<![CDATA[The sandwich generation faces dual obligations: providing financial support for their immediate family while fulfilling filial responsibilities toward their parents. This study analyzes how five sandwich-generation families in RT 24, Eka Jaya Village, Jambi City, manage these dual obligations without compromising family resilience. The study employed a descriptive qualitative method with a field-based approach, using in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation involving five heads of households and the local neighborhood association (RT) leader. Data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model, comprising data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing, and were strengthened through source triangulation. The findings reveal three main points. First, all participating families used a tiered priority scale for meeting financial obligations: children's needs came first, followed by the wife's financial needs, with assistance to parents drawn from the remaining economic capacity. Second, open communication between husband and wife determined whether the dual burden strengthened family solidarity or triggered household tensions. Third, strengthening spiritual values served as an additional adaptive mechanism beyond rational economic management. This study argues that family resilience among the sandwich generation depends not on household income size, but on the ability to arrange and prioritize financial obligations proportionally, in accordance with the principle of istitha'ah (ability/capacity) in Islamic family jurisprudence.]]>
