SECOND REMINDER. Yaum Al-Ahad 6th day of Shaãban. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FAMILIES. BismilLahir Rahmaanir Raheem.   Let's continue from the first Reminder; I will first quote some of the Qur'anic verses about our parents. ALLAH says; "And We (WE is not plural in the Qur'an but ALLAH speaking in Authoritative manner, which English has no proper word to translate from the Arabic word used aside WE) have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents. In travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in two years was his weaning. Show gratitude to ME (If we was plural, he Allah will use US here not ME isn't it) and to your parents; to ME is your final goal." (Quran 31:14). According to the above verse, gratitude to ALLAH/ GOD and to parents go hand in hand. Gratitude to ALLAH is incomplete without showing gratitude to one's parents. Since being grateful to ALLAH is a form of ibadah (worship) which earns heavenly rewards, it can therefore be said that being grateful to one's parents also earns heavenly rewards. "Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but HIM, and that you be KIND to PARENTS. Whether one or more attain old age in their life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of HONOUR. And out of KINDNESS, lower to them the wing of HUMILITY, and say, "my Lord! bestow on them Them Mercy, even as they cherished me in childhood." (Quran 17: 23-24). This is more than enough to cover my topic today isn't it? But wait for the 3rd Reminder, more to come from ALLAH and HIS Messenger to know how crucial it is to ensure your parents are your best mates on earth to be kind to. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.