FILED UNDER: ANS Children, ANS Family Ties, ANS General Counsel, ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Marriage, ANS Parents, ANSWERS (Parent of ANS blog), Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
TAGGED WITH:: cutting ties, dealing with parents, family relations, family ties, limits of obeying parents, parental consent, parents approval
/by YusufUstadha Raidah Shah Idil gives a detailed answer on being asked by parents to cut ties with a brother. I have an older brother who is very dear to me (raised me and my sister very well). He is a really great guy, but recently he has “fallen in love” with a horrible woman. She […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Family Ties, ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Marriage, ANS Parents, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: amana, brother-in-law, cousins, family ties, non-mahram
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasattackles the delicate question of a mother’s amana and a young woman living with non-mahram male cousins. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. My mother whose health isn’t the best has given my close auntie (her sister) an amanathree — that if (Allah forbid) my mother passes away before I am […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Family Ties, ANS Living Religion, ANS Parents, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: dementia, family ties, mental illness, parents
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat is asked for advice on how best to treat an elder in one’s care, who suffers from dementia, within the bounds of Islam. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I have a question. Where and how can I draw the line between what my religion has taught me, and what […]
FILED UNDER: Featured Articles, Good Character, Parenting
TAGGED WITH:: children, family ties, Highlighted, parenthood, travelling, Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil
/by AishaUstadha Raidah Shah Idil reflects on why she travels with two small children, and how to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma. I started to write this while my two jetlagged daughters were finally fast asleep. My husband, young daughters and I have just returned from our annual visit to Sydney, Australia. There, I finally […]
FILED UNDER: Featured Articles, Good Character, Social challenges
TAGGED WITH:: eid al-adha, Eid message, family issues, family ties, reconnect, Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil
/by AishaUstadha Raidah, now a mother of two, looks back at her Eid al-Adha, spent reconnecting with her estranged father. Last Eid, my eldest daughter turned two. This year, she is three, and is now a proud big sister. My youngest daughter just turned 7 months. Alhamdulilah, this Eid, I am now a mother of two. […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: family ties
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum My uncle cheated my family. My mother forbids me to have relations with his family. I know that my uncle is wrong. What should I do? Answer: Wa’alaykum assalam. Jazakum Allah kahyr for writing in. May Allah reward you for trying to maintain your family relations, despite […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: abusive in-laws, family ties
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Raidah Shah Idil Question: Assalam aleykum, A few months ago, my sister-in-law started trouble with me through my father-in-law. She started to bring up “problems” I was unaware of. I was being accused of disrespecting her in her own home. I am very dumbfounded about this. My sister-in-law never spoke to me […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: family ties
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Sharif Rosen Question: Assalam alaykum I have been living abroad for several years now and visit my home country every 2 years. My elder sister hates me. My other sisters have taken her side and thus don’t reply to any of my letters or gifts. Now even my father doesn’t want me […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: cultural, dispute, family, family ties
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadha Umm Umar Question: Assalam alaykum, I have recently had close relatives from abroad. They are very cultural. They are not used to seeing girls getting an education and working. The only thing they think is important to a lady is for to get married and have kids. They ask and tell me: […]
FILED UNDER: PC 30 Good Deeds, PC Family & Society, PC Good Character, PC Prophet Muhammad, PC Ramadan Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes
TAGGED WITH:: 30 Deeds, family, family ties, good character, Ramadan, siblings, sunnah
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Ties that Bind: Reconnect with relatives who have become distant (30 Days, 30 Deeds), by Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes 30 Days, 30 Deeds Sacred Acts to Transform the Heart Every night, our scholars in residence explore one simple deed that could have a far-reaching spiritual impact on our lives – and the lives of others. Every […]
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