YOU must have heard this statement many a time from today’s youth. This has become such a common and convincing cliche that it makes you ask: “Does this excuse validate marrying someone who doesn’t have the same priorities and goals as you, neither in the Dunya nor Aakhirah?”…...
IT is not pleasant shedding light on the unattractive mindset of others, but if this mindset is widespread and shamelessly overt, then it leaves us with no choice but to expose and tackle the root of the problem. Maybe some of you have noticed this, but there is a growing trend amongst many educated and…...
SHE made her way around the party, making the necessary greetings, smiling and waving at her classmates, directing a more formal approach at their mothers. She was the face of calm and collected. She’d decided to go all out for this event, and wore her best dress. She’d styled her hair, and had even applied…...
“Do you know that offers are being made to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for Fatimah?” asked Ali’s freed slave woman. “No,” replied Ali رضي الله عنه. “Offers have been made. What is preventing you from going to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so he may give her to you in marriage?” she said. “Do…...
Author: Unknown | Source: Islamweb I am not a mother. But I’ve been blessed with a great one for almost a quarter century. That’s education enough, at least for one thing: Choosing a partner who embodies the top four qualities I believe a mother must have to help their Muslim children, in the words of…...