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  • Rights of the Child in Islam - IV

    Parents should also encourage the child to play sports and games such as running, swimming, horsing, racing, and so on, as the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) used to race and guided his Ummah (nation) to do what is necessary to achieve power. Parents are also required to develop the child’s physical power by getting him accustomed.. More

  • Rights of the Child in Islam - III

    Second: Circumcision This is one of the key rites that distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. This rite should take precedence, as it is compulsory for males and recommended for females. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to a man after he had embraced Islam: “Shave and get circumcised.” [Ahmad and Abu Daawood] Circumcision.. More

  • Rights of the Child in Islam - II

    The rights of the child after birth: First: The right to nourishment (breastfeeding) Breastfeeding is a physical and psychological process that has a far-reaching effect on the child’s physical, emotional and social growth as a newborn and then as a young child. The Islamic Sharee‘ah cherishes breastfeeding and stresses its importance.. More

  • Rights of the Child in Islam – I

    One of the most controversial contemporary issues that has been the center of attention among intellectuals and moralists is the issue of human rights, as it is one of the most important values to which humanity aspires. It is also an extremely important issue due to the terrible violations and crimes against humanity and against human rights that.. More

  • Equality in Islam

    Islam not only recognizes absolute equality between people irrespective of any distinction of color, race or nationality, but makes it an important and significant principle, a reality. The Almighty God has laid down in the Holy Quran (what means): {O mankind, we have created you from a male and female.} [Quran 49:13] In other words all human beings.. More

  • Human Rights in the Quran

    The Quran very firmly guarantees all fundamental human rights, without reserving them for men alone. These rights are so deeply rooted in our humanness that their denial or violation is tantamount to a negation or degradation of that which makes us human. These rights came into existence with us, so that we might actualize our human potential. These.. More

  • Kindness to Children

    Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated, Once the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, and I went out during the day. While on the journey, he did not talk to me and I did not talk to him. When we reached the market of Bani Qaynuqaa’, he, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, sat in the front-yard of (his daughter) Faatimah's house.. More

  • Mutual Conjugal Rights and the Prophet’s Recommendations - II

    Similar recommendations The judicious Sharee'ah of Allah The Almighty has confirmed the spouses’ similar rights with corresponding recommendations to both, in order to promote affection and mercy between them, and to urge each of them to care for the other in the best and most perfect way. The following are some of the advices directed to.. More

  • Ecology and Islamic values - IV

    Fitrah, "Deep primordial nature" As opposed to certain popular doctrines, which hold that the cosmos is flawed and human nature is basically bad, Islam tells us that our deepest nature is beautiful, harmonious and right. It is only ignorance and bad choices, not an original built-in flaw, that can prevent us from realizing the fullest fruits.. More

  • Mutual Conjugal Rights and the Prophet’s Recommendations - I

    We understand the woman's status in the family through knowing the similar and mutual rights of both spouses. Indeed, she has an exalted position that is secured by the marriage contract which Allah the Exalted referred to, in the verse where He Says (what means): {And they have taken from you a solemn covenant} [Quran 4:21] Preface Spouses have.. More

  • Ecology and islamic values III

    "Tawheed" and 'Adl, "Unity" and 'Justice" Allah's Tawheed or Unity is central to the Quranic message, and with that unity comes perfect justice. The idea that everything in this world, indeed everything in all of the many worlds that surround us in space and time, and perhaps other dimensions as well, stems from a single source,.. More

  • Ecology and Islamic values - I

    I could understand "do not drink the water." Or even "no swimming—polluted water." But "do not touch the water"!? Something about that sign, and the reality it pointed to seemed deeply, irrevocably wrong. The fact that it was the nearest campground to Disneyland somehow made the whole situation even creepier. The.. More