Islam’s general approach to children may be summarized in a few principles: First, it is a divine injunction that no child may become the cause of harm to the parents (Al-Baqarah 2:233). Secondly, by implication the parents should reciprocate and cause the child no harm either. The Qur’an recognizes very clearly that parents are not …
After a month of abstinence and self-restraint, `Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated with festivities of food.
It is the path that we don’t want to take that turns out to be the best for us in the long run. It is the flat tire that made us avoid getting involved in a deadly accident or the waitress bringing us the wrong order that allowed us to avoid getting food poisoning that are the blessings.
Knowledge about the universe and the human body has been central to the message of Islam since its very beginning. In fact, Islam is not a stranger to education and science. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself urged all Muslims to seek knowledge. Muslim men and women are constantly urged to be the best they can be, …
As-salamu `Alaikum dear sister, As a matter of fact your detailed question is very significant because it sheds lights on several misconceptions that I believe some parents have in mind. Some parents become overly cautious during their journey of parenting because they have been through an unpleasant experience, therefore, they try to help their children …
A questioner asks what to do if a child comes in front of you when praying? Mufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf explains.
Wa `alaykumAs-SalamuwaRahmatullahiwaBarakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- The wife’s right to have a baby is firmly established in Islamic Law. The husband is by no means entitled to deny her this …
.I’ve had children before, so I knew exactly what to expect when the nurse handed me my pregnancy report and it read: Pregnancy +ve. In my experience, I split the nine months of pregnancy into three trimesters. The first three months of nausea and overwhelming fatigue that made one want to sleep the days away. …
I have seen some people placing a knife on their small children and saying, “This is so the jinn do not come to him.” Is this practice correct?
“I’m gonna brownie-love my child!”When I was a little girl, there was a popular TV commercial for a brownie mix. There was a mother and daughter, and they were looking at each other ad This article is from Health & Science’s archive and was originally published at an earlier date. oringly over the contents of …
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