A Trip To Baghban
Allah Almighty says “Your Lord had decreed, that you worship none save Him, and (that you show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with you, say not “Fie” unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word. And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both, as they did care for me when I was young.” [Quran 17:23–24]
As Allah Almighty declared to serve our parents and help them when they reach the old age, and it is our moral duty to serve them as well. So we should serve our parents to the best of our ability. It does not matter how small the work or deed it is. It also doesn’t matter that they are our real parents or not. We must serve the old people in every way possible.
Our instructor decided that we should go on a trip but this was not any ordinary trip. She asked us to select that location in which we can serve the humanity in anyway possible. So we decided to go to Baghban which is an old age home situated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Our instructor made the required arrangements for us to go there. In the morning we got on a bus and started our journey towards the Baghban. We reached there at 12:00 o’clock there we were welcomed by the management of Baghban. The manager took us to a room and there he told us the importance of visiting the old ones. He appreciates our love and compassion for old ones. There we formed teams of two people and went to each old one.
We asked them different questions and they answered quite vigorously. We asked their names, their favorite things, education, professional lives and also their good life experiences to switch their minds from their children who left them here alone to good memories that they spent in their lives and try to become their friends to gave them a feeling of their own family. Some of them are so sweet that they give us lot of love and advices about our career. They also asked us different questions about us.We also perform different activities with them like we play with balloons to give them some sweet memories and reduce their tension. And this conversation went on and on. In this way we gained priceless experience. We saw happiness on their faces after communication with us. We must visit our elders because this not only increases our knowledge but also brings happiness to the old ones.
From this experience I came to know about our parents feelings that they need our love, our attention, and our affection but what we can do for them. We shout on them for the things that we want. We send them to old homes at the time when they need us more. We make them sad by not meeting them. And one day they leave us and go towards Allah Almighty, leave us all alone in this world at that stage we understand their feelings, their emotions but it will be too late. In last I want to advice all the youth to spent more time with your parents make awesome memories with them.These memories will help you on stage when you become parent, at that time you will miss your parents and want to spend time with your parents, your family but this will become a regret for you.
