Father and brother!

[BlindHope]

AslamoAlikum,

My concern is my father and my brother. My dad came from a family where praying namaz and quran wasn't important but my mom's family is very religious which is why we sisters are aware of the importance of namaz. However; my brother, 17, who is also youngest in siblings doesn't give importance to namaz and quran. He had stopped praying for about 2 years. He never been an active person who would pray on time. My mom would have to push him for namaz. He is exactly copy of my dad who doesn't pray at all no matter how many times we ask him.

My brother is quite an intelligent kid. He use to take part in speech, talawat and naat competition and always got 1st place but i don't know why he stopped taking part in any completion held by mosque. He tries to avoid going to the islamic classes held for kids of his age.

Me, mom and my sister try to pray in the room where he is siting or at least he can see us praying so it might influence him but no luck.
He started shouting at my parents and us and now he even hit us and swears at us. It really hurt me see my brother like this. He never respect anyone in the family.

My dad is the same he also fights with my mom, never give her allowance. He argues with my mom on every single thing. I never saw them talking to each other politely. I guess that is another reason my brother don't respect anyone.

I cant explain you in words how i feel when i see my brother and my dad yelling, arguing and not praying. It really hurts me and i feel so helpless. I pray a lot for them but i don't know what is Allah's maslihat that it never get accepted.

Please please give me some wazifa so my dad and my brother start praying and start respecting everyone in the family. Also tell me what i should do in this situation. I know at the end of the day it is their act if they pray or not but being his daughter i cant see him ignorant.

I would be really thankful.
Salam,

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam

Salah is a fard upon every man and woman Mulim, male and female. It is the highest form of all worships, and will be accounted for on the Day of Judgement. To enhance the performance of salah, one should recite the following verse of the Qur'an, as much as possible, because the direct verses of the Qur'an are the ones which are most powerful, when it comes to waza'if:

'Innas salata tanha 'anil fah'sha'i wal munkari, wa lazikrullahi akbar, wallahu ya'lamu ma tasna'un'

This verse is very effective, and appears in Surah al-Ankabut (29;45), it means:

'Undoubtedly the prayer forbids one from indecency and evil things, no doubt the rememberance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows what you do.

If you look carefully at the meaning of this verse, it gives you the complete reflection of the problems that you are having in your family. Insha'Allah, with it's recitation regularly, and as much as possible, Allah the Almighty will take away the problems from within your family. (Amin).



Jazak'allah for your question.





Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab


M. Waseem Ashrafi