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How To Fight If Your Marriage Matters
Love can be a battleground of mistakes, misunderstandings and conflicts. Oftentimes when we want to discuss a specific conflict with our partners, we …
12 Vacation Ideas To ReCharge Your Couple
#1 LEAVE ALONE, THREE’S A CROWD: We understand you love your kids, your friends and your pets… HOWEVER… take some much needed “Alone Time!…
3 Ordinary Questions That Will Create an Extra-Ordinary Marriage/Relationship
Effective communication is at the heart of every healthy happy and loving relationship. When we think of effective communication, we often overlook on…
The Muslim Marriage Crisis
A major part of creating a beloved community is the creation of a family but a Muslim marriage crisis is at our doorstep. Men and women who really wan…
10 Things Everyone Should Know About Marriage, According To Divorcees
There are some things you can’t possibly know about marriage until you’ve been there. Below, HuffPost Divorce bloggers and readers on Facebook reflect…
Marriage: The Charm of “Thank You”
Consider this scenario: A husband buys a house for his family. You ask the wife if she thanked her husband. Wife replies with a surprise, “Why is that…
Is Piety the only Beauty?
One day a sister dropped by to pick up something and saw me dressed up with make-up and jewelry, so she assumed I was going somewhere. When I told her…
Marriage and Other Works in Progress
Author’s note: Writing on marriage always carries a certain burden of responsibility towards the audience. The writer is never sure who out ther…
Arranged Marriage is not Forced Marriage
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 …
Intimacy for Muslim Couples: The Anti-Climax
Highlights from the discussion Generally, women are capable of experiencing climax but because of their husband’s lack of knowledge and skills, …
LOVESICKNESS
By no means is love a sickness in and of itself. Indeed, it is the only known cure for many of the problems and ailments that we as human beings suffe…
Empathy in Marriage: How to Connect Emotionally with Your Spouse
We are all aware that the marital relationship is regarded as extremely important in Islam. In addition to fulfilling half our deen, marriage is a saf…
Marital Bliss in Ramadan: 8 Awesome Tips to Keep Your Love Alive b
Last Ramadan, I looked forward to eating the fruit salad prepared by my husband’s hands for iftar. Even though the fruit pieces were not cut exactly t…
10 Pieces of Financial Advice for Newly Married Couples
A few weeks ago, I was attending a wedding where I’ve known the groom for about 20 years. I wasn’t one of the groomsmen and didn’t know all of them, b…
Rules & Obligations of a Muslim Marriage
Many traditions related to Muslim weddings vary by culture. Muslims come from places as diverse as Pakistan, Turkey, Somalia and Europe, and the weddi…
‘Halal’ interfaith unions rise among UK women
Rudabah Abbass is a freelance writer and producer based in Doha and London. Prior to joining Al Jazeera English, she was a producer for Channel 4 News…
Woman, 19, burned to death for refusing marriage proposal in Pakistan
A woman has been burned to death in Pakistan for refusing a marriage proposal from a man twice her age in the country’s latest “honour kil…
7 Resolutions to Revitalize Your Marriage
And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.” [25:74] It…
How to Deal with Differences in your marriage
Talk about them! We’re not suggesting you discuss politics or fiqhi views the first time you talk to a prospective spouse, but once you are married, d…
Study Reveals Surprising Link Between A Bad Marriage And Heart Health
Previous research has proved the link between a difficult marriage and negative health effects in lab-based studies. Now, the finding has been confirm…
What Really Happens to a Marriages After Having Kids?
After enjoying a few years of marriage, most couples – women especially – look forward to kids and the joy of raising a child together. Families welco…
5 Things to Know About Marital Therapy
It is common for couples to seek marital therapy when they are distressed, and perhaps, even contemplating divorce. When it feels like your marriage i…
The Power of a Weekly Marriage Meeting
The institution of marriage arguably carries a heavier weight of pressures and expectations in the present age than it has in any time previous. Spous…
10 Pieces of Financial Advice for Newly Married Couples
A few weeks ago, I was attending a wedding where I’ve known the groom for about 20 years. I wasn’t one of the groomsmen and didn’t know all of them, b…
It’s over: The four problems NO marriage can survive (and having an affair ISN’T one of them)
There are four insurmountable problems no marriage can survive, according to a leading divorce expert. And just having an affair isn’t one of th…
Force or Choice? American Muslim Marriages
Last week Amina Ajmal took the witness stand against her father, Mohamed Ajmal Choudhary, in a New York courtroom. Choudhary is charged with arranging…