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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

176 Questions

If parents are financially well-off, is it acceptable for them to insist on monthly financial contributions from their sons, especially knowing that this requirement causes financial hardship for the sons?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

When parents are in need, it puts a responsibility on their earning sons to support them. Spending on the parents is obligatory not just recommended. When parents expect financial assistance from their sons, it means that they are in need of that assistance. You can not claim that your parents are well off and don’t need your financial assistance as far as they ask you to assist them. You must do your best to assist them even if you have your own financial challenges. Best place to spend is to assist your parents then your relatives then other needy and deserving persons.

Wassalam.
What should I do if one of my parents strongly wants me to pursue a career I don't desire, and they become upset when I express my feelings about it?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You must keep respecting your parents in every situation but your career is your own choice and no one can force you on a career against your own feelings. You must maintain a balance between your basic right to pursue your selected career, and keeping your parents feel respected and never cause them feel ignored by you or been looked down by people.

Wassalam.
Am I obligated to share details about my income with my parents if they inquire, even if I prefer not to disclose that information?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

No, you are not obliged to share details about this with anyone, and it is none of anyone's concern as to how much you earn. 

A parent might be concerned about your spending, or if you are being paid fairly, or something like that, so communication on that level is beneficial, and you should not be that sensitive as well.

And Allah knows best.
Can you please provide me with a Dua that will help improve my parents' relationship, as they have been fighting a lot and talking about divorce lately?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

1. Azaan أذان loudly makes the house more blessed and drives away evil from the house.

2. Reciting Sura Yaseen every morning is very useful in making the house more peaceful and more blessed.

3. Repeating Salawaat and Estighfaar is very useful.

4. Giving Sadaqa.

5. Repeating (YA GHFOURU YA WADOUD).

Wassalam.