Adult Children and Older People in Rural Malaysia: Religious Dimensions in Providing Family Supports

Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad¹ , Zainab Ismail² , Salmijah Surif³ , Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar⁴ , Zuljalaludin Abd Rani⁵ , Amin Mohammad Husni Al-Jufry⁶ , Hielda Noviyanty⁷ , I Komang Astina⁸ , Singgih Susilo⁹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.9 , pp.32-36, Sep-2022

Online published on Sep 30, 2022

Copyright © Wan Ibrahim Wan Ahmad, Zainab Ismail, Salmijah Surif, Shahrul Hizam Mokhtar, Zuljalaludin Abd Rani, Amin Mohammad Husni Al-Jufry, Hielda Noviyanty, I Komang Astina, Singgih Susilo . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Although population ageing has long been studied in developed countries, it is a new research agenda in developing countries. There much needs to be explored about the ageing of the population. While research on population ageing in Malaysia is now a common effort, research on family support, however, receiving less attention. The objective of this paper is to explore the duty of children in providing support to elderly parents through Islamic perspectives. Using a single-case study, one former university professor has purposively been selected as a research participant to explore the issue. The results revealed that there are five related Islamic dimensions regarding providing family support: (1) the contentment of helping the weak, (2) parental care, the child`s responsibility, (3) god`s pleasure on parents` pleasure, the wrath of god on the wrath of parents, (4) parents are key to heaven for Muslims, and (5) Islam is a welfare religion.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Population ageing; Older population; Family support; Religious dimensions

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