An Investigation of Threatsg on the Family Based on the Nahj-ul-Balagha

In every society family is taken to be one of the most important foundations. Due to its key role in society and its effects on individual and social exaltation, family has been overemphasized in our ideological doctrine. Family exaltation, in my view, is in fact two-fold: this-worldly and afterlife. Families, however, are subject to various threats that can endanger and weaken the family foundation and undermine its exaltation process; therefore, it is of paramount importance to maintain this social foundation and protect it against all potential harms. This descriptive-analytical study traced family as an influential force for an individual’s life style and exaltation in Nahj-ul-Balagha.  Moreover, this study explored the threats to family foundation from economic, cultural, and social perspectives. Based on the findings, certain strategies are recommended to be deployed to encounter such threats in light of the religious teachings in Nahj-ul-Balagha. It can also be concluded that confronting these threats calls for divestment and commitment approaches. Adopting the former would make the family untainted with these threats and employing the latter would contribute to the family exaltation in all the above-mentioned aspects.