Tag: Muslim
Various Scholars
Celebrating the Mother's Day
Question:
In western countries many Muslims celebrate the Mother's day. What is the rule of Shariah concerning this celebration?
Various Scholars
The Five Secrets of a Productive Muslimah
By Lotifa Begum
Success is something that has been on my mind lately. One of the first questions that comes to mind is ‘what are the secrets to success?’ As Muslim women growing up in contemporary times, we all face challenges that make it hard to have that break-through to success. There ...
Is a Christian woman required to observe ‘iddah?
I am a young Algerian man married to a foreign Christian woman who has an inclination towards Islam. But Allah has willed that we should separate. My question is: is the kitaabi (Jewish or Christian) woman required to observe ‘iddah and do I have to impose it on her if she refuses to observe ‘iddah? There is a second problem, which is that I am living in her house and I do not have any other accommodation to go to. What is the Islamic ruling concerning that?.
Her parents are objecting to her marriage
I embraced Islam -praise be to Allah- and now I want to keep myself chaste, but my parents think that the most suitable age of marriage is not until twenty-five or preferably twenty-eight. Even worse than that, one of them thinks that there is nothing wrong with friendship and relationships outside of marriage - Allah forbid. The matter is extremely difficult and I do not know how to talk to them about this matter. I want to keep myself chaste; I want to marry a man who will help me to adhere to my religion, a man who will stand beside me and help me, a man who will live with me, because I am living far away from my parents. They are divorced and each one lives in a different city. I do not know how to explain these details to them in order to convince them that I should get married early; rather they think that getting married at an early age is something that is not appropriate. I am the only daughter of my parents, hence I do not want to disobey them and I do not want to upset them; I do not want them to forsake me either. I want at least to do the marriage contract, then delay consummation until Allah wills.
My questions are:
1. Is it permissible for me to do the marriage contract but delay marriage and the waleemah (wedding feast) and consummation for five years, for example?
2. Do I have to repeat the marriage contract in front of my family later on and pretend that I was not married? Or is that regarded as coming under the heading of lying? I hope you can advise me because I do not know what to do.
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Fasting - A Way of Life
Dr. Ragheb El-Sergany
Religion & America's relation with the Jews
Dr. Ragheb El-Sergany
Boycott & Muslim interests
Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid
Slaughtering Muslims!!
Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid
Slaughtering Muslims!!
Islam - Birthright of Adam's Children
The Name of Our Religion Is Islam
Latasha, Ex-Christian, USA
I am an American who grew up in a strict religious Christian family. By the time I was 16 I became very devout and religious myself. The church was like a home away from home. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I had read and studied the Bible on a regular basis. All the while I was noticing ...