Being kind to parents
In Al-Adab al-Mufrad, what term describes excellence in treatment toward parents through obedience, mercy, and respect?
dutifulness to parents
What Arabic term is repeatedly used in the text for maintaining family relations and kinship bonds?
silat ar-rahim
What ethical quality did the Prophet ﷺ emphasize by kissing Hasan ibn ‘Ali in front of al-Aqra‘ ibn Habis?
mercy toward children
The Prophet ﷺ declared that a person whose neighbors are unsafe from his harm will not enter what?
Garden (Paradise)
Ibn ‘Umar states that divine pleasure is connected to the pleasure of whom?
parents
According to the hadith, maintaining kinship leads to an increase in lifespan and what other worldly blessing?
expanded provision (rizq)
In the hadith regarding daughters, patient care and proper upbringing are described as protection from what?
Fire
According to the hadith, belief in Allah and the Last Day is linked with good treatment of neighbors and what other social ethic?
speaking good or remaining silent
According to Ibn ‘Abbas, which act is among the greatest means of drawing near to Allah after repentance?
dutifulness to one’s mother
The Prophet ﷺ distinguished true maintenance of kinship from mere reciprocity by describing the truly dutiful relative as the one who does what?
maintain ties even when relatives cut him off
According to Imam Bukhari’s included narration, what educational responsibility belongs specifically to parents rather than society?
teaching adab (proper conduct)
In Al-Adab al-Mufrad, stealing from a neighbor is described as worse than stealing from how many unrelated homes?
ten homes
In the hadith of Taysala ibn Mayyas, Ibn ‘Umar classified causing one’s parents to weep through disobedience as belonging to what category?
major sins
In the hadith qudsi, Allah states that kinship derives its name from which Divine Name?
Ar-Rahman
In the narration of Nu‘man ibn Bashir, the Prophet ﷺ rejected unequal gifting among children because it violated what principle?
justice and equal treatment among children
The narration of the woman who worshipped regularly yet harmed her neighbors demonstrates that ritual devotion without this quality is insufficient.
Good character / ethical conduct
In the narration about hijra, what ethical principle is established when the Prophet ﷺ commands a man to return to his grieving parents?
prioritizing parents’ emotional rights over voluntary migration or struggle
According to Abu Hurayra’s narration regarding deeds presented on Thursday night, what prevents a person’s actions from being accepted?
severing ties of kinship
The statement “Correct action is a gift from Allah, but adab comes from the parents” establishes what relationship between divine guidance and upbringing?
moral refinement is cultivated through parental education while guidance ultimately comes from Allah?
In the narration of the abusive worshipper, what theological lesson is established by the woman who prayed frequently yet harmed her neighbors verbally?
worship without ethical conduct toward others is spiritually deficient