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  • Keys to Confronting Aggression in Children - III

    Positive emotions are generally stronger factors which motivate psychological activity when compared with feelings of failure. Therefore, this feeling should be developed first, before any other feeling in the upbringing process, and parents must ensure that no gap is left in the child's regular school attendance. Additionally, we should not try to.. More

  • Keys to Confronting Aggression in Children - II

    Fourth: Learn how to manage marital problems No home is free from disagreements among its members, foremost of whom are its pillars: the father and the mother. Since they are human beings, each has his own character and culture that shaped his habits and backgrounds. Everyone has the right to express himself even if it results in disagreements which.. More

  • Keys to Confronting Aggression in Children - I

    People often talk about children's aggressiveness and complain about it, and many of them analyze and interpret this phenomenon to know its causes. However, few people care about curing it and providing practical solutions to eliminate or avoid it. From this point, I will suggest some practical and well-defined methods for curing aggression in children... More

  • Characteristics of the Muslim Home

    A home is a place where the family dwells and settles down, and where they find the comfort and refuge they seek from the labor and stress of life. So, it is preferred to choose our homes with certain criteria, if possible, to attain tranquillity, calmness, comfort, and stability. Choosing a home with certain criteria nowadays is a major social problem.. More

  • Emotional Communication Between Spouses - III

    Cooperation Between the Spouses Cooperation between the spouses gives life a wonderful flavor. Each of them shares with his partner the times of joy and sadness, poverty and richness, and in taking the right decisions. According to this participation, they become one soul and have effective happiness, affection, mercy and tranquility. There are many.. More

  • Emotional Communication Between Spouses - II

    No Room for Despair Between the Spouses Sexual desire is like any other human desire and is not connected to a certain age, because it is a part of the physical structure of a human. Hence, the wife should know that her own or her husband’s sexual desire does not stop at the age of menopause. If the woman is healthy and does not suffer from physical.. More

  • Emotional Communication Between Spouses – I

    Emotional communication is the key to happiness between the spouses. Marital life begins with strong, good emotions and warm feelings. In the course of time, these emotions may become apathetic and lose their warmth. This is the most dangerous problem in the marital life and would crack its edifice. The wife should pay great attention to this problem.. More

  • Our Children and Prayer - II

    • Accompany your child to the mosque: When your child is able to perform prayer as due, or even is able to comprehend prayer before reaching the age of distinction, you should accompany him to the mosque so as to perform congregational prayers. This makes the child’s heart attached to the greatest educational institutions in the Muslim society,.. More

  • Our Children and Prayer - I

    • “My son does not pray except because he fears me.” • “If I did not remind him of the prayer time, he would wait until its due time had passed.” • “My son only prays to silence my yells. Can you imagine that he does not even perform ablution before praying?” Dear parent, if you are among this group,.. More

  • Are You a Successful Mother?

    It is confirmed, by psychologists that the psychopathic or criminal personality is but a product of an abnormal family environment, as a result of missing the mother due to death, divorce or absence from her children outside the house; or of missing the father for the same reasons, or of missing both parents. Undoubtedly, a normal family environment.. More

  • Advice on Family Problems - II

    • She refuses marriage under the pretext of study The problem: My daughters refused many suitable suitors under the pretext of completing their study. I fear that their repeated refusal of suitable suitors may result in missing the chance of finding other suitable ones. Should I oblige them to marry if the suitor is suitable? Please advise.. More

  • Advice on Family Problems - I

    • I want to marry my friend’s sister, but my parents refuse The problem: I am a twenty-two-year-old religious man. I want to marry the sister of one of my friends, but I face a great problem, because my father wants me to marry my paternal cousin, while my mother wants me to marry my maternal cousin. I do not want to marry either of them... More

  • Before Marriage and the Period of Betrothal

    Betrothal The family is born in the same way that a child is born, and the period of pregnancy with that new baby might be long or short according to the conditions and possibilities. The expected baby is healthy in proportion to the proper care given to it, healthy nutrition with which it is fed, the parents’ awareness of ailments that might.. More

  • Engagement - III

    Consequences of Engagement Islam is the religion that has sublime purposes and is characterized by its moderateness. Following its teachings safeguards honor and at the same time allows introductory steps of marriage which would secure its success. Therefore, engagement is made lawful in Islam as an introductory step towards marriage, so that each.. More

  • Engagement - II

    Istikhaarah (guidance-seeking prayer) in Engagement It is recommended to perform Istikhaarah before making a decision related to marriage. The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would perform Istikhaarah in order to teach his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, to perform Istikhaarah before deciding on anything and therefore.. More