The fact is that 93 percent of kids are online. Even if parents limit or ban internet access, kids have access at school, through a friend's smart phone, libraries, and schools. The internet is a tool that our children need to use and master with wisdom dispensed by parents. We ... Read More »
Whether you've heard of Reddit or not, chances are your kids are spending time on it. In some cases upwards of a couple of hours a day. For those parents who just "got the Facebook" or know "how to Tweeter" this can be quite frustrating as more and more new networks pop up. Read More »
Hajj is an arduous journey, a journey of jihad for the females of this Ummah, that takes us far from home, with only a ceiling of cloth separating us from the sky, and a bed that is not the most comfortable. Considering all of these hardships, you would have thought that this elderly lady would put aside all worries or thoughts and try to fit in some rest. Read More »
Yet, as we draw ever closer to the Day of Judgment, there are so few of us who are moved to utter a simple prayer asking Allah’s mercy for our parents, and so many of us who move our tongues endlessly recounting their faults. Read More »
Arranged marriages are the cultural norm for many Muslims across the world. Men and women who are ready to get married may meet their future spouse through family or friends. Forced marriage, on the other hand, occurs when a man or woman is coerced by the family to marry, using threats, emotional blackmail, fraud, and even bribes. Arranged against the person will, without consent or consent under duress. That is not a marriage in Islam; it is oppression and abuse. Read More »
Brothers and sisters, simple point. Bottom line. If your parents are alive, the only way to be a pleasing servant to Allāh and the only way to be a good Muslim is to have your parents love you. If your parents are angry with you or if your parents are not happy with you and you are not trying to change that situation, it doesn’t matter what you do in the Eyes of Allāh (subḥānahu wa ta‘āla). The parents have ultimate priority in this world. Read More »
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's Ramadan reminder for Day 9 discussing iḥsān to parents. Read More »
Continuing from last week’s article, insha'Allah we will discuss the next two commonly asked questions: How do babies get into their mother’s stomachs? and What is Sex? Read More »
A large chunk of the world's population celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday, May 08, 2011. The legality of celebration of such days is a issue on which scholars differ and as such I will refrain to comment on it. However, I came across an article on the history of Mother's Day in the US, and this fascinated me as I had never read up on this before. When Anna Jarvis's mother died on the second Sunday of May in 1905, she was devastated. Mrs. Jarvis had devoted much of her adult life to educating other mothers about health and sanitation and in 1868 held the first Mother's Friendship Day to unite families broken apart by the Civil War. Anna vowed to honor her mother's memory by turning Mother's Day into a national holiday. Showing the same determination that marked her mother's service work, the well-educated Anna dispatched a flotilla of letters to ministers and politicians around the country, eventually buying the house next door just to hold her correspondence. And in 1914, the pertinacious Miss Jarvis saw President Woodrow Wilson decree the second Sunday of every May the United States' official Mother's Day. (Babble.com) The story of Anna Jarvis and her devotion to the memory of her mother is indeed heart-warming and touching. However a few years after President Wilson decreed the holiday, it became apparent to Anna that she had created a Frankenstein. Marketing people and retailers decided Mother's Day was just another way to sell their goods and the purpose that Anna had thought of got hijacked to become a Hallmark Holiday. Read More »
Readers' Opinions is a new kind of post on Muslim Matters where an author puts up a topic that's important to them, or a question that's on their mind. You get to have your say, whatever comes to mind. The idea is to talk, and to keep talking! It's totally ... Read More »
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