This advice was given to Umm Ayas Bint Awf Bin Muslim ash-Shaybani by her mother Umamah Bint al-Harith shortly before her wedding. “O my daughter! If the advice were to be left off the virtuous and we…
Visual versus Emotional
Allah has created men and women differently. One of the most pronounced differences between genders when it comes to issues of intimacy is arousal. Each gender has been keyed to respond to different s…
A HIJABI’S GUIDE TO PACKING FOR YOUR HONEYMOON
Wedding season is well underway so we’re starting our new “Hijabi’s Guide to…” feature with packing for your honeymoon! Your honeymoon will be one of the most memorable t…
The Ten most common Myths about Marriage
What do myths and marriage have in common? 1. Must resolve conflict before going to bed = False This is how it goes: a couple should never leave a conflict unresolved at night. Consider the facts: bot…
Wives Dealing With Tough Husbands
Question: In Islam, a man has options to choose from when his wife misbehaves or does something displeasing. For example, negotiating, then leaving her bedroom, and finally hitting lightly (with miswa…
A Wedding Speech
Given on the occasion of the marriage of two young friends by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. I have been asked to speak a few words for this joyful occasion of the wedding of Abdullah and Zaynab (fictional …
Lowering your Gaze: Reducing Temptation
One of the most difficult thing to overcome is how to reduce our temptation towards each other sexually. After all it’s in our very biological nature to be sexually tempted, when our eyes fall upon an…
Single & Looking | Muslim Vignettes on Female Sexuality
As someone who is looking to get married and extremely inexperienced in all terms of physical intimacy, all of this sex talk is something that feels like a creeping elephant in the room in the back of…
What women need to know about men
What WOMEN need to KNOW about MEN by Yasir Qadhi Link: https://youtu.be/sx-Dulduo2I…
Why Women Really Compete With Each Other
The New York Times article “Why Women Compete With Each Other” attempts to delve into the psychological reasons as to why women are infamously noted for rivaling and undercutting each other. The artic…
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 I wasn’t, the reason I dressed up surprised…
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 the killings of a young man’s relatives because t…
Why British Muslim women struggle to find a marriage partner
Article written by: A few years ago, at the behest of my mother, I attended a Muslim marriage event in Glasgow. These are events where Muslim men and women meet for the purpose of seeking an ideal mar…