LIFESTYLE OF A MUSLIMAH

THE HUSBAND WIFE RELATIONSHIP IN ISLAM Marwan Boustany As is commonly (if not always) the case in the Qur’an, we can look at a topic from the general perspective and from the specific perspective.  The general perspective acts as the interpretive context for specific guidelines.  Whether it is modesty, marriage or economic theory, we have two levels of consideration to guide us to a proper interpretation. The General Guidelines The following general guidelines must be adhered to always in a marriage and they must act as the background for the specific guidelines dealt with in the next section. Love, Mercy and Tranquillity وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم  ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُ‌ونَ And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you .  Indeed in that are signs for a p...

Ibn al-Qayyim: 30 Benefits of Dhikr 1. Dhikr drives away and breaks the shaytan 2. It pleases ar-Rahman 3. It removes the cares and worries of the Heart 4. It brings joy and happiness to the Heart 5. It strengthens both body and Heart 6. It endows the person with Love of Allāh which is the very spirit of Islam - for God has opened a way of access to everything, and the way to Love is constancy in Dhikr. 7. It endows one with vigilance which opens to the door to Ihsan - entering therein, the servant worships Allāh as if he were seeing Him. 8. It predisposes the servant to turn back to Allāh in every state. 9. It endows him with proximity to Allāh. His proximity to Allāh is in proportion to his remembrance; his distance in proportion to his heedlessness. 10. It endows him with Allāh’s own remembrance of him, Allāh says, ‘Remember Me, I shall remember you.“ 11. It endows the heart with life. Ibn Taymiyyah said, ‘Remembrance is to the heart what water is to fish. What...