Qur’an verses and hadith about family
Parents, spouses, children and kin — what each is owed, and what the passages here say about keeping those ties rather than cutting them. Each one carries its full source and a short explanation of what it was answering.
- The best of you are those who are best to their families.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3895
- Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Give glad tidings and do not drive people away.Sahih al-Bukhari 69
- None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.Sahih al-Bukhari 13
- A good word is charity.Sahih al-Bukhari 2989
- The supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence will be answered. At his head is an appointed angel; whenever he prays for good for his brother, the angel says, 'Ameen, and for you the like.'Sahih Muslim 2733
- When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: an ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him.Sahih Muslim 1631
- Your mother, then your mother, then your mother, then your father.Sahih Muslim 2548
- He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young and honor to our elders.Riyad as-Salihin 355
- Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allah will not show mercy to him.Sahih Muslim 2319
- The most complete of the believers in faith are those with the best character.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1162
- Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.Sahih al-Bukhari 6018
- Your smiling in the face of your brother is charity.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1956
- The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.Sahih al-Bukhari 10
- Be merciful to those on the earth, and the One above the heavens will be merciful to you.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1924
- Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his neighbour.Sahih Muslim 47
- Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship in this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship on the Day of Resurrection.Sahih Muslim 2699
- Every act of kindness is a charity.Sahih al-Bukhari 6021
- He is not a believer who eats his fill while his neighbour beside him goes hungry.al-Adab al-Mufrad 112
- Whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the next.Sahih Muslim 2699
- Do not become angry.Sahih al-Bukhari 6116
- Allah is gentle and loves gentleness in all matters.Sahih Muslim 2593
- Modesty is a branch of faith.Sahih Muslim 35
- Spread peace among yourselves, and you will love one another.Sahih Muslim 54
- A friend is known in times of need.Arabic proverb
- The wound of the tongue is worse than the wound of the hand.Arabic proverb
- One hand does not clap.Arabic proverb
- The neighbour before the house.Arabic proverb
- Many a brother is one your mother never bore.Arabic proverb
- Every steed has its stumble.Arabic proverb
- Forbearance is the master of all virtues.Arabic proverb
- Discipline your child when young, and befriend him when grown.Arabic proverb
- A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.Arabic proverb
- And speak to people good words.Quran 2:83
- My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.Quran 17:24
- Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes.Quran 25:74
- My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication.Quran 14:40
- And enjoin prayer upon your family, and be steadfast therein.Quran 20:132
- Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established.Quran 14:41
- My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to work righteousness of which You will approve, and make righteous for me my offspring.Quran 46:15
- Work, O family of David, in gratitude. And few of My servants are grateful.Quran 34:13
- Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final destination.Quran 31:14
- Our Lord, make us Muslims in submission to You, and from our descendants a Muslim nation.Quran 2:128
- My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.Quran 3:38
- He who busies himself with the faults of others will have no time to address his own.Imam al-Ghazali
- Whoever does not thank people has not thanked Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1954
- May Allah have mercy on the one who shows me my faults.Umar ibn al-Khattab
Questions on this
- Can I still be close to my parents if they are not Muslim?Qur’an 31:14 · Qur’an 31:15
- Is dating allowed, and how do Muslims actually meet someone?Qur’an 17:32 · Qur’an 24:31
- Can I go to my family’s Christmas dinner, wedding or funeral?Qur’an 31:15 · Qur’an 60:8
- How do I find a mosque or a community I actually fit into?Qur’an 3:103 · Sahih al-Bukhari 6018
- What does Islamic dress actually require?Qur’an 24:31 · Qur’an 33:59
- Can a Muslim marry someone who isn't Muslim?Qur’an 2:221 · Qur’an 30:21
- Does a child's Hajj count?Qur’an 3:97 · Sahih al-Bukhari 1521
- Should I pay off my late father's debt or go for Hajj?Qur’an 2:280 · Qur’an 3:97
- I reached puberty and didn't fast those years. What do I do now?Qur’an 2:184 · Qur’an 2:286
- I have years of fasts owed from pregnancies and nursing. What is due from me?Qur’an 2:184 · Qur’an 2:185
- Is marriage an obstacle to seeking knowledge?Qur’an 24:32 · Qur’an 2:286