{"id":16579,"date":"2020-11-17T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16579"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:10:49","slug":"the-orchards-of-love-part-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16579","title":{"rendered":"A Legacy that Will Earn One Tremendous Rewards – The Orchards of Love \u2013 Part Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Legacy that Will Earn One Tremendous Rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n

The father of Nabi Yunus (\u2018alaihis salaam) was a pious man named Mattaa. He and his wife, for a long time, desired that Allah Ta\u2018ala bless them with a son and depute him as a Nabi to the Bani Israa\u2019eel.<\/p>\n

Finally, they decided to go to the blessed spring of Nabi Ayyoob (\u2018alaihis salaam) from which he had bathed and was granted complete shifaa by Allah Ta\u2018ala. They both bathed in the water of this spring, and thereafter engaged in salaah and begged Allah Ta\u2018ala in du\u2018aa to bestow them with a blessed son who would be a Nabi to the Bani Israa\u2019eel. Allah Ta\u2018ala accepted their du\u2018aa and the wife of Mattaa thereafter conceived Nabi Yunus (\u2018alaihis salaam).<\/p>\n

After four months of pregnancy, while the child was still in the womb, Mattaa passed away and left this world. \u00a0(Umdatul Qaari vol. 16 pg. 2)<\/em><\/p>\n

Though Mattaa did not live to see the fruit of his du\u2018aa materialize, he left a pious son as his legacy that will continue to earn him tremendous rewards in the Hereafter.<\/p>\n

From this incident, we understand that the greatest legacy is the legacy of pious offspring. This legacy is such that it will not only benefit one in this world, but its benefit will continue to the Hereafter. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cWhen a person passes away, all his actions come to an end except for three actions; sadaqah-e-jaariyah, knowledge from which people benefit and a pious child who makes dua for him.\u201d (Saheeh Muslim #1631)<\/em><\/p>\n

When one examines the lives of the Ambiyaa (\u2018alaihimus salaam), the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) and the pious of the past, he will find that they made special du\u2018aa for pious offspring who would be a legacy for them after their demise. Similarly, they were concerned about the deeni progress of their progeny throughout their lives. Thus, the Qur\u2019aan Majeed makes special mention of the du\u2018aa of Hazrat Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) and Hazrat Zakariyya (\u2018alaihis salaam) for pious offspring. Likewise, when Hazrat Ya\u2019qoob (\u2018alaihis salaam) was lying on his deathbed, he advised his children to remain steadfast upon deen after his demise. His greatest concern, even as he neared his end, was for the deeni security of his progeny after him.<\/p>\n

After Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) made hijrah to Madinah Munawwarah, Hazrat Ummu Sulaim (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) brought her young son, Hazrat Anas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), to him and requested him to accept her son for his service. Hazrat Anas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was approximately ten years old at that time. He remained in the blessed service of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) for ten years until the demise of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam). Undoubtedly, it was the concern for deen and the upbringing of her son that had prompted her to take him to Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and dedicate him to his service.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Hazrat Abbaas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) instructed his young son, Hazrat Abdullah bin \u2018Abbaas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), to spend the night with Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) at the house of his aunt, Hazrat Maimoonah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha), in order to observe his tahajjud salaah and benefit from his blessed company. Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbaas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was approximately twelve or thirteen years old at that time.<\/p>\n

It is the desire of every parent that his child be safe and secure after his demise. Hence, necessary steps are taken to secure the financial future of the child. However, the greater concern of the parent should be the deeni security of the child, as this is the only thing that will keep him connected to Allah Ta\u2018ala and earn him success in this world and the next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Legacy that Will Earn One Tremendous Rewards The father of Nabi Yunus (\u2018alaihis salaam) was a pious man named Mattaa. He and his wife, for a long time, desired that Allah Ta\u2018ala bless them with a son and depute him as a Nabi to the Bani Israa\u2019eel. Finally, they decided to go to the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,782],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-orchards-of-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16579"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23093,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16579\/revisions\/23093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}