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Limits of Obedience - حدود طاعة 1- Ibn Nujaym al-Hanafi wrote 500 years ago: لأن المرأة لا يجب عليها طاعة الزوج في كل ما يأمر به، إنما ذلك فيما يرجع إلى النكاح وتوابعه خصوصاً إذا كان في أمره إضرار بها “It is NOT obligatory ...

Ripple effect of good deeds - وكان أبوهما صالحًا A treasure was hidden beneath a wall. The wall was about to collapse and expose the treasure. But God wanted this treasure to remain hidden until two orphan boys grow up and then find it. So God instr...

Elderly Parents - بر الوالدين When I was a kid, I used to walk past an old-people's home and I used to hear elderly people scream and cry. Don't abandon your parents when they are old. They suffer from loneliness, regret, depression, dementia, phys...

Seeking forgiveness for parents that have passed away - بر الوالدين The Prophet said: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَتُرْفَعُ دَرَجَتُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ أَنَّى هَذَا فَيُقَالُ بِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَلَدِكَ لَكَ "A man will be raised ...

What goes around, comes around - كما تدين تدان As you do to others, so shall be done to you. It has been narrated: أن رجلاً كان يضرب أباه في موضع , فقيل له : ما هذا ؟ فقال الأب أتركوه , فإني كنت أضرب أبي في هذا الموضع فابت...

My Son hit me - ابني ضربني A man came to a scholar of Samarqand to complain about his son. Man: "My son hit me!" Scholar: "A son hitting his father???!" Man: "Yes, he hit me and hurt me." Scholar: "Didn't you teach him any manners and knowledge?...

The Prophet said: الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ "THE FATHER IS THE MIDDLE GATE OF PARADISE." ["Tirmidhi", 1900 - authentic حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ]. Scholars say that this means honouring and serving your fathe...

Mother - الام Never raise your voice against your mother. It is said: "DO NOT TURN THE SHARPNESS OF YOUR TONGUE, AGAINST THE ONE WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPEAK." That's why its called "mother tongue" - she taught you. It says in the Qur'an: هَلْ ج...

God's pleasure in DISOBEYING your parents - المناوي Our obedience to God and His messenger are unconditional. But our obedience to the creation are conditional. We should obey our parents, as long as they order us to do good. If they order us to do...