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Mind your manners in company!
"Please father! Take me with you." Most fathers hear this sentence from their children when they want to go out. Sometimes children ask insistently or weep to accompany their fathers in their gatherings with adults. Fathers have different opinions about the proper action in this regard -- whether they should take their children with them.. More -
Culture of the Innocent Child
One may ask if there is a child who is not innocent, and I would tell you that all children are innocent and have the innate disposition that Allah The Almighty created them upon. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {[Adhere to] the Fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah.} [Quran.. More -
Polygyny is the Original Rule
Polygyny is the basic rule; however, the ruling of polygyny differs according to the circumstances and conditions of every man. Restricting polygyny to cases where the first wife is sick or old is considered unjustly narrowing that which is wide. The phenomenon of polygyny was widespread during the period of Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era) and.. More -
Bringing up a self-confident child
· "I do not love myself, for I am not a boy who is loved, nor am I skilled at sports. But who cares? My school marks are average. There are many things that I do not like to do, simply because I do not understand them. I do not like to try to do new things, as they give me feelings of apprehension and fear in my heart. I also dislike making.. More -
A Family Without Problems
Islam has established a set of wise rules to protect the family from dispute and disunity. It has also fixed firm principles that save the family from all kinds of problems, which disrupt the happiness of both spouses and put an end to affection and tranquility between them. Moreover, Islam has prevented everything that is likely to disunite family.. More -
Controlling the child's desire for possessions
Allah The Almighty beautified for human beings the different good things which He made lawful for them. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but.. More -
Attributes of the Members of a Muslim Home – II
They enjoin good and forbid evil. Pious Muslims implement the Command of Allah The Almighty in the verse that reads (what means): {And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.} [Quran 3:104] The members of the Muslim home carry the.. More -
Attributes of the Members of the Muslim Home - I
Indeed, homes are not [judged according to their] cement walls or construction. Rather, homes are judged according to the people who inhabit them. Were the inhabitants of a home to be righteous people, they would be filled with the light [of their righteous deeds]. Likewise, were the residents of the home to be evil and dissolute, the home would be.. More -
Practical Methods of Solving Marital Problems
Both spouses should have a realistic view of marital troubles, because, if tackled correctly, they may be a factor in enhancing dialogue and understanding. Marital discord can either be solved or made further complicated, according to the way the couple chooses to deal with it. Necessary Rules It is important to remember that uttering bad words and.. More -
Rulings on Interaction with Marriageable Men - II
Impermissibility of exposing the arms Some women often say that they have heard some scholars telling that the woman who exposes her arms in her house will have them burned on the Day of Resurrection. It should be noted that some women make sleeves of their clothes up to the wrists and sometimes up to the elbows. What is the ruling.. More -
Women Discover the Secrets of a Happy Marriage
If you were to ask a girl who has not yet been married about the secrets of a happy marriage, she would consider it a strange question, because she is not married or because she might give a romantic dreamy answer that embodies her dreams, ideals and needs rather than reality. Hence, if we want to discover these secrets, we should ask married women.. More -
Incorporating the stepfather into the family
By: Jamilah Rasheed A new husband brings support and stability to a family. Unfortunately, the woman’s children often feel left out of the decision making process and may resent this new person getting the attention that they felt was theirs. A balance needs to be made that will make the transition from single parent to a two parent unit a productive.. More -
Motherhood: Miracles and the Majesty of Allah
Allah created mercy, and spread one part of it among all the mothers on the Earth, the human beings, the jinn and the animals, that they should love and nurture their young, from the beginning of time until the end. And He saved ninety-nine parts of mercy for Himself to use when judging the children of Adam on the Day of Judgment. (Paraphrased statement.. More -
Mothers in Islam
The Meaning of Motherhood Motherhood is an innate disposition in normal females that makes them more merciful and compassionate. Mothers in the Noble Quran In terms of the Arabic language, ‘mother’ means the origin of everything. The expression of (what means): {The Essence (Literally: the Mother) of the Book}occurs in the Noble Quran.. 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
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