marriage

Holy Prophet’s marriage with Zainab binte Jahash Holy Prophet’s marriage with Zainab binte Jahash: Ibn Babawayh etc. have narrated from reliable chains of narrators from Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) that one day the Holy Prophet (S) went to the…

Temporary Marriages Temporary Marriages: Islam is a realistic and practical religion. Divinely inspired, it fits human nature like a glove. It does not exalt, as ideals, ways of life which are contrary to nature. It therefore rejected the…

Polygamy and the Reasons Therefor Polygamy and the Reasons Therefor: Today we shall discuss about the reasons for people opting for polygamy. This discussion is neither on jurisprudence nor on the cultural aspect of human life. It pertains…

Marriage and Family Day Marriage and Family Day: The first of the month of Zil-Hijjah is the auspicious anniversary of the blessed marriage of the noblest-ever pair. It is the day on which in the year 2 AH, Holy Prophet Mohammad (SAWA)…

Permanent Marriage Permanent Marriage: In Islam the word most commonly employed for marriage is nikah, which means literally ‘sexual intercourse’. As a legal term it denotes the situation resulting from a particular contract, entered into…

The Legitimacy of temporary marriage The Legitimacy of temporary marriage: The ulama, both Sunni and Shi’i, agree that mut’a was permitted at the beginning of Islam. However, they disagree as to the reasons it was permitted. The Shi’i…

The temporary marriage Conditions in the Contract It is permissible for one or more conditions to be mentioned in the contract of mut’a, so long as they are legitimate. A condition must be accompanied by a declaration and an acceptance.…

Today’s topic of discussion is divorce. In Islam divorce is the most detested of the legitimate acts. It is well known that the Prophet of Islam (s)has said: In my view the most undesirable thing is divorce Christianityforbids…

In the previous talk we discussed the advantages of forming families. One very significant advantage for the partners to establish a family is the natural satisfaction of the sex instinct. The other, and very important, advantage is…