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Be good or kind to your parents. Notice Allah didn't say obey your parents because

Obedience is for Allah your parents if they were to tell you something within the obedience of Allah

It's okay, but some parents they are human as well. They make mistakes

They do things that perhaps are not correct sometimes. They might be abusive. They might be wrong

Allah says you don't have to listen to them when they are wrong, but you have to be kind to them whether they are right or wrong

You have to respectfully disagree with them when they are wrong. You have to kindly

Excuse yourself when they're asking you to do something wrong. So Allah says remember to be kind to your parents

I think this is a powerful lesson because people mix obedience and kindness many parents say you have to obey me because Allah

Instructed you to obey me. That's wrong. Allah did not instruct us to obey our parents where they are wrong where they are being unreasonable

Where they are being

Unislamic ungodly. No, Allah says be kind to them smile and disagree Subhan Allah many parents

Themselves have issues they need to deal with many parents themselves don't have a good relationship with Allah yet

So how do they expect Allah to be pleased with the child who will obey an instruction that's against the commands of Allah?

Allah tells the child here be kind to your parents be respectful to your parents

But you don't have to be obedient when they are telling you to do something wrong

As simple as that. So the list starts with Allah it moves on to parents then Allah says

What be the Al-Kurba then be kind to your relatives be kind to the orphans be kind to the poor and the needy be kind to your neighbors

Be kind to the ones who live next to you and those who are with you next to you at all times and the waif era

The waif era meaning a stranded person a person on the streets a person who has no abode a homeless person a person

Who's trying to get from point a to point b but they're stranded

Allah says be kind to all of these people and Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says he doesn't like those who are arrogant those who are

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