So, in this ayah Allah is teaching five adaab of
the parents.
1. Don’t even say ‘uff’. In Tafseer Bayan-ul-Quran
it is written that ‘uff ‘means that not even the
slightest expression. Some Mufasireen (masters
of Tafseer) say, anything which may make the
parents feel bad, so much so that if you take a long
sigh, not even a word, just a long sigh, then this
is ‘uff ‘. Sayyiduna Ali narrates that Prophet
has said, ‘if there was any lesser degree then’ uff
‘then Allah would have mentioned it’. This
means the slightest expression of displeasure.
Sayyiduna Mujahid v writes in the tafseer
(explanation) of this ayah, if parents become
old and even if you have to wash their urine and
their stool, still don’t even say, ‘uff ’. Just imagine
that when you were young this is what
they were doing for you.
Adab of the
Students
The adab of students
include the students
of ilm (knowledge)
and students of tazkiyah (spirituality).
Firstly, we need to know that ‘knowledge is
light’. Knowledge is from the inheritance of
the prophets. It is said that ‘Scholars are the
inheritors of the prophets.’ Somebody asked
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas is knowledge
better or wealth? He said, knowledge. The man
said what is the proof? Sayyiduna Abdullah bin
Abbas said,’ Knowledge is the inheritance of
the prophets and the wealth is the inheritance of
the arrogant people like Firawn and Qaroon.’
All the ulema have said and traditionally this is
an accepted principle that the way the prophets
were respected, the same adab should be shown
to the inheritors of the prophets. All the students
should know that there should be proper adab
that should be given to the teachers.
In the Quran Allah I says,
َُ ْ َ ْ
َ ََ َ َّ ن
َْ ي� أ يُّ�ا ال ِذ ي� آم ُنوا َل تَ� َف ُعوا أص َواتك
َْ َُ
ْ َ َ َ ِ َّ ّ َ تَ ج
ف ْوق ص ْوت الن ِب� َول � َه ُروا ل ِب�لق ْو ِل
ُ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ََ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ِي ْ َ ت
ْ
كجه ِر بعضك ِلبعض أن �بط أعالك
ِ
ٍ
َ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َُ َ ت
وأن� ل تشعرون
“O you who believe don’t raise your voices over the
voice of the Prophet and don’t talk to them in the
raised voice”(49:2)
In the Ma’ariful Quran in the tafseer of
Surah Hujurat, Mufti Shafi v said, ‘it is
also when the students are dealing with
their teachers, the same adab should be
followed.’