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Does Islam allow parents to abuse their children?
In islam, parents are never allowed to abuse to mentally torture children. This is against islam. the best in islam is the one having best manners (towards everyone, including their own chidren).
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My parents forbid me to marry; what happens if I commit zina?
Can a muslim man marry himself
First of all you should know that a Muslim man can marry himself without any waly even if his parents do not approve!
But he should choose the right woman as our ...
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Does Islam excuse abusive parenting?
This is an excellent and important question. First of all, abusive behavior falls under the category of oppression. By treating you this way, your mother oppressed you. And the Quran has very strong ...
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What to do when my parents forbid me from marrying a girl due to caste?
For the Pathan and Punjabi background, I would like to mention prophet Muhammad SAWW famous hadith:
There is no preference for Arabs over non-Arabs, nor for non-Arabs over Arabs. Neither is their ...
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What to do when my parents forbid me from marrying a girl due to caste?
This is such a common issue in many places. I am not going to repeat that in Islam there is no preference of a caste over another, nor a race over another, as it is already mentioned by many answers ...
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Are parents responsible for their daughter not wearing hijab?
Allah ordered his Prophet ﷺ to command his wives and daughters to cover themselves up:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن ...
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Can I be forced by my parents?
In Islam your father is your guardian as long as you are not married it is his right and duty to take part in your education and guide you to what is allowed and refrain you from what is prohibited in ...
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Do my parents get ethem (bad deeds) for the way I choose to dress after tring to influence me to dress more modestly?
Children are a source of continous reward or punishment for their parents. Even after the parent's death, if a child does good then the parents are rewarded and vice versa.
This does not negate the ...
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My parents forbid me to marry; what happens if I commit zina?
You cannot commit zina, as it's strictly forbidden. However, it is your obligation to get married if you think you will fall in such a sin.
According to the Hanafi school of law, it is fard to get ...
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Does Islam excuse abusive parenting?
if you do not see any texts on proper parenting then you are not looking hard enough. The Prophet (ﷺ) told a man who never kissed his own children, "verily, whoever does not show mercy will not ...
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How to know that my father who has passed away some days ago is forgiven by Allah and he is at the best place?
Ordinarily, nobody is able to determine whether any specific person enters heaven. This is included within Knowledge of the Unseen (Ilm ul Ghayb). There's many Qur'an verses on this, e.g.:
Say, &...
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Need a reference for a hadith about staying at the grave after burial
There is a hadith in Sahih Muslim wherein 'Amr bin Al-'As says to his son:
When you bury me, fill my grave well with earth, then stand around it for the time within which a camel is slaughtered and ...
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Is not husband having no right over wife's salary a bit injustice?
Well your question could have two possible aspects: the POV of shari'a and the aspect of partnership (this is also a more or less of Shari'a POV) and the love and mercy between husband an wife.
From ...
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Who has the right to name the baby, father or mother?
Well even if I would agree with the answer of @Farhan totally, I must add that in the case that parents couldn't come to a mutual consent (at least Sunni) scholars tend to give this right to the ...
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Is it a sin to have a Ni'kah done behind your parents' back?
Being a young lady you sure need the permission/blessings of your parents or elders and also needed a "wali" who could have given you in marriage to the gentleman you are married to. It is noteworthy ...
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Is it sinful to leave abusive parents?
I grew up with parents who will make Abu Lahb and Yazid look like angels. Since the of 1, all I can remember is PAIN from these so called parents from hell. My father took everything from us by the ...
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Is praying with a child enough for Jumu'ah (congregational) prayer?
From the hadith in Sahih Al-Bukhari quoted below, we can see that 'Amr ibn Salama lead the prayers when he was 6-7 years old. If a child could lead the prayers, and it counts, then he could definitely ...
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Can someone behave with his parents "rudely" if his parents are torturing him emotionally?
In Islam, your parents have a high amount of rights over you. After all, they raised you, taught you, and made you who you are.
And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to ...
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Who should you obey if your parents contradict each other?
You should find a way to please both of them, e.g. in your case consider having a conversation with them and explain your situation.
In general, if obedience to both is mutually exclusive, then the ...
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What islam says about the parents who doesn’t care about their children’s religious practices i.e. prayer?
Asalaam Alaikum
Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. ...
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Children disabled because parents have sinned
Good Question, The sin is not transfered from one person to others.
Second, In reality we have seen a lot of disabled people has awsome reputations and life style even better than normal people like ...
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Is it okay to get married then a year or so later tell the parents?
Marriage without woman's Wali (guardian) is not acceptable in Islam. The marriage is simply not valid. There are cases where guardian consent can be disposed off though.
This link talks about ...
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Is it okay to get married then a year or so later tell the parents?
Man need not consent of parents to marry but he need consent if he use their property.
Woman needs a wali in marriage ceremony, but, she can marry without consent of her wali if she is "matron". What ...
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Mother is diagnosed of terminal illness and she is too negative about it
First of all, may Allah cure your mother, and grant her full and speedy recovery.
Second, the most effective supplication now is:
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون ـ حسبى الله ونعم الوكيل ـ ولا حول ولا قوة ...
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Who has the right to name the baby, father or mother?
To supplement the answers already given, evidence for the mother having the right to name the child includes the Quranic story of the mother of Maryam عليه السلام:
وإني سميتها مريم
I have named her ...
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Is it parent's obligation to pay for boy's marriage
I think once you are mature and could earn for your living you are responsible. And paying for your marriage is a way to show you are able to be in charge for your wife and family. And your parents ...
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What can a convert do for a non-Muslim parent who has died?
There is nothing to be done anymore. Maybe they had not heard of Islam and thus will be tested on the Day of Judgement but you can do nothing about it and nor can you remove their burden from them.
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What should I do when my parents prohibit fasting during Ramadan?
There are five conditions for being obligated to fast:
The person is a Muslim
The person has reached puberty and are accountable of their actions
The person is able to fast
The person is not ...
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What justifies having children if there is a possibility that they will suffer eternally in the afterlife?
for what i know, there is no such thing as "people who would not exist" , because every soul that god created will come to earth , whether by a Muslim family or atheistic family . As a muslim , if I ...
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Can a marriage be valid if the man is a revert whose parents are Muslim and Hindu?
The faith of the relatives of the spouse isn't a condition for marriage.
Allah says in the Quran (2:221):
And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a
believing slave woman is ...
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