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ps: Sam, sorry it's a bit off-topic from what u asked but it shows the regrets my parents had. Although we're still living here, but at the time when these things happened, they regretted leaving their beloved homeland.
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My dad passed away 3 days before he was to come to USA for the first time. I wanted him to come so I could take him around or just give him a good vacation break from his otheriwse effort full life.
I was away for 5 years from home , was not very close to him when I was in Pakistan. Wanted to make up for that during his visit.
Life takes amazing turns. The day he was suppose to be in USA, I ended up in Pakistan, attending his funeral (well, post funeral stuff cause his burial happened by the time I reached)
Allah knows what is in your heart. Sometimes in our lives we don't tell the people we respect and care for how we feel about them or we don't get opportunities to serve them. That doesn't mean they did not know your feelings or your intentions, especially someone as close as your dad. May Allah give you the strength to overcome that sadness or regret.
no problem TLK. i feel you, i really do.
My grandparents passed away while we were here. My dad's mom passed away 3 days after we got to USA. That really had an impact on my dad because he was the youngest of this brothers. My other grandma (mom's mom) passed away 2 yrs after we migrated, crying all the time because we were very very close to her. The sad thing is....my mom was due to visit her dad and, just so happens, she missed her flight and the next flight would be a week later and within that gap of one week, he passed away too...she only made it to the after affairs of burial.
May Allah bless all those who have passed away, give their loved ones peace and strength to cope with the loss.
ps: Sam, sorry it's a bit off-topic from what u asked but it shows the regrets my parents had. Although we're still living here, but at the time when these things happened, they regretted leaving their beloved homeland.
May Allah blesses the souls of your grand parents who passed away and the souls of all the muslims who left us
I'll share some of my personal regrets too....actually i'll try to condense them, because they could fill a book if i talked in detail. But gimme a while...maybe over the weekend or something.
PS: don't you regret opening this thread? :CareBear:
Thats so sad May ALLAH tala give your dad a place in jannat-al-firdos ameen.
I think that what happens in our lives is what ALLAH has written for us or its our fate, so no regrets.We just need to be more patient and thankful towards ALLAH that He has given us more than we deserve.
Basically "kaash yeh hota to aisa hota or aisa hota to kaya hota " is not in my dictionary.
basically the regret is not that he died. As sad as it was, we all believe that when the time comes, nothing can prevent the death.
What my regret is that I could not do anything for him. I should’ve when I had the chance. That is my regret.
That just taught me a lesson that dont wait for right time to do what you are suppose to do, like doing khidmat of your parents or be kind to love ones.
Yes, you may live longer but what if they leave you all of a sudden and then its too late