In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Many of you might be familiar with the story of Musa (A.S) and His encounter with Al-Khidr. For anyone who isn’t, watch this space and Insha Allah I will summarise the story at a later time. There were 3 events that took place on this journey, in summary, they were:
- Al-Khidr made a hole in the boat of the men that assisted them to cross the sea
- Al-Khidr killed a child
- Al-Khidr reinforced a broken wall in a town whose people were selfish and inhospitable
I’d like to focus on the 3rd event that took place as there is a great lesson to be learnt. Beneath the wall lay a treasure that belonged to 2 orphans, so in order to protect the treasure from the people of the town, Al-Khidr fixed the wall. It was revealed that the reason he was ordered to fix the wall for the orphans was because their father was a righteous man.
“And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.” (Surah al-Kahf)
Sa`id bin Jubayr narrated from Ibn `Abbas: “They were taken care of because their father was a righteous man, although it is not stated that they themselves were righteous.”
In this is a great lesson for parents today. Uphold the commandments of Allah and Allah will take care of your children whether you are with them or not.
Lessons, Reminders, Reflections... 
jazakAllah khayr, it was a great reminder. These are difficult times and we often worry how our own children will develop in such a difficult world.
Relating to the ayah, just to add this which was interesting: Sa`id bin Jubayr narrated from Ibn `Abbas: “They were taken care of because their father was a righteous man, although it is not stated that they themselves were righteous.”
Allah’s blessings are many subhanAllah, our deeds benefit ourselves and those around us.
Thanks for the comment and also for sharing your thoughts, these a reminders are for us all including myself. May we all benefit Insha Allah.
I have updated the post and included your Narration. Thanks again for sharing. Salaam.