Marriages Lead Women to Islam

‘Aa’ishah Abid Choudry - her given name is Harumi - adopted her Muslim name and faith four years ago, at the age of 26, to marry a Pakistani. Two years later, like many Japanese women married to Muslim men in Japan, she remained reluctant to abide by Islamic laws. Then one day about two years ago, she decided to act on her own intuition.. More

From a bathing suit to hijab

Somayyah was educated in a convent and as a teenager worked as a model and in cocktail lounges. Growing up in Ireland and Britain, she tried drugs and liquor and supported alcoholic and sometimes abusive parents. Years later the25-year old Irish woman moved to the Gulf Arab Emirate of Dubai where, through books loaned by friends, she learned about.. More

From Yamilia to Hajar

Hajar is the new name of Yamilia.She is a twenty-eight.A student of social studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, she started studying Islam before two years to find out the truth which she had missed in the material life of the States. Yamilia got convinced andembraced Islam and changed her name to Hajar (The name of Abraham’s wife,.. More

Mum, I've decided I want to follow Allah

Western women are turning to Islam in rapidly increasing numbers. Kay Jardine discovers why they are so keen to become Muslims. Bullying, depression, and insomnia made Kimberley McCrindle's teenage years particularly difficult. Taunts from classmates about her weight and how she looked left the 19-year-old student feeling like she didn't really fit.. More

Tena

Becoming Muslim Both my husband and I converted to Islam. I converted during Ramadan last year and my husband shortly after. The thing that drew me to Islam was the hijab and loose clothing of the Muslim women. We both did research by Internet and then read ahadeeth. I was totally convinced. I went to a masjid for my first time. A sister there greeted.. More

Governesses and Maids Substitute Mothers

Employing governesses and maids is a widespread phenomenon nowadays in many homes throughout the Arab world. Some of them have become substitutes for mothers despite the fact that often they do not speak Arabic, and sometimes they are non-Muslims. All these factors have dire consequences for our children’s future. Today, we see families willingly.. More

The Mother-in-Law: A Mercy or a Curse?

No sane person can deny the great role of the mother, especially the role that she plays in the life of her children providing them with care, love and compassion, and the difficulty and fatigue that accompany this. Hence, Allah The Exalted commands us to be good to parents by speaking kindly to them and lowering to them the wing of humility out of.. More

When was the last time you raced your wife?

Yes, when was the last time you raced with your wife? You might mockingly or disapprovingly smile, yet the question remains, for it bespeaks an invitation to you to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, in his kind attitude toward his wives. If you claim to follow his, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, Sunnah, in.. More

A Word to the Bride and Groom

Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He Placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.} [Quran 30:21] The affection and mercy mentioned in the previous verse can only be attained through certain.. More

Make-up of a successful wife – III

She can be grateful: Each of us likes to be told that we are doing a good job. This is also important in a marriage. We should always tell or show our husbands that we sincerely appreciate all of their efforts. Allah has charged them with providing for their wives and families. This job is not easy. Everyday they meet challenges and problems and they.. More

Help! The kinfolk are in town

By: Michelle Al-Nasr Are you someone who freaks out when the family drops in at a moments notice, or informs you that they will be camping out in your house for months on end? It is a time that can really be stressful for everyone, and sometimes it can even cause so much stress that family ties arc broken. Camping-in kin The Prophet, sallallaahu.. More

Her Relations with Men

Being in seclusion Obedience to Allah can only be achieved by following His commands and keeping away from what He Has prohibited. One way in which the Muslim woman obeys Allah and His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is by not sitting in seclusion with a "non-Mahram" because it is prohibited on the basis of the narration in.. More

The Impact of the Art of Listening and Understanding Between Spouses

All families have problems. Misunderstanding and lack of listening between the spouses occurs for one reason or another. However, there are various degrees of this, some of which are endurable and considered normal in all families, whereas others are agonizing and abnormal. The latter leads to family disintegration and the breaking of its tight chain,.. More

Secret Marriage and Its Dangerous Impact

No Marriage Without a Guardian The woman is not entitled to give herself in marriage without the consent of her family. Similarly, her guardian is not entitled to conclude her marriage without consulting her. Islam takes a moderate course by insisting that there should be participation from the woman, her guardian and family when it comes to her marriage... More

Raising Girls from Grandmothers to Granddaughters

On my way home from work one day, I found male and female preparatory and secondary school students speaking with each other in an indecent, disrespectful manner. I saw with my own eyes a girl shouting the nastiest words in the face of a young man. I could not believe that it was actually a girl who was talking and that one day she would be a wife and.. More