by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Sep 20, 2007 | Family
The Marriage Challenge for Single Muslim Career Women Over 25By Munira Lekovic EzzeldineMy husband and I recently tried to match-make a couple of our friends. Omar began telling his friend about a really nice woman we knew at 33, successful, beautiful. His first...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Sep 20, 2007 | Family
GETTING MARRIED?So, you've popped the question and probably the last thing on your mind is the legal implication of what you've just done. The wish to get married has many implications on one's life, personally and economically. The type of...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Sep 20, 2007 | Family
The Hadith questions the manhood of a person who beats his wife up during the day and derives pleasure from her during the night. Good marriages require patience, kindness, humility, sacrifice, empathy, love, understanding, forgiveness, and hard work. Following...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Sep 20, 2007 | Family
There are ten conditions (Shuroot) in this category. Some are agreed upon by virtually all the scholars while others are the subject of some disagreement.1. The woman/man is permissible to one another. i.e., that she is not one of those forbidden to him by...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Sep 20, 2007 | Family
Where in the world, are the Muslim youth getting their ideals about love, marriage and family? Are we turning to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet SallAllâhu 'alayhi wa sallam? Unfortunately, we do not.In the Indian subcontinent, we're...