An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).
Ibn MajahRead
Be at your mother’s feet and there is the Paradise.
Interpretation
Honoring and valuing your mother brings ultimate fulfillment and joy.
This quote emphasizes the importance of a mother’s role in one’s life, suggesting that true happiness and a sense of paradise can be found in serving and respecting her. It highlights the deep bond between a mother and child, indicating that treating one's mother with love and reverence is paramount in achieving genuine contentment and spiritual fulfillment.
In practice
During a family gathering, one might say this quote to honor the matriarch of the family.
An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).
Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.
There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.
Part of my whole project from the beginning was to make an absent world present for my parents, which was India.
And everything else will then turn out to be unimportant and inessential except this: father, child, and love. And then, looking at the simplest things, we will all say, Could we have not learned this long ago? Has this not always been embedded in everything that is?
No matter your situation, you can make family history a part of your life right now. Primary children can draw a family tree. Youth can participate in proxy baptisms. They can also help the older generation work with computers. Parents can relate stories of their lives to their posterity. Worthy adult members can hold a temple recommend and perform temple ordinances for their own kin.
It's impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees. Official census records, used by so many genealogy enthusiasts to piece together their families' pasts, don't include our non-European ancestors.
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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