In this counseling answer: • Consider both marriage and personal counseling. • Get the family involved. • Focus on your child as a source of hope. • Work on communication and intimacy skills if you decide to stay in the marriage. • Identify 3 positive skills as you heal if you decide to leave. …

In this counseling answer: • If you are not attracted to him and prefer someone else, then this may make it difficult to develop relations between the two of you. • If you choose to decline the existing proposal, be sure to be kind in doing so since arrangements have already been made. • Make …

In this counseling answer: • Do not worry too much about it all. Your time will come too, and I am sure your brother will take responsibility for your wedding too. • Do not feel pressurized to get married to somebody you don’t want to marry. You are the one who will live with that person, …

In this counseling answer: •Please begin a journal to help sort out your feelings and emotions regarding your trauma. •List all his positive qualities and traits that attract you. On the other side of the page, please write down the traits, actions and behaviors which have hurt you and which are not Islamic. Analyze the …

In this counseling answer: • You can reject the proposal if your heart is not convinced about marrying that particular guy. • Wealth and a good status is not everything to look for in a marriage. Knowing the potential spouse’s personality, likes and dislikes are also quite important. • Be sure to set appropriate boundaries with …

In this counseling answer: • Instead of telling your dad directly that he is wrong and pointing fingers at him, you should try telling him how you feel. Do it when you are alone with him, so he does not get too defensive. • Leave the room when your parents are fighting. • Find some …

NEW YORK — By the begging of 2019, the Muslim matchmaking app Muzmatch announced hitting one million global users. The co-founders of the dating tool further informed that at least 15,000 users have gotten married after meeting through Muzmatch. However, many young Muslim women are leaning into their families’ traditions of arranged marriage, seeing it …

CALIFORNIA – Growing up in California to Iraqi Muslim immigrants, Huda Al-Marashi has always dreamed of her own love story that ends with a surprise proposal and a happily-ever-after end, The Star reported. In a family that follows arranged marriage, she got engaged to a family friend after high-school graduation. This struggle to honor her …

I have often wondered whether this is an active choice, a curse, or simply a matter of circumstance. At my age and from my cultural background almost everyone I know is married and has children. At times I wonder whether it is the lifestyle I have adopted, but at other times partition blame to the …

In this counseling answer: • He has violated your Islamic rights in numerous ways, as well as the rights of your children. • It is better for you and your children to focus on your own well-being. • Seeing a qualified counselor is also very beneficial for yourself. • Show them as much love and …