The family serves as a protective shield for its members from exploitation and tyranny, through solidarity, guardianship, and the authority of the head of the household. As Imam Ali, (peace be upon him) said: "The child has a right over the father, and the father has a right over the child. The father right over the child is that the child obeys him in everything, except in disobedience to Allah. The child right over the father is that the father gives him a good name, teaches him good manners, and teaches him the Quran." The Holy Qur’an even counts the family and the bonds of affection and mercy within it among its verses that should be contemplated and pondered. Allah, Almighty says: {And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves spouses that you may find rest in them, and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who give thought}.
Materialistic systems have made the dismantling of the family or the marginalization of family ties an integral part of their theoretical formulations and practical programs for societies.
Therefore, at "Baratha Center for Studies and Research", and through the "Family Studies Series", we decided to present the reasons for Strengthening the family culturally to protect it from any form of intrusion or undermining, , and to review Islam’s superior intrinsic ability with the comprehensive and coherent systems available to it.
In this series, we will attempt to shed light on the legislative, value-based, and advisory details of the various components of the family in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. We will present an authentic formulation of family relationships, outlining the rights and duties of family members, the values they must uphold, and the objectives they should adhere to, in accordance with Quranic verses and prophetic directives that aim at establish the ethical framework that binds family members together.
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