A mother adjusts her daughter's headscarf before a prayer
A mother adjusts her daughter's headscarf before a prayer marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta. The Muslim woman's role in the home is a vitally important one to the happiness of the husband and the physical and spiritual development of their children. Her endeavor is to make her family's life sweet and joyful and the home a place of security and peace. This and her early character-training of the children have a lasting effect on the behavior and attitudes of the next generation when they reach adolescence and adulthood. There is a well-known saying in Arabic : al-ummu madrasatun meaning "the mother is a school", which conveys the importance of this role.
A mother adjusts her daughter's headscarf before a prayer marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta. The Muslim woman's role in the home is a vitally important one to the happiness of the husband and the physical and spiritual development of their children. Her endeavor is to make her family's life sweet and joyful and the home a place of security and peace. This and her early character-training of the children have a lasting effect on the behavior and attitudes of the next generation when they reach adolescence and adulthood. There is a well-known saying in Arabic : al-ummu madrasatun meaning "the mother is a school", which conveys the importance of this role.