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Post-Adultery and Post-Fornication Marriage (2)

February 13, 2017 No Comments

INTRODUCTION This is the second article of the series. In the first article, we demonstrated and discussed the accounts that were wrongly attributed to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) regarding the issue of the post-fornication or post-adultery marriage. We also discussed therein another important idea – the analogical inference of linking the issue of the post-fornication or post-adultery marriage to the issue of stealing a fruit from someone’s garden. While stealing, the thief is caught and accepts to buy it from the owner. It has been suggested, on this basis, that the illegitimate act of stealing the fruit does not render the

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Importance of Parents in Islam

February 13, 2017 No Comments

Parents and children in Islam are bound together by mutual obligations and reciprocal arrangements. Hence Islam builds a family in which prevails mutual respect and care. Allah Says, “…No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child…” [Quran 2: 233]    Obligations towards parents: The Quran has made it compulsory for the child to treat his/her parents with all goodness and mercy. Every Muslim must show goodness and mercy to his/her parents throughout their lives. There is only one exception to this, and that is, if the parents ask their children to associate anything with Allah

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Deceptive Perceptions about Teenagers (Part 1)

February 5, 2017 No Comments

  I once wondered, how much of what we do and think is based on perceptions rather than reality? In fact, how much of what we have “learned” from parents and society is based on knowledge or solid experience? Those questions bothered me and got me thinking? What if we are deceived by our perceptions? What if reality is different from the world we perceive? The ever optimistic soul in me answered: “It would be a wonderful reality. If our perceptions were able to make our reality so beautiful, the knowledge will make our lives ever more enjoyable and much

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Raising our kids Islamically: between myths and truth

January 4, 2017 No Comments

  By Ahmed Al Matani The subject of raising kids Islamically is not an easy matter. It requires a lot of patience, determination, dedication and sacrifice and most importantly seeking Allah’s help. This article humbly attempts to shed light on some challenges facing parents to raise kids, wrong practices by parents as well as some tips that should help in having righteous and productive Muslim adults. Having kids is one of the blessings that every human being hopes to have. In the Holy Quran, Allah shows how important kids are to parents by saying, ” Wealth and children are an

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Our Relation with Allah

November 8, 2016 No Comments

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. Between the two absolute names of Allah “Most Gracious” and “Most Merciful” lies the definition of the relation between Allah SWT and humans. All humans are protected by Allah SWT as he is the guardian and provider for all mankind as his title “Rabbu AlAlamin” entails. The extent of Allah’s graciousness and mercy spans the entire life span and cycle of every single human’s existence. As only Allah determined and guarded the most suitable sperm to inseminate the selected woman’s ovum and once united Allah guides its path through

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Tolerance in Islam

November 8, 2016 No Comments

A five years old girl asking her father: what’s “gracious forgiveness” … my mother insists on while talking to my brother when he is angry??? Father: it is when your friend in school destroys your favorite toy just to make you angry, and you are angry, you have her toy in your hands, you can destroy it too but you choose to give it back to her with a smile and say (I forgive you because Allah likes us to forgive gracious forgiveness …) YES, it is that simple, when you are annoyed …draw your full stop for the whole

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POST-ADULTERY AND POST-FORNICATION MARRIGE (1)

October 18, 2016 No Comments

  Marriage in Islam occupies special position. It is regarded to be one of the most important building blocks of a family, the backbone for a strong and loving community, thus, it is the fabric of the Muslim society. Marriages create relations between the married couple and gives husband and wife sense of achievement and a brighter future together. The benefits of marriage go beyond those expected and experienced by the married individuals; it brings two families which were perhaps once strangers to each other, into kinship, love and caring for one another. Among its social benefits, the recurring effect

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Ashamed of the religion of Islam?

October 18, 2016 No Comments

In the middle of the Aggressive Media War against Islam & Muslims nowadays, where it is trying to skin the Muslims from their belief motivating political & social motions against them all over the world, putting them in a place where they find themselves speechless and lost to defend the faith which they believe is the absolute truth, we need true guidance to affirmative ideas about our faith. There are people who will hate you & despise you, just because you are a Muslim. you cannot even ignore sometimes their frustration gaze upon you when you walk on the street,

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The Gratitude Attitude

October 12, 2016 No Comments

[arqam style= metro columns= 1 ]The Gratitude Attitude (Part 1) Gratitude  is a great virtue which impacts our wealth and health beautifully, if applied in our lives daily. It is a Universal Law that Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) has positioned in this Universe since creation, which influences lives irrespective of gender, religion or nationality, when applied genuinely. Moreover it is one of Allah’s 99 names, Al Shakoor (The Grateful). In various verses of the Qur’an Allah (SWT) has commanded us to be thankful: “Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful

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Woman’s Haya’ (Modesty) – (حياء) – In Islam

October 10, 2016 No Comments

In The Name of ALLAH, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful People always strive to find happiness and tranquility in their lives. Islam contains a good moral code of living. Haya’ (or Al-Haya’) – in Arabic: حياء – is a key constituent of this code. The Arabic word Haya’حياء can be translated as: modesty, shame, shyness or bashfulness. This article is a very brief description of ‘haya’ in Islam and the impact its presence or absence leaves on the society as a whole and on women in specific. The reader is encouraged to also research more on the topic through

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Post-Adultery and Post-Fornication Marriage (2)

INTRODUCTION This is the second article of the series. In the first article, we demonstrated and discussed the accounts that were wrongly attributed to the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) regarding the issue of the post-fornication or post-adultery marriage. We also discussed therein another important idea – the analogical inference of linking the issue of the post-fornication or post-adultery marriage to the issue of stealing a fruit from someone’s garden. While stealing, the thief is caught and accepts to buy it from the owner. It has been suggested, on this basis, that the illegitimate act of stealing the fruit does not render the

Read More »

Importance of Parents in Islam

Parents and children in Islam are bound together by mutual obligations and reciprocal arrangements. Hence Islam builds a family in which prevails mutual respect and care. Allah Says, “…No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child…” [Quran 2: 233]    Obligations towards parents: The Quran has made it compulsory for the child to treat his/her parents with all goodness and mercy. Every Muslim must show goodness and mercy to his/her parents throughout their lives. There is only one exception to this, and that is, if the parents ask their children to associate anything with Allah

Read More »

Deceptive Perceptions about Teenagers (Part 1)

  I once wondered, how much of what we do and think is based on perceptions rather than reality? In fact, how much of what we have “learned” from parents and society is based on knowledge or solid experience? Those questions bothered me and got me thinking? What if we are deceived by our perceptions? What if reality is different from the world we perceive? The ever optimistic soul in me answered: “It would be a wonderful reality. If our perceptions were able to make our reality so beautiful, the knowledge will make our lives ever more enjoyable and much

Read More »

Raising our kids Islamically: between myths and truth

  By Ahmed Al Matani The subject of raising kids Islamically is not an easy matter. It requires a lot of patience, determination, dedication and sacrifice and most importantly seeking Allah’s help. This article humbly attempts to shed light on some challenges facing parents to raise kids, wrong practices by parents as well as some tips that should help in having righteous and productive Muslim adults. Having kids is one of the blessings that every human being hopes to have. In the Holy Quran, Allah shows how important kids are to parents by saying, ” Wealth and children are an

Read More »

Our Relation with Allah

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. Between the two absolute names of Allah “Most Gracious” and “Most Merciful” lies the definition of the relation between Allah SWT and humans. All humans are protected by Allah SWT as he is the guardian and provider for all mankind as his title “Rabbu AlAlamin” entails. The extent of Allah’s graciousness and mercy spans the entire life span and cycle of every single human’s existence. As only Allah determined and guarded the most suitable sperm to inseminate the selected woman’s ovum and once united Allah guides its path through

Read More »

Tolerance in Islam

A five years old girl asking her father: what’s “gracious forgiveness” … my mother insists on while talking to my brother when he is angry??? Father: it is when your friend in school destroys your favorite toy just to make you angry, and you are angry, you have her toy in your hands, you can destroy it too but you choose to give it back to her with a smile and say (I forgive you because Allah likes us to forgive gracious forgiveness …) YES, it is that simple, when you are annoyed …draw your full stop for the whole

Read More »

POST-ADULTERY AND POST-FORNICATION MARRIGE (1)

  Marriage in Islam occupies special position. It is regarded to be one of the most important building blocks of a family, the backbone for a strong and loving community, thus, it is the fabric of the Muslim society. Marriages create relations between the married couple and gives husband and wife sense of achievement and a brighter future together. The benefits of marriage go beyond those expected and experienced by the married individuals; it brings two families which were perhaps once strangers to each other, into kinship, love and caring for one another. Among its social benefits, the recurring effect

Read More »

Ashamed of the religion of Islam?

In the middle of the Aggressive Media War against Islam & Muslims nowadays, where it is trying to skin the Muslims from their belief motivating political & social motions against them all over the world, putting them in a place where they find themselves speechless and lost to defend the faith which they believe is the absolute truth, we need true guidance to affirmative ideas about our faith. There are people who will hate you & despise you, just because you are a Muslim. you cannot even ignore sometimes their frustration gaze upon you when you walk on the street,

Read More »

The Gratitude Attitude

[arqam style= metro columns= 1 ]The Gratitude Attitude (Part 1) Gratitude  is a great virtue which impacts our wealth and health beautifully, if applied in our lives daily. It is a Universal Law that Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) has positioned in this Universe since creation, which influences lives irrespective of gender, religion or nationality, when applied genuinely. Moreover it is one of Allah’s 99 names, Al Shakoor (The Grateful). In various verses of the Qur’an Allah (SWT) has commanded us to be thankful: “Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful

Read More »

Woman’s Haya’ (Modesty) – (حياء) – In Islam

In The Name of ALLAH, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful People always strive to find happiness and tranquility in their lives. Islam contains a good moral code of living. Haya’ (or Al-Haya’) – in Arabic: حياء – is a key constituent of this code. The Arabic word Haya’حياء can be translated as: modesty, shame, shyness or bashfulness. This article is a very brief description of ‘haya’ in Islam and the impact its presence or absence leaves on the society as a whole and on women in specific. The reader is encouraged to also research more on the topic through

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