The two parents here differ from the parents in the biological sense, as they refer to care, upbringing, sanctity, inheritance, and lineage as social relations. Through this distinction, the author expands the meaning of the family from mere biology to the social and ethical structure surrounding the human being.
Referred to by
- Father and mother are social relations
- The ummah is a bond of unified conduct
- Religious and kinship affiliation are measured by action and relationship
- Mutual recognition and multiple affiliation create a community without contradiction
- The group is defined by conduct, language, or system
- The parents are biological, and the two parents are educational
- Multiplicity of levels of affiliation
- Defining destruction as final obliteration
- There is no contradiction between affiliations
Cross-book concept: See father for the overarching theme across the books.