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A sensible and well-balanced family system is the very foundation of a happy life. Indeed, it is the root of an advancing civilization. Religion comes to take human beings closer to Allah. Therefore, it must create an atmosphere conducive to that ideal; otherwise, it cannot achieve its goal. No religion can be regarded as complete unless it has a well-defined code of family life which expressly sh...

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Parents’ Status and Rights in Islam

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Parents

...Then she was most happy feeding you forgetting her own hunger; clothing you, even if she herself had no clothes; giving you milk and water, not caring for her own thirst; keeping you in the shade, even if she had to suffer from the heat of the sun; giving you every comfort with her own hardships; lulling you to sleep while keeping herself awake...Therefore, you must remain thankful to her accor...

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Children’s Status and Rights in the Family

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Children & Teenagers

Islam has provided some wonderful guidelines for the parents in order to bring up their children —from birth to age 21— in the proper Islamic manner. The Prophet said to Imam ‘Ali: “O ‘Ali, there are as many rights of children incumbent upon parents as there are rights of parents incumbent upon children.”...

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Sexual Ethics According to Islamic Lifestyle

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Marriage

According to Islamic lifestyle people’s relationships must be in harmony with the inborn nature of human beings, especially, their sexual relation and communication must not breach moral rules...

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Conjugal Rights

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Marriage

Human life is not confined to food and drinks. Rather love, affection and sacrifice are the emotions which take humanity to great heights and form the core of its civilization and culture...

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Why should Muslim women wear Hijab?

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Women

One of the many questions that have been asked is why does Islam make hijab mandatory for women? Islam has introduced hijab as part of the decency and modesty in interaction between members of the opposite sex. Verse 59 of chapter 33 of the holy Quran gives a very good reason...

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Hijab in the Qur’an

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Women

When we look at the Holy Qur’an we find that it has addressed the issue of hijab in about ten verses and in none of these verses does Allah (s.w.t) introduce hijab as a new command. Islam did not introduce hijab for the first time; rather, Islam tries to remind us of that which has always existed and ensure that we understand and practice it in its proper way...

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Role and Functions of family in Islam

Lifestyle » Islamic Family

The family, according to the Islamic concepts, is not a mere means of satisfying animal instincts, nor is a family's home merely an abode for sleep; but the family in Islam is built upon a holy bond and a mutual contract of tranquility, love and kindness between two hearts...

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How can we create tranquility in our family life?

Lifestyle » Islamic Family

Noisiness, quarrels, and idle talking prevail in our family life. There is no moment of tranquility that allows us to rest and think quietly. The flame of disputation burns at everything and at every moment in our house. Would you please show us the reasons and solutions for this destructive phenomenon?

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How can I help a family member to be rightly guided?

Lifestyle » Islamic Family » Youth

Could you please explain to me the reasons for a young person’s becoming corrupt and failed in life? My sister and I are close in age. I am thirty years old and she is twenty-eight years old, but in regards to faith, there is a great difference between us, even though our father and mother (may Allah have mercy on them) were very faithful. Please, tell me how to save my sister from what harms our ...

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