­­Islam 5.6 Sexual relationships outside marriage Objectives: Know and understand the Muslim attitude to pre-marital sex (sex before marriage), adultery and pornography. Pre-marital sex: A sexual relationship which takes place before marriage. Adultery: Sex outside [read on…]

What the Hunzas Knew About Apricot Kernels In the 1930s, Major Sir Robert McCarrison wrote about a tribe called the Hunzas who lived in the remote countryside near Northern Pakistan. He encountered this hardy community [read on…]

­­Islam 5.5 Polygamy Objectives: to consider and explain the practice of polygamy. Polygamy: being married to more than one person at once. Polygyny: is the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage [read on…]

Shaikh Sālih Al-Fawzān: There has appeared in these times a phenomenon that seeks to break apart the family unit and to relinquish the authority of parents over their children, and to remove the authority of [read on…]

A man from Banu Salamah came to Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and said: “O Allah’s Messenger, is there anything that remains obligatory upon me from the rights of my parents in terms of [read on…]

The situation of many Muslims today in their homes and in schools (especially in the West) is a cause for great concern and lamentation. Their homes are filled with sins such as music, free-mixing, absent [read on…]

The idea of being a role that leads by example is powerful because it engenders respect and gathers together many outward righteous acts: calling the adhān and iqāmah, and then leading the family in Prayer; [read on…]

It is essential that we recognise traits that attract people to emulate and follow others so that we can inculcate within us a certain type of behaviour, sincerely for Allah, and become excellent role models [read on…]

Emulation of others is a natural instinct and from the innate nature of humans. We are born upon a fitrah that would if it is not polluted, acknowledge the one Lord and Creator and worship [read on…]