And before heading for serious steps, one should be ready to meet the partner’s parents, as it’s them who approves the relationship. Premarital intimacy is strictly prohibited. And after the marriage, couple practices a specific ritual before they engage in intercourse, i.e. men do''abluti...
“You know what this country is? It’s a garbage can,” Wahhaj snarls in a sermon to his flock. “It’s filthy.” He prays America “crumbles” and is replaced by Islam. Then he calls for jihad. You see one clip, then the other, and the deceit and duplicity are just breathtaking....
There has been plenty of support for LGBT rights among Muslims. Just over 40 percent of U.S. Muslims said they supported same-sex marriage last year in a survey by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute. Lawmakers in Albania recently debated legalizing gay marriage. In fact, ...
How the Prophet ﷺ specifically dealt with incidents among Sahabah (examples: the hesitancy of some companions to follow Usamah bin Zayd into battle, the Prophet’s ﷺ suggesting the marriage of Usamah to Fatimah bint Qays, and the refusal of Abdur Rahman bin ‘Awf to marry his daughter ...
They didn’t even know each other before their marriage, which was arranged by their families. We prayed five times a day, fasted during Ramadan, and as the head of the household my father paid the zakat al-fitr (tithe) every year. My parents sent us...
For example, a member asked a male acquaintance, not a member of the society, ‘to stop wearing a gold ring since it contradicts with Islamic beliefs banning men from doing so’.73 6.3. Marriage The Brotherhood consolidates its identity of uniqueness and distinctiveness by drawing internal and...