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  • Don't push your daughter into the Fire

    Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.}[Quran 66:6] Dear mother, Dear daughter, who will be a mother someday&hellip.. More

  • A message to unmarried Muslim sisters

    Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih bin ‘Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked the following question, “I am a twenty-nine year old woman and I have not yet married. Would you please tell me about a certain Soorah (chapter of the Qur'aan) or a certain supplication that would prevent me from becoming preoccupied about the future and.. More

  • Three pieces of advice to the Muslim home

    First, there is a huge conspiracy that is being plotted against the Muslim home that aims at ruining and undermining its vital role in the Muslim nation. The enemies of Islam, including the Jews and the Christians, realize the critical role of the Muslim home and have therefore targeted the Muslim woman, trying to get her out of her home and drive her.. More

  • How Advisable is Marriage Between Relatives?

    Marriage is a means of establishing new relationships, and expanding the sphere of connections within the community. However, marriage between relatives does not contribute to establishing new relationships as is the case in marriage to non-relatives. So, it is better for a Muslim woman to marry a non-relative if there is a potential husband who possesses.. More

  • Combating Fear Among Our Children - II

    A Dialogue with a Teacher After the lesson was over, the mother of Hasan and Husayn went quickly to the teacher and thanked her for that knowledge, and asked her to give her some time to speak with her, and she welcomed the request. The mother sat with the teacher and started to complain to her of the state of her children, Hasan and Husayn. She said,.. More

  • Building the Child's Moral Strength - II

    Importance of a role model in building morals: Dear person who assumes the upbringing process, Anas ibn Maalik, may Allah be pleased with him, who lived with the best role model in terms of morality, narrated how he had experienced this in the character of the beloved Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him,.. More

  • Combating Fear Among Our Children - I

    After the party Dr. Ahmad and his family returned home after a long party in the house of a family friend on the occasion of the children's success. Exhausted, the parents entered their room to sleep. Not wanting to sleep, both Hasan and Husayn, young twins, sat in their room and played and laughed in a disturbingly loud voice which annoyed their.. More

  • Children's Names: Between Destruction and Construction

    Islam greatly cares for the Muslim child and the creation of the units of sound upbringing from which he grows and is nurtured and which contain all the factors of righteousness which help the child to be righteous and pious as Allah The Almighty ordered His slaves. Such care encompasses everything that contributes to the righteousness of the child,.. More

  • Moral Power and Building the Child's Morals - I

    To develop the proper conduct of the child, you should teach him the duties that he has to do, and this takes place by being a role model and by sound upbringing and guidance. The child will not learn to be truthful except from a truthful educator. The child will not learn honesty except from an honest educator, and so on. The father who picks up.. More

  • The Muslim Child and Reading

    Reading is the basis for development in the field of modern sciences. Ever since the printer was invented and books became attainable, the world developed quickly. Learning to read in our age has become one of the necessities of life. To be sure, the unlettered among the lettered is like the blind among the sighted. Concerning the child, reading is.. More

  • Practical benefits of breastfeeding

    Allah Almighty Says (what means): {…His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination.} [Quran 31: 14] In this article, we will shed light on some facts discovered by modern medicine and study that confirm the Wisdom of.. More

  • The enduring bond of sisterhood

    BY DR. AISHA HAMDAN The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said, “Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness of Eman (faith): One to whom Allah and His Messenger become dearer than anything else, whoever loves his brother (or sister) solely for Allah’s sake, and whoever hates to revert to disbelief just.. More

  • Words of divorce

    Divorce is effectuated through any words that are customarily used to effectuate it and understood by both parties, and it also becomes effectuated through writing and the like. Divorce through implicit words, does not become effectuated unless there is an intention for divorce. This is because an implicit statement could imply the meaning of divorce.. More

  • Youth loved by Allah - II

    Voluntary acts of worship means: They are Sunnah (Prophetic tradition), recommended and voluntary acts of worship. An example of the first category is the “Fixed voluntary prayers”: They are ten Rak‘ahs (units of prayer) if the person is not travelling. It is narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,.. More

  • Youth loved by Allah - I

    Twenty-year-old Kareem sat before a Shaykh in the neighborhood mosque after listening to his touching speech about the sweetness of worship. The following dialogue took place between them: Kareem: As-Salaamu ‘Alaykum, How are you Shaykh? May I talk to you for a short time? Shaykh: Wa ‘alaykum as-salaamu wa rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh... More