Nurturing Attachment: Exploring Closeness to Allah and Family

Part 1 of our parenting series by Sarah Sultan and Najwa Awad discussed the importance of resilience in developing confident Muslim children, and introduced an Islamically Integrated Resilience Model (IIRM) for parenting that is inspired by Sūrah Luqmān in the Qur'an.

In this paper from the parenting series, we discuss the importance of attachment, and the crucial links between resilience in children and attachment to Allah, parents, and the righteous. 

• What is the importance of attachment in parenting and how can it affect spiritual and mental health?
• What do the Qur’an and Hadith teach us about attachment?
• How can parents foster their children’s attachment to Allah?
• What are concrete everyday actions we can take to help increase our child(ren)’s attachment to Allah?
• What are some important considerations we should keep in mind as we're trying to foster healthy attachment in our child(ren)?

Note: The audio files are generated using AI technology. As such, the intonations and pronunciation of certain words may not reflect human speech patterns. For the original written research paper check out https://yaqeeninstitute.org