Here comes a nerve racking step after you’ve secured your third-party messenger: contacting your prospective MSA spouse!
Ever heard the saying “when you’re hurt, I’m hurt”? No doubt the person saying this means well, however, it reinforces poor boundaries and misses the point...
Your best bet for meeting a potential spouse is using a third-party messenger who will convey your interest to your potential MSA soulmate.
Are you worried or nervous or scared to talk to your parents about getting married? That’s normal. You may even be embarrassed...
So you think you've found "the one" in your college MSA? In this series, we take you through the the next steps - keeping it halal...
Islam is a religion that provides a complete system of living for humankind, including marital harmony and conflict resolution. Islam is not a symbolic religion that...
Several years ago, I sought a divorce to end a marriage in which I felt a fundamental and irreconcilable incompatibility, but faced resistance on both cultural...
Meena Malik shares the story of her one-year long engagement, and how she discovered one of the most helpful and meaningful rituals that helped her survive....
Siraaj Muhammad tackles the concept of celebrity shaykh worship: being so swept up in adoring the personality of a religious leader that we forget the real...
In an earlier MuslimMatters article titled My Husband Is Not As Practicing As Me, the Shaykha shared her spiritual advice about what Muslim women can do...