Hello everyone!I need your help. It’s very personal, and I can’t find a solution. What should I do, and whom should I talk to?

My parents are separated. My mother left us earlier and started living with her sister. Then she kept moving from one relative’s place to another. My father doesn’t have enough income to arrange a separate house for her. My brothers support the household; both are married, but they often still criticize my father and sometimes even tell him to vacate the house. Whenever he says anything extra, they start shouting that they also have families. One of them has a daughter and lives in the same portion as us. The other brother’s income is not very good; he is barely managing his own household. The elder brother is well-settled, Alhamdulillah, and he does contribute to expenses, but we still have to listen to a lot of unpleasant things.

Because of all this noise and conflict, life has become very strange. I got married simply, and so did one of my sisters. Two sisters are still unmarried. They both work as teachers—one buys groceries, the other pays bills. The elder brother pays around 19,000 rent for the house.

The problem is that my mother is currently staying in a trust (shelter/home), but there are also issues there. They are not allowing her to use her phone, which is making me very worried. I talked to my brother, but he responded harshly, saying he is not responsible and that if she wants to stay, she should come and live in his daughter’s room, as he cannot provide anything separate for her. There is no space there—no proper bed, no cupboard, not even room for her clothes.

I don’t want my mother to stay in a trust home. I am married and live in my in-laws’ house, and no one here knows about all this. My heart is breaking. I wish I could bring her to live with me. My married sisters try their best to take care of her as much as they can, but what should I do? How can I stop her from staying in that trust home?

Solutions; Abdullah Khan

Reading this truly broke my heart…

You’ve been carrying so much pain quietly, and still you continue to care for everyone around you. A daughter worrying this much for her mother shows how pure your heart is. May Allah make things easier for you and your sisters, and soften the hearts of those around your mother.

Please don’t lose hope. Your mother is fortunate to have daughters who still stand by her despite all the difficulties. I pray she finds peace, respect, and a safe place soon. Ameen.

Abbas Khan Niazi

People don’t usually live in a trust by choice; they live there out of compulsion. If your mother is in Lahore, our department has an old home where she can stay.

Meerab Khan

May Allah help you, sister. Parents are very precious. May Allah guide your brothers to value and respect them. Ameen. It is very sad to read such a story. Ask those who don’t have parents about their worth. I wish my mother were alive so I could serve her,

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