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I came across a statement recently: "El amor entra por la cocina" (loosely translated as “love enters through a man's stomach”), and it sparked the idea to write up this article. Read More »

I was pretty much "hands-off" dad - diapers repelled me, and I would leave watching the kids to my wife. Since they didn't like leaving her side, it was all the more reason for me to say, "See, if I take them, they'll just cry, so you keep them." I'd let her feed the kids most of the time, and I would pretty much take them when it looked as though my wife were about to have a nervous breakdown. Read More »

Taking time out from your stack-full of meetings, conventions, conferences, classes and things-to-do lists, in order to give the dues of others as well as those of your own body and soul, will enable you to perform even better at your duties, in a less amount of time and with less effort, insha'Allah. Read More »

When you shop for your spouse, what will you look for, who will you ask, and what questions or discussions will follow? Length? Width? Color? Perhaps. The sunnah in Islam is to find out... Read More »

After the phenomenal internet success of the “a wife is a wife” photo-post, I couldn't resist snapping some photos on the highway as I caught sight of a Hummer with an intriguing number-plate, which read “Wife 1″.  That was several months ago and I never got around posting it. But ... Read More »

In my mind, if I were to be asked this question, I would reply back and say, Uncle, when you married your wife, how much money did you have in your account? Of course that will result to an automatic rejection, but that is besides the point. Read More »