How to be Kind to Your Parents

*[A5] Paperback - 80 pages,

by Ibrahim ibn Saaleh al-Mahmoud,

Published by Al-Firdos Books.

Description :

The book aims at creating a cohesive, solid and unified Muslim family, living by respect and love, with spiritual tranquility and happiness. Contains important stories and narrations that demonstrate Birr (being dutiful) and showing kindness towards our parents' needs and necessities.

The ways in which one can show them kindness and respect are many, e.g., visiting them, speaking kindly to them, lowering to them the wing of humility, giving them gifts, and so on. When you go to visit them with the hope of earning reward from Allah, this is a great form of worship Don't be a Muslim 'activist' if all your activity is going to be outside the home. And don't be an Islamic 'terror' to your family: coming in like a whirlwind, from time-to-time, upsetting your Parents and Family

Table of Contents:

---Introduction,

---Fear of Disobeying One's Parents,

---Ingratitude and Denial,

------The First Case,
------The Second Case,

------The Third Case,
------The Fourth Case,

---Different Attitudes,
---Some Advice to a Disobedient Person,
---You are Simply being Paid for What you Did,

---Shining Examples,
------The First Example,
------The Second Example,
------The Third Example,
------The Fourth Example,
------The Fifth Example,
------The Sixth Example,

------The Seventh Example,
------The Eighth Example,
------The Ninth Example,

------The Tenth Example,

---Enticements to be Kind to One's Parents,
---How to be Kind to One's Parents,
---Some Important Advice,

---Supplementary Information with Regard to Kindness to Parents,'

------'She Treats them with Kindness and Respect,'

------'She Recognises Their Status and knows her Duties towards Them,'

------'She is Extremely Reluctant to Disobey her Parents,'

------'Her Mother Comes First, then Her Father,'

------'She Treats them Kindly.'

Also see Family & Parenting.

*Dimensions : 21 x 15cm.