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• Who is the first person you’ll call if you’re upset? Angry?
• Who is the first person that will help you get out of a difficult situation?
  • Any personal experiences with that?

The Big Question

• How do we maintain healthy relationships with our families?
• Why is it important to even maintain a relationship with family?
• What are the challenges you face in dealing with your parents?

Dig Deeper

• Can you give some examples from our faith about what family relations looks like?

Ask

• How do we deal with toxic or abusive family members?

Use This as a Resource for above question

• [12:37-15:24] But What About Abusive Parents?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-sfYzgigk

• How do we deal with that as minors or as adults?

Reflect & Takeaway

• It was narrated from Mu'awiyah bin Jahimah As-Sulami, that Jahimah came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I want to go out and fight (in Jihad) and I have come to ask your advice." He said: "Do you have a mother?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then stay with her, for Paradise is beneath her feet."
• Abu Darda' heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say that: "The father is the middle door of Paradise (i.e. the best way to Paradise), so it is up to you whether you take advantage of it or not." Example from the Qur’an:

Go To: https://quran.com/17/23

What does it tell you that doing good to your parents and respecting them is right after obeying Allah? Why not salah? Why not another commandment?