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Things to do for your Parents this Ramadan
[And always]
- Help cook iftar (or cook for them)
- Clean the house
- Bake something they love for iftar
- Wake up early to make them suhoor
- Read Quran to them
- Do the laundry and ironing
- Surprise them with flowers or a small gift they love
- Invite them to your own iftar gatherings
- Do the dishes for suhoor & iftar
- Write them a card of appreciation
- Give them a massage
- Be on top of house hold chores
- Spend time with them in general - reading, talking, walking, etc.
- Pray with them
- Give them your company while they do the things they enjoy (even if you don’t enjoy it)
- Create a mini “vacation” for them
- Ask them about their childhood and upbringing
- Work hard in school
- Do yard work
- Show them love around your friends or in public
- Serve them in your home
- Compliment your parents often
- Hug and kiss them often
- Always say thank you
- Ask for advice and their opinion on things going on in your life
- Tell them about what is going on in your life (with your friends, school, work, etc.)
- Always say salam to them
- Tell them where you’re going and text them when you think you’ll be home when you’re out
- Spend more nights with them
- Hold your anger/impatience always
- Listen to Islamic lectures with them
- Ask if they need anything
- Wash their cars
- Help with groceries
- If they repeat the same story or comment, do not get annoyed - simply listen
- Offer to drive them places
- Share your favorite ayah or surah with them
- Make dua for them often, especially in taraweeh
- Ask them to teach you Quran or about hadiths they know of
- Answer their requests immediately
- Don’t text while you’re with them
- Help them with technology or anything else they have questions about
- Make sure they have been to the doctors recently
- Kiss their hands