The Taqua of Marriage

celibates have but a small role to play in true spiritual guidance. Therefore, the Prophet’s statement was both a philosophical ...

“How far you still remain” replied the scholar, “from the work of the saints.” “And what is that?” replied the man. “Legitimate ...

Nevertheless, the latter verse gives pause and cause for our sisters in Islam to reflect and contemplate why it is that only two ...

being in the proper place... and in the sense I am defining here, it is also a reflection of wisdom; and with respect to society ...

negative effects because her proper adab [action] positioned her marriage and her cognition and deed in service to the 'Cause of ...

of Makkah. For this reason, the few pious Muslimahs who do exist among us restrain themselves from marriage to men of lesser spi ...

The Tree of Romance None honors women except he who is honorable, and none despises them except he who is despicable. `The more ...

Authentic honor or the love of Agape is steadfast obedience to authentic authority. Islamic adab requires valor, wisdom, knowled ...

within the limits of divine order, and it alone is what preserves love’s affection and eros. Of course the preservation of eros ...

charms beyond this limit for the sake of attention or Valentine’s cupidity, it is a sure sign of unredeemed adolescent insecurit ...

human sexuality by its wholesome service as acts of worship, of charity and of dedication to the Cause and Word of Al'Mussawwir. ...

Chapter Five Sexualization and Amana Trust & Human Development "... if Allah intended some harm for me, could they remove Hi ...

infertility, STDs, prostate trouble, gynecological disorders and anti-social behavior within heterosexual bonds – not to mention ...

maladies, all of which can have teratogenic^57 effects on the subtle mechanisms that work together to form the child’s sexual ID ...

trust it essentially desires to confirm its inherent knowledge and thus also its faith in Allah; this is to say, its ‘common sen ...

threatened the Mothers of Islam with. Dante’s Divine Comedy addresses the epitome of primal human fear by putting a signpost ove ...

the ‘touch’ of sound vibrations. All sensory perception is mediated through some form of physical touch; even light touches the ...

Unfortunately, to accommodate modern medical staff and their many interventions, most infants and mothers are immediately separa ...

“... premature infants who were massaged for 15 minutes, three times a day, gained weight 47 percent faster than others who were ...

voice and grip. All of this is immediately sensed by the infant who then learns to fear the man and mistrust the intent or abili ...