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The Family
Islam
Unit 1: Human Relationships
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What we will learn in this presentation:
What Islam teaches about the family
Why the family is important in Islam
Learning
objectives
The roles
Muslim parents play in
the family
The support offered to families by the
mosque
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Islam and the family
The family is central to the life of a Muslim.
Islam teaches that:
parents should love and
take care of their children
parents should teach them
all about Islam and help
them become good Muslims
children should respect and
obey their parents
children should look after parents when they are older.
Extended family, and the amount of care and support
these members provide, is very important in Islam.
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Muhammad and the family
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The role and importance of mothers
In Islam, although men and women are equal under Allah,
they have different (complementary) roles because of their
different biological natures.
Muslims believe that God created women to have children
and bring them up, so the principal role for women is to keep
a halal home and raise children.
Increasingly, this traditional
role is changing, with many
Muslim women able to hold
down careers as well as
maintaining the halal home.
This is not forbidden in Islam
and is sometimes encouraged.
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The role of fathers
Muslims believe that the main role of fathers in the family is to
ensure their children never go without.
As Allah gave men a stronger
physique than women, fathers can
provide financially for the family by
going out to work in a halal way.
Increasingly, Muslim fathers see
their role as involving more than
just financial provision, but
emotional support too.
Like mothers, fathers are also obliged to bring their
children up to be good Muslims.
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The mosque and family life
Investigate other ways mosques can help families.
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