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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

103 Questions

What does Hazrat Khadija’s (RA) marriage to the Prophet (pbuh) teach Muslims about family relationships?
Amina Inloes

Different people look at a thing and take different lessons from it.

However, one could glean from their marriage that when two people are sincere, mutually self-sacrificing, pool their wealth and talents, and committed to each other and a higher cause, they can accomplish anything!

I am sure there will be some other insights as well. 
I have come to realise that I am toxic to my family and have a lot of evil hidden within me. However, I am nice to people outside my family and that makes me a hypocrite. How can I reform myself and become a better person?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Read what the Prophet (SAWA) and his Progeny (AS) said about treating your family (Best of you are those who are the best in treating their families).

You need also to read about the bad results of being toxic to your family e.g. miserable situation in the grave, etc.

'We need to be humble inside our hearts and believe that our family members are humans like us and part of us. We deal Wi them as we want them to deal with us. We will enjoy life here and hereafter if we treat others nicely especially our family.

Try to look at the mirror if you become angry, you should calm down because you will see how ugly to be angry.

Keep on seeking forgiveness for the past and seeking help of Allah to make you a nice person with your family.

'Wassalam.
What is the ruling for such relatives who are toxic towards you and your family and pass ill comments? Should we be kind towards them all the time or should we take a step back and avoid them?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We should tolerate such relative who is bad to us and be always kind to him as much as we can. We should not behave badly with relatives who misbehave with us. The Hadeeth from the Prophet (SAWA) orders us to do good to all our relatives including and most importantly to those who are bad to us.

Wassalam.
There is a guy who lives with us such that he is now like a family member to us. We treat him like our brother and, as females, we even shake hands with him. Is this allowed in Islam?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is not allowed to deal with him as a real physical brother. Hijab is must on you in front of him if he is Baaligh and it is Haraam to shake hands with him because he is not your real physical brother.

Wassalam.