Married Life

In order to establish the relationship between wife and husband on a sound and explicit base in accordance with a clear and defined religious principle, the Qur'an says: "...and they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in a just m...

In order to establish the relationship between wif...

Marriage is one of the fundamental sociological institutions. Mankind, since its very beginning, has kept to it without any disruption. Even the so-called 'uncivilized' tribes and primitive societies treat marriage as a sacred bond. Such an instituti...

Marriage is one of the fundamental sociological in...

Muslim Marriage Stories: Carry me in your ArmsWhen I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.Suddenly I didn't know ho...

Muslim Marriage Stories: Carry me in your ArmsWhen...

Secrets of Happy Married CouplesA man and his fiance were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. A wonderful time was had by all.The bri...

Secrets of Happy Married CouplesA man and his fian...

Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: "(Mostly) the doers of good of my Ummah are the married ones, while the vicious of them are unmarried."Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: "The person who marries gains half of his Faith, then he must fear of Allah (sw...

Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: "(Mostly) the do...

A group of people went to ask the three brothers of Banu Ghannam for a solution for their complicated question. As they met the first one, who was old man, and asked him for a solution, he referred them to his brother saying, 'You may find a solution...

A group of people went to ask the three brothers o...

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They shared everything. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoebox in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her hus...

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 ...

The reduction and diminution of the matrimonial proportions exuded the disadvantages that threatened the destruction and disintegration of family entities and individuals’ behavioral disorder. One of the most critical disadvantages was the predominan...

The reduction and diminution of the matrimonial pr...

The diminution and extreme reduction of the matrimonial proportions is the most threatening exposure that forebodes the family entities. Modern materialist civilizations has offered women as a low-priced and trite stock that most of the youth abstain...

The diminution and extreme reduction of the matrim...

As we learnt previously, a permanent marriage imposes heavy responsibilities and obligations both on husband and wife. However, no boy or girl at the time of puberty, when he or she comes under the heavy pressure of the instinctive urge, is prepared ...

As we learnt previously, a permanent marriage impo...

Though the birth rate of girls is not higher than that of boys, yet there are more women of marriageable age than men. The reason is clear. The mortality rate of men is higher. Deaths usually occur at the age when man should normally be the head of a...

Though the birth rate of girls is not higher than ...

The second point is that the numerical majority of women of marriageable age not only creates a right for them but also an obligation for men and married women. There is no denying the fact that marriage is one of the most natural and most basic righ...

The second point is that the numerical majority of...

We have explained the causes of the failure of polyandry and the prevailing of polygamy and have shown that multifarious causes have contributed to the origin of the latter custom. Some of the causes originated from the man's spirit of oppression and...

We have explained the causes of the failure of pol...

We deem it necessary to give a brief account of polygamy in Europe during the Middle Ages, as described by an eminent Western historian. This account should convince those who criticise the East for polygamy that in spite of all its defects it is muc...

We deem it necessary to give a brief account of po...

In the case of sexual communism, neither a man can align himself with any particular woman, nor can a woman with any particular man, and that is the reason why it could never become popular. It was proposed by Plato who limited its scope to the rulin...

In the case of sexual communism, neither a man can...

Man's lust for indulgence in sensual pleasure and his unrestricted domination alone are not a sufficient cause for the emergence of polygamy. There must be some other contributory causes also for a licentious man to satisfy his taste for variety. It ...

Man's lust for indulgence in sensual pleasure and ...

What are the historical and social causes of polygamy? Why have many nations of the world, especially the Eastern nations, accepted this custom, and why have other nations, such as the Western nations, never practised it? How is it that out of the th...

What are the historical and social causes of polyg...

One of the subjects, which the West uses as a weapon to vilify the East and about which West has also prepared films and dramas, is the question of the formation of harems. Unfortunately, many instances of it are to be found in history. The life of c...

One of the subjects, which the West uses as a weap...

In contrast to polyandry, Islam has not totally abolished polygamy, but has restricted it. On the one hand, it has fixed the maximum number of wives, which one can have, at four, and, on the other, it has stipulated certain conditions and has not all...

In contrast to polyandry, Islam has not totally ab...

Monogamy (Practice of being married to only one woman at a time) is the most natural form of matrimony. The spirit of exclusive relationship or individual and private ownership prevails in it, though this ownership is different from that of wealth or...

Monogamy (Practice of being married to only one wo...

Fixed-time marriage is an exclusive feature of the Ja'fari law. Other Muslim schools of theology do not allow it. I do not intend to enter into any Shiah-Sunni controversy here. I wish only to refer briefly to the historical background of the questio...

Fixed-time marriage is an exclusive feature of the...