Good deed of the day: Thank your parents

A Month of Good Deeds

By time, Verily Man is in loss. Except such as have Faith, and do good deeds, and (join together) in the mutual enjoining of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy. (Sura Al Asr 103:1-3)

One of the seven pillars of Islam is Zakat, an act of financial charity, which is obligatory for those who have excess wealth. However, giving Zakat is not the only way to bless those around you during the Holy Month, and here we highlight other charitable acts that can be performed in the name of Allah and as a blessing on both the giver and the recipient.

Good Deed of the Day: Thank Your Parents
And we have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: In travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), “Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.” (Holy Quran 31:14) It is a small thing, but one we so often forget. Take the time to thank your mother and father for specific blessings they have bestowed on you, from raising you to be a strong Muslim man or woman, to specific lessons they taught you that continue to guide your life. The more specific, the better.