Tag: marriage

Young Muslims “Fuel Huge Rise In Sharia Marriage”?

  The Times front page today runs a curious headline: “Young Muslims fuel huge rise in Sharia marriage”. The headline is a bit like the paper’s declaration last year of a “rise in the Muslim birthrate” that was, it turns out, non-existent. So, it is the same with the strange proclamation that young Muslims are fuelling… Read More ›

Bible: Isaac’s Marriage To 10 Year Old Rebecca?

Kaleef K. Karim The Book of Jasher is mentioned in Joshua 10:12–13 and 2 Samuel 1:18. This is interesting – although the Book of Jasher is not part of the canon, the Old Testament does mention it. So, it was in existence. Let’s read Jasher 24:37-45: 37. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of… Read More ›

Australia: Muslim Bride Interrupts Wedding Day To Lay Bouquet In Tribute To Dead Hostages

DTT: The mentally disabled shooter who killed two innocent people, shocked the Muslim and non-Muslim community in Australia. Here, two Muslims, interrupted, stopped their wedding to pay respect to the innocent that were killed. They laid flowers where the innocent were killed. By Chris Richards – Mirror.co.uk Manal Kassem, 23, laid flowers at the site… Read More ›

Minimum Age For Marriage In The Quran

Kaleef K. Karim Arabic: وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَ فَإِنْ آنَسْتُم مِّنْهُمْ رُشْدًا فَادْفَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَا إِسْرَافًا وَبِدَارًا أَن يَكْبَرُوا وَمَن كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ وَمَن كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فَأَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ حَسِيبًا Transliteration: Waibtaloo alyatama hatta itha balaghoo alnnikaha fa-in anastum minhum rushdan faidfaAAoo ilayhim amwalahum… Read More ›

Minimum Age For Marriage In The Bible

In this article I will establish that the age for marriage, when someone is allowed to get married Biblically, is when one enters puberty. The Bible makes mention the general age of girl allowed for “love-making”. The reference is found in a parable where God compares Israel to a baby girl whom YHWH took in… Read More ›

10 Ways to Avoid Marrying the Wrong Person

By: Dr. Nafisa Sekandari & Hosai Mojaddidi There is a right way and a wrong way to get to know someone for marriage.  The wrong way is to get caught up in the excitement and nuance of a budding relationship and in the process completely forget to ask the critical questions that help determine compatibility…. Read More ›

A Pious wife can make a poor man feel like the richest man in the world

A Pious wife can make a poor man feel like the richest man in the world

Arabic Word Nikah and its Meaning

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Kaleef K. Karim In this article I will be referencing and quoting from numerous scholarly sources that will define the Arabic word ‘Nikah’ as meaning marriage, marriage contract, betrothal. For the past several months I have seen critics, especially brainless Christian missionaries on Facebook and other places saying that the Quran… Read More ›

Islam on Forced Marriage

Kaleef K. Karim It has been a custom in the media frenzy to link forced marriages that are committed in some Asian-Muslim communities, to link it to Islam.  This prompted me to write this article and show that Islam forbids forced marriages. In Islam for a marriage to be valid there has to be mutual… Read More ›

Bible: Does Numbers 31:18 Sanction Pre-Pubescent Marriages (Child Marriage)?

The answer for the above is yes! Numbers 31:18 does sanction child marriage. Let’s now examine the verse: Related articles: Bible: Child Marriage in Ancient Israelite times Age of Consent in European & American History 12 year old Mary’s marriage to 90 year old Joseph the carpenter   Webster’s Bible Translation Numbers 31:17-18 Now therefore… Read More ›

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