Islamic Books

Al Siraj; The Lantern on the Path To Allah Almighty by : Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Sadiq al Bahrani The Book and the Author Peace and blessings be upon the best of Allah’s creation, Muhammad ('s), and upon his Purified Progeny ('a), the ones through wh...

Al Siraj; The Lantern on the Path To Allah Almight...

Al Siraj; The Lantern on the Path To Allah Almighty by : Husain ibn 'Ali ibn Sadiq al Bahrani The Book and the Author Chapter 1 : Need to Cultivate Ethics Chapter 2 : Preference on Delving Into Ethics Chapter 3 : Allahs Purpose of Creation Cha...

Al Siraj; The Lantern on the Path To Allah Almight...

THE NEED OF AN ENGAGEMENT PERIOD From certain aspects it is essential that there be a distance between the contract and marriage. 1- The girl who has lived for many years in a family with her family members, especially her father and mother, has a ...

THE NEED OF AN ENGAGEMENT PERIOD From certain asp...

ATTENTION Nervous and psychological ailments are amongst the basic causes of sexual weaknesses. The trace of these ailments are definitely present in all the modes of sexual weakness and inability, such as hasty and immature discharge, imperfect sex...

ATTENTION Nervous and psychological ailments are ...

A CURIOUS AND STRANGE EXAMPLE I was waiting for a taxi on street, when a beautiful late model car pulled up nearby and I was invited to get in. I was amazed, since very rarely do those having such late model cars pick someone up and drop him at his...

A CURIOUS AND STRANGE EXAMPLE I was waiting for a...

Woman and her Rights The Author Prologue Preface The Problem of Family Relations Should We Imitate the West or be Independent? Compulsion of History Social Independence of Women Independence of Choosing Destiny Marriage before Birth Exchang...

Woman and her Rights The Author Prologue Prefac...

From the Legal Angle By virtue of a marriage contract both the husband and the wife belong to each other, and each of them has a right to enjoy the other. As far as the marital benefits are concerned, the marriage contract creates a sort of propriet...

From the Legal Angle By virtue of a marriage cont...

Russell's Theory As pointed out earlier, Bertrand Russell was conscious of the fact that in the case of monogamy being the sole form of marriage, a large number of women are to be deprived of their right. He has suggested a very simple solution to t...

Russell's Theory As pointed out earlier, Bertrand...

Historical Causes of Polygamy (II) Man's lust for indulgence in sensual pleasure and his unrestricted domination alone are not a sufficient cause for the emergence of polygamy. There must be some other contributory causes also for a licentious man t...

Historical Causes of Polygamy (II) Man's lust for...

Polygamy Monogamy (Practice of being married to only one woman at a time) is the most natural form of matrimony. The spirit of exclusive relationship or individual and private ownership prevails in it, though this ownership is different from that of...

Polygamy Monogamy (Practice of being married to o...

Russel's Theory of Temporary Marriage In his book, Matrimony and Morals, the well-known English philosopher, Bertrand Russell, says that prostitutes protect the chastity of our wives and daughters. When this view was expressed by Luckey in the middl...

Russel's Theory of Temporary Marriage In his book...

Judicial Divorce Judicial divorce means the dissolution of marriage by a judge and not by the husband. In a large number of countries only a court is competent to effect divorce and to dissolve marriage. According to this system, every divorce is a ...

Judicial Divorce Judicial divorce means the disso...

Equality in Corruption Unfortunately the word 'equality' has been used so much and so often that its true sense has been blurred. It seldom occurs to anyone that equality means equality in rights. The principle of equality cannot be applied everywhe...

Equality in Corruption Unfortunately the word 'eq...

Divorce - II In our age divorce has become a world problem as all grumble and complain about it. Those whose laws prohibit divorce totally complain of the non-existence of a way to escape from unsuccessful and unsuitable marriages. On the other hand...

Divorce - II In our age divorce has become a worl...

Inheritance In the ancient world woman inherited nothing and, even when she inherited, she was treated like a minor. She had no independent legal personality. According to certain ancient legal systems, a daughter received an inheritance but her chi...

Inheritance In the ancient world woman inherited ...

Dower and Maintenance - III We have mentioned the Islamic point of view regarding dower and its philosophy. Now let us take up the question of maintenance. It should be kept in mind that like dower, maintenance also has a peculiar form in the Islam...

Dower and Maintenance - III We have mentioned the...

Dower and Maintenance - I It is one of the most ancient traditions of the human family relations that at the time of marriage the man pays a dower (mahr) to the woman or to her father. In addition to that, he undertakes to bear the expenses of his w...

Dower and Maintenance - I It is one of the most a...

Disparities Between Man and Woman This seems to be an odd phrase. It appears that though we are living in the 2nd half of the 20th century, yet there are some people, here and there, who have a medieval way of thinking, and still pursue the outdated...

Disparities Between Man and Woman This seems to b...

Natural Postulates of Family Rights We have said that man enjoys a sort of innate dignity. The very nature of his creation has bestowed on him a number of inalienable and untransferable rights and freedoms. This is the spirit and basis of the Univer...

Natural Postulates of Family Rights We have said ...

Declaration of Human Rights is a Philosophy and Not a Law It is ridiculous to say that as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees equality of rights between man and woman, has been ratified officially by the Parliament of a part...

Declaration of Human Rights is a Philosophy and N...