Family Issues

Marital relations, parenting issues, sibling relations, interaction and behavior with relatives near and far.

Shaving Newborn’s Hair

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

I have always wondered why some people shave the baby’s hair a few days after his birth?

It is Sunnah to shave the baby’s hair seven days after its birth. Continue reading →

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What to Recite for Money Problems?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Question: salaam hajjah is there anything we could read for financial problems? for sumone who is realy struggling finding work and is not earning enough to feed family and cover bills etc. wsalaam Answer: Assalam `Alaykum, Recite seventy thousand times: … Continue reading →

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Women and Mosque Attendance

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Hajjah Naziha Adil

Q: Would you please mention the adab (etiquette) of women attending the mosque?

A:…Women should be assertive in forming regular women’s meetings at their local mosques to study Islam and to discuss Islamic solutions to women’s issues… Continue reading →

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Parenting: Agreeing on How Children Should be Raised

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

The mother is the one who spends the most time with the children and so she must be the main one to discipline them. Continue reading →

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Wife Initiating Divorce

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Questions: Can you please tell us – 1. the conditions under which a woman can initiate divorce? 2. how should she proceed to secure a divorce? Answers. 1. If the husband is not spending the amount of money required of … Continue reading →

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