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In honour of Umm al-Banin, Jumada al-Thani 13th has been designated as the “day for honouring the mothers and wives of...

Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim analyzes how these two concepts -the nurturing and upkeep of children, or 'custody', and caring for the child's education, discipline, and property- relate to the welfare of the child, and traces the development of an...

For the first time, Muhammad is one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States, according to data from the...

Nowadays, the phenomenon of divorce is spreading greatly. We have not seen this in the past few decades and before in ancient...

Temporary marriage refers to a marriage in which a man and woman without any restrictions of getting married, willingly, along with mentioning a specific mahr (dowry) and...

In the views of Sheikh al-Azhar, the polygamy is not a principle in Islam, but rather, the goal of Islam is protecting the family...

The view of Ayatollah Khamenei is that having several wives is permissible, but it has no rewards or recommendation. This view is supported in fiqh and is in accordance with the common view of...

The global center for fatwa in al-Azhar emphasized that, hijab is obligatory based on the apparent text of the Glorious Qur’an and traditions which are definite in positiveness and implication, without the need to...

This paper draws upon doctrinal research to explore the rise of a new kind of faith–based, unofficial and, privatized forms of matrimonial dispute resolution process(es) emerging within Muslim communities in Britain...

These one hundred and fifty selections are taken from lectures that were given by ayatollah Makrem Shirazi at the Imam Hussain (as) Mosque in...