20
The Role of Parents
I
N MY EXPERIENCE
, the greatest reason for the failure
of marriage is the faulty role played by parents.
Parents spend lavishly on their daughters’
weddings. This is against the teachings of the
Qur ’an, which says that it is a satanic act (17:27).
What parents ought to do instead, is to prepare
their daughters for the role they have to play in
the next phase of existence in order to lead a
happy life.
Most parents pamper their daughters, but fail
to give them real love.
Parents should know that daughters cannot
live with them forever. They will eventually have
to marry them off one day, and that their stay
with their parents is only temporary. And it is also
a well-known fact that the environment of one’s
own home is different from the environment of
others. For this reason, it is the duty of parents to
train their daughters to adjust to her new home
when the time comes, and thus become true life
partners to their husbands.
(35)
