to the threshold of Paradise in the form of mother and she has been given such a respect and status in the society which could not even be imagined in the past. In terms of acts of worship and matters, or rather in every stage of life and death, women have been given rights just like men. Hence, women have been given the right of ownership; they have been declared to be the owner of their dowry amount, their businesses, properties and have been made inheritors of the inheritance left by their parents, brothers and sisters, children and husbands. (Jannati Zaywar, pp. 39-42 summarised)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Vital aspects of Islamic guidance about parents

Dear Islamic brothers, parents are the great personages whose children mean everything to them. No matter if the children are useless, disobedient or even disabled, they are still the apple of their eyes. But alas! Parents are the helpless members of the society who have been greatly oppressed in every era. Disobedient children forget all the favours of their parents and consider them مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه to be like a gooseberry. They treat their parents even worse than servants. If parents advise their children for their betterment, children stare at them, scold them, taunt them and threaten to expel them from the home. Even now things have become so terrible that in some countries, old People’s homes have been established to look after the parents who have been expelled from their homes and oppressed by their children. In the old people’s home, parents spend their entire life feeling sorrow for the separation from their children and crying in their memory.

Remember! Islam strongly condemns these things. In Islam, very clear guidance has been given in abundance on the respect for parents and fulfilling their rights.  The amount of persuasion and emphasis Islam has put on fulfilling their rights and protecting their honour is sufficient to awaken heedless people to it. Commanding people to treat parents well, Allah Almighty has said in verse 23 and 24 of Surah Bani Israel, part 15: