children for fear of poverty”, His Holiness Masroor Ahmad told parents in the world.
His Holiness said that this verse also referred to those who failed to cater for the moral wellbeing of their children.
“A lack of care and moral training from parents is one reason that children can become vulnerable to extremism and towards committing atrocities in the name of Islam. Such parents
are ignoring their duties towards their children in the vain pursuit of wealth and so their children are left bereft of even a basic knowledge of their religion. This in essence is a means of destroying their children”.
Peace of the world
Speaking of the deteriorating state of the peace of the world, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said, “the conflicts that existed on a small scale are now developing into international conflicts.
In the past, when I said that the injustice in the world was pushing us towards nuclear war many government officials, analysts and politicians said that this is a far-fetched claim and overly pessimistic. However now they are themselves saying that a nuclear is looming and anything is possible.”
He accused both Muslim nations and the major powers had played a role in undermining the world’s peace.
He quoted media reports asking why certain countries were selling weapons to nations that were engaged in wars where innocent people were being killed.
“On the one hand, Muslim nations have failed to act with justice, whilst on the other hand certain developed countries have prioritized the arms trade over and beyond establishing peace. If only they had acted with justice and integrity the dangerous situation that the world faces today would have been avoided. Sadly, vested interests have blinded both sides”.
“It is the task and responsibility of Ahmadi Muslims to inform the world of the benefits of the true peaceful teachings of Islam. May Allah enable us to do so and grant sense to the world?”
Islam critics
His Holiness Masroor Ahmad said Islam laid the foundation for peace by promoting true equality between peoples and nations. Islam taught that no nation or people held superiority over others.
“Islam sought to create peace at every level of society and that the basis for peace in society lay in a person’s home. Islam laid particular emphasis on the rights of parents”, the Leader added.
But in contrast, people in developed nations who routinely branded Islam as a cruel religion were themselves forgetting their fundamental obligation to their parents.
“In the developed world many people claim that they do not even have the time to meet their parents regularly, let alone to serve them and care for them in old age. The more advanced they consider themselves the further away they move from fulfilling their basic responsibilities”, he observed.
“Does the fact that certain groups or individuals are acting contrary to the teachings of Islam give non-Muslims the licence to provoke and hurt the sentiments of all Muslims including us Ahmadi Muslims, who are at the forefront of promoting the peaceful teachings of Islam”?
He said “Islam teaches that disorder should be curbed, rather than encouraged or inflamed”.
Justice
His Holiness Masroor Ahmad emphasized that true justice cannot be established without creating a link with God Almighty.
“Without recognizing and fulfilling the rights of the worship of God Almighty, justice cannot be established and one cannot pay attention towards kindness and humanity. Those who call themselves Muslims but continue to act against the teachings of Islam do so because they have not truly recognized God, nor are they fulfilling their obligations towards Him”.
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