Asalam
alaikum warahmatulah wabarakatuh
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Help
your Family Members in Good, don't Discourage Them!
Allah
will take the lower people of Jannah/paradise to the top to meet
their familiy members on higher levels, instead of you going to the
bottom levels to visit them.
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith, to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything. Every person is a pledge for that which he has earned.
[at-Toor 52:21]
So if you have family who does good
Islamic work, encourage them instead of preventing them. Because if
you're in a low rank of Jannah/paradise - they can help you come to
the top.
You'll have Connections to give you higher ranks in
Jannah, just by encouraging the family members who do the best good
deeds.
قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah ].
[at-Toor 52:26]
Always worrying about their family in
this life, will they go astray? How can we prevent that. Just like
Prophet Ya'qub on his deathbed;
أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن بَعْدِي قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ آبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
Or were you witnesses when death approached Ya'qub (Jacob)? When he said unto his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We shall worship your Ilah (God - Allah), the Ilah (God) of your fathers, Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma'il (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), One Ilah (God), and to Him we submit (in Islam)."
[al Baqarah 2:133]
This world is the time for concern, the next life is the time for joy.