Her sister’s resistance towards Islam
Question: 5424
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
You have to keep calling your sister to Islam, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
Invite (mankind, O Muhammad) to the way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Revelation and the Quran) and fair preaching [al-Nahl 16:125].
You have to bear your mothers insults with patience, as Allah commanded His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to do, when He said (interpretation of the meaning):
So bear patiently (O Muhammad) what they say, and glorify the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting [Ta-Ha 20:130]
Do not feel sad because your sister has turned away, or regret the time you have spent in calling her to Islam if she does not respond. As Allah said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (interpretation of the meaning):
So destroy not yourself (O Muhammad) in sorrow for them) [Fatir 35:8]
Perhaps you would kill yourself (o Muhammad) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narrated (the Quran). [al-Kahf 18:6].
As for your answers to her questions, they are correct. With regard to waking up at night, although Allah takes peoples souls when they sleep, there is no contradiction between the two, for the One Who is able to take the soul is able to put it back. This is why it is mustahabb for the person who wakes up from sleep to say: Al-hamdu Lillaah illadhi radda alayya roohi wa afaani fi jasadi wa adhina li bi dhikrihi (Praise be to Allah Who has returned my soul to me, kept my body healthy, and given me permission to remember Him).
(Classed as Hasan by al-Albaani, Saheeh al-Jaami, 1/329)
With regard to the inheritance of women as you say, women are not responsible for spending on others; that is the duty of men, who have to pay the mahr and provide accommodation for their womenfolk, etc. Women wait for someone else to take the initiative, unlike men. So it is not fair for them to receive the same share in the case of inheritance. Allah is the most just of those who are just and the most wise of those who pass judgement.
I ask Allah to make you steadfast (in Islam) and to reward you for your dawah. You have to be gentle with them and not do anything to provoke them. Do not insult their religion, for that could provoke them to insult the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). And Allah is the source of strength.
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Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid