
I have a very bad relationship with my mother, as my sister is always fighting with me and wanting to displease me all the time. Whilst my mother takes her side and just totally ignores me. How can I improve my relationship with my mother as she is wishing bad luck on me and wanting me to fail in life as a consequence. I do become enraged when my sister bullies me and my mother seems to be doing nothing except cursing me. I consider myself as a good person but this dispute is ruining my whole life.
I'm just really scared about this situation and I do not want to fail as my mother has been praying and asking for this to be granted. Why wont she wish good things as opposed to bad?
Help?
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assalamu alaykum,
Is there a reason why you feel your mother favours your sister over you? Did anything happen where you upset your mother in the past, or bring shame on her honour? Did you disobey her or insult her?
If you did nothing to earn your mother's displeasure in you then believe me sweety, for every wrong you are done, Allah will compensate you. I will never understand what is it that leads to this, but it is true that some mothers favour one child more than another.
One extreme example is of a woman I know. She used to dragged her baby daughter by her arm from the top of the stairs with her head banging against the wall, all the way to the bottom. I was a baby myself then. My parents witnessed this happen and threatened to call the police, even though they knew the woman. Finally the child was taken by social service, adopted by non muslim and as far as I know, still with them. I haven't met her but I will to brain her back to Islam inshaAllah.
All I can say is hun, to try not to react, either to your sister or to your mum's behavior. It will only make it worse for you. If they take your silence as your weakness, then let them have their 2 minutes of pride and arrogance. Believe me, it won't be long before the muslim inside them will waken to make them realise that your silence is stronger and they are the ones who are weak. Engage yourself in religious duties wholeheartedly and make dua to Allah to siften their hearts and make ease for you.
Sometimes baby, these things take time, but Allah, in the end, will never let you down. Make lots of dikhr. It will bring a light in you (you should also recite Surah al Kahf, the the first 10 verses at least, every Friday.) And with light from Allah in you, people will respond differently to you, inshaAllah, ta 'alaa.