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Impact of Observance of Family Members' Rights… M.M. Safouraei Parizi (93
disorder are not a barrier to family will entail caring and
marriage, ignoring such educational responsibilities.
problems is risky. That is From a physical point of
why such people have been view, it is a right of the
prohibited from procreating. child upon her parent to
(Hurr Amili, 1991, Vol. 14: 75) give it good food,
After finding and getting especially halal (lawful)
married to a suitable food purchased with halal
spouse, the couple should earnings.
make sure they are prepared
to take childbearing and Parents' Rights
parenting responsibility. They The religious sources provide
various manifestations of
have to ensure that they
can, after conception or fulfilling and honoring the
insemination, fulfill their rights of parents. These
child's rights. This preparation manifestations can be placed
is not restricted to the under one common title
physical aspect only; rather “kindness”.
both parties to the marriage God, the Exalted,
should also be psychologically consistently enjoins kindness
prepared. to parents in different
A child's physical and verses of the Quran placing
mental well-being has largely it next to worshipping God.
to do with the parents' That is to say, respect for
behavior, especially the parents and showing
mother. The presence of kindness to them has been
another human in the placed second in importance.
