Epigraph:
Thy Lord has commanded, “Worship none but Him, and show kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, never say unto them any word expressive of disgust nor reproach them, but address them with excellent speech. And lower to them the wing of humility out of tenderness. And say, ‘My Lord, have mercy on them even as they nourished me in my childhood.’” (Al Quran 17:24-25)
An extended Muslim family
Lead post collected by Dr. Falak Rahman, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Women Rights and Family Values
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