Chapter Three:
The Merits Of Timely A MarriageAnd Demerits Of Its Delay
In the first chapter, we described the overall merits, excellence and benefits of marriage, and now by the grace of Almighty Allah we will consider the merits of marriage at the beginning of youth and demerits and losses of its delay. A timely marriage has many benefits, and a delayed marriage has many losses. Here, we will refer to some benefits of timely ...
So far our discussion was on the formation of families and its advantages. In the previous discussion, the advantages were mentioned. One of these is the training of the self within the family. Home is a place for embellishing oneself with noble traits. Within the family, the husband and wife can train themselves, embellish themselves with noble traits. They can not only cultivate good habits themselves, but also motivate other members of ...
An American Muslim woman, who was on U.S. President Barack Obama's list of "leading Muslim females" in the country, said she was discriminated against on Friday after a flight attendant allegedly refused to give her an unopened can of soda. “I am sitting on a United Airlines flight in the air 30,000 ft above and I am in tears of humiliation from discrimination,” Tahera Ahmad, Director of Interfaith Engagement and an ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Court of Appeals in Bahrain has refused to release Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, in a hearing held this morning.The Bahraini Authority is to keep the opposition leader in detention despite the fact that the court’s ruling to lock him up lacked fundamental bases of a fair trial. Salman’s lawyers had complained that they as well as himself were prevented from ...
"I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God. Those of you who are Christian probably believe in the same God, because I think you believe in the God Who created the universe. That's the One we believe in, the One ...
The following is the full text of the message issued on January 26, 2016 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, to the participants of the 24th Annual Prayer Conference. The message was read out by Ayatollah Abedini - the Leader's representative and Friday prayer leader of Qazvin. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful I am thankful to God the Omniscient and the Omnipotent because the endeavors of you ...
A Bahraini Appeals Court decided on Tuesday (May 31, 2016) to adjourn the case of prominent opposition figure and Secretary-General of the National Action Democratic Society (Wa'ad), Ebrahim Sharif, until October 13, 2016 for pleading.Adjourning Sharif's hearing until October means that he will serve his one-year jail term before the court holds the second appeals hearing.Sharif is supposed to finish serving his one-year jail sentence on July ...
Muslim leaders in Washington said that Islamophobia was on rise particularly after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks but its frequency and notoriety has increased in the U.S. during the past decade Some even argue that there are those who have a very clear agenda to propagate stereotypes about Islam. The burning of a mosque in Texas and fliers distributed on the streets of Boston demanding that Islamic State (Daesh) surrender within 72 ...
Islam has adopted positively the principles of the general health to concentrate in the legislative fields. All of the precepts and laws of Islam yield the best fruits that preserve the physical health and guard against many diseases. Some Western physicians, after they had been acquainted with the Arab and Islamic medicine, accepted Islam. Dr. Georgeo Dar Blanto says, “All of the Islamic precepts, rituals, and recommended practices have a ...
A group of Bahraini scholars have issued a statement condemning the attacks on mourners attending Muharram ceremonies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and emphasized that the lovers of Imam Husayn will never retreat from his path. In statement released, a group of prominent Bahraini Shi’ite clerics have condemned the recent terrorist attack against Shi’ite mourners in the Saudi Arabian city of Sayhat and the shootings in two ...
ABSTRACTI argue that humanity is initiating a new historical era: the Technological Era. While this mutation opens to man extraordinary possibilities of spiritual and material progress, it is irreversible and threatens to destroy him. The eminent danger can be relieved only by adequately preparing the younger generation. In what follows, the principles which guide this preparation are enunciated and justified. The nuclear importance which should ...
Just as it is Wajib for the children to respect, honour and fulfill the rights of their parents, it is incumbent upon the mother and the father to fulfill the rights, which the children have upon them. If the parents do not fulfill these rights, it would amount to Qate Rahmi (cutting off the relationships). Since children are the closest to parents it is a must to refrain from Qate Rahmi with them, and Qate Rahmi is a great sin, as would be ...
Every kind of Sileh Rahmi, the failure of which is viewed as a sort of Qat-e-Rahmi, is obligatory for us. For example, if a person is unable to fulfill his needs due to poverty or is unable to get medical aid for any reason, or is in debt; and he approaches a rich relative for help; it is obligatory on the rich person to help him. Even if the rich person is not approached directly but comes to know the predicament of his poor relative, it is ...
The Quranic verses give prominence to the issue of marriage and coupling both in animate and human as well as in objects and examinates. The following text adopted from “ The Islamic Family Instruction” by Hossein Ansaryan exemplify and interprets this issue.
The System of Plant Symbiosis
The system of combining or in other words; pollination and reproduction in the vegetable and plant kingdoms is carried out in such a way that any ...
DOES THE MODERN WOMAN NOT WANT DOWER AND MAINTENANCE?
We have already stated that, from the Islamic point of view, it is the responsibility of man to meet the expenses of the whole family, including the personal expenses of his wife, who has no similar responsibility. Even if the wealth of woman is several times that of man, she is not bound to make any contribution to the family budget. Her contribution, if any, will be voluntary.
On ...
PRESENT DAY LIFE AND THE FIXED-TIME MARRIAGE
As we learnt previously, a permanent marriage imposes heavy responsibilities and obligations both on husband and wife.
However, no boy or girl at the time of puberty, when he or she comes under the heavy pressure of the instinctive urge, is prepared for a permanent marriage. The requirements of the modern age have lengthened the interval between natural puberty and social maturity, when one is ...
arrested on Tuesday (December 15, 2015) Layla Abdulnabi, after the court of appeals sentenced her to 6 months in prison over Jaw Prison events that took place on March 10, 2015.
The Bahraini authorities holds 5 Bahraini women in prison: Taiba Darwish, Sediqa Al-Basri, Jalilia Al-Sayyed Amin, Rayhana Al-Musawi and Layla ...
Protest in Vienna capital of Austria against beheading of 7 Afghan Shia Hazaras.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Hundreds protest in Vienna capital of Austria against killing of 7 innocent Shia Hazaras in Afghanistan.
The murdered Shia Hazaras included four men, one woman and two girls. Some had their throats slit - it is not clear by whom.Their bodies were found at the weekend in southern Zabul province where fighting between rival Taliban factions ...
The Shariah Limits in the Permitted Look
What, then, is the philosophy behind the permissibility of looking at certain non-mahram female?
The fatwa which the question raises entails two others. The first fatwa is that the glance is towards those who remain uncovered after being asked to cover, whether they are Muslims or non-Muslims, although some ulama enjoin that, based on caution, one ought not to look at such Muslim women.
This is because ...
I would like to take the opportunity to share with you my journey to Islam and I feel that by sharing this experience with you I can help you on your journey through life. We are all born into different cultures, countries and religions in what often seems a confusing and troubled world. Actually, when we examine the world around us, we can easily see what a troubled state it is in: war, poverty and crime. Need I go on? ...
