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Responsibility of taking care of parents is the responsibility of the sons and daughters

· 1 Rabiʻ I 1446 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is the responsibility of taking care of the parents only on the sons or on the daughters also?

Answer

The responsibility of taking care of parents is the responsibility of both the sons and the daughters.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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