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What It Is: Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine, or MDMA) is a drug that is illegally made. Ecstasy is a stimulant drug that can cause hallucinations. It is known as a designer drug because it is created for the purpose of making someone ...

What It Is: Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxy-N-metham...

What They Are: Tranquilizers (say: trang-kwih-lye-zurs) and other depressants calm nerves and relax muscles. They are bright-colored capsules or tablets that are legally available through a doctor for medical reasons, but can be illegally abused. S...

What They Are: Tranquilizers (say: trang-kwih-lye...

What It Is: Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the dried leaves of the coca plant that is found in South America. Crack cocaine is a form of the drug that gives a very quick, intense high. Crack is made by cooking cocaine powder with baking so...

What It Is: Cocaine is a white powder that comes f...

The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is called the Day of Arafat. This day is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Day of Arafat falls on the 2nd day of pilgrimage rituals. At dawn of this day, ...

The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is ...

Today in Islamic countries, women are suffering from social oppression since these countries have adopted corrupt foreign traditions in this vital area of life. Society oppresses them by delaying their marriage 90, by preventing their re-marriage aft...

Today in Islamic countries, women are suffering fr...

The law of the universe runs according to the perfect balance of pairs, as in the Qur'anic verse: 'We have created of everything in pairs so that perhaps you may take heed'. 87 However, this does not necessarily mean equality in terms of numbers but ...

The law of the universe runs according to the perf...

The prevalence of divorce in the latter half of this century 81 is attributable to a number of reasons including : 1. A short sighted and arbitrary way of choosing a partner for life because of emotions and the like. 2. A tendency towards over expect...

The prevalence of divorce in the latter half of th...

Manual work within the household is a blessing which is necessary for psychological well being and beneficial for the body because it leads to health and well being. It is then important that the married couple should concern themselves with handiwor...

Manual work within the household is a blessing whi...

It was usual in Islamic countries for marriages to take place in a context of common sense and compatibility. It was the family who would find the appropriate partner with regard to religion, moral behaviour, financial status and physical character. ...

It was usual in Islamic countries for marriages to...

The married couple should avoid in particular extravagance and profligacy. The difference between the two is that the former is to do with excess where the necessity remains in principle, while the latter is expenditure that is not necessary in the l...

The married couple should avoid in particular extr...

Married life can vary greatly from couple to couple. One couple can make their home heavenly and happy through morals and virtues, good habits and sympathetic behaviour. Another couple however, can be found to be the opposite of this, one or both of ...

Married life can vary greatly from couple to coupl...

Kinship has a prominent role in safeguarding society from deviance. The married couple may not be related in any way so kinship develops through their children, among themselves and between them and the parents' relatives. Kinship is a very important...

Kinship has a prominent role in safeguarding socie...

It is necessary for the parents to protect the children from deviancy in morals and values. Protecting is incumbent religiously, as in the Qur'an: 'Protect yourselves and your families from the fire'. 66 In previous times, before modern methods, and ...

It is necessary for the parents to protect the chi...

There is no doubt that the best nourishment for the child is the mother's milk as is confirmed by the religion and by medical science 64, except when an infectious disease or the like strikes the mother. One of the reasons for the prevalence of disea...

There is no doubt that the best nourishment for th...

The married couple must place a great importance on hygiene because of the Qur'anic verse: 'save yourselves and your families from the fire' 62, and because of the saying of Al-Sajjad: 'Your body holds a right over you'. The human being has a respons...

The married couple must place a great importance o...

Muslim society, before the attack of materialism, used to marry off its sons and daughters, and both parties - the parents and the children - were satisfied and content with the parents house as an abode for the newly-weds, without distinguishing bet...

Muslim society, before the attack of materialism, ...

The goal of marriage is the maintenance of human kind so it is important that the two parents pay attention to bringing up the children after marriage or even before it, as in the saying: 'Choose well for your seed, for what is bred in the bone comes...

The goal of marriage is the maintenance of human k...

The husband has no right over his wife other than the conjugal right, and in the matter of her exit from the house for purposes other than in fulfilling her duties 56 since: 'No creature should be obeyed at the cost of disobedience to the Creator'. 5...

The husband has no right over his wife other than ...

Allah says in the Qur'an in prohibition of adultery: Verily it is a vulgarity and a vileness and an evil path to follow'. 20 The use of the expression vulgarity, together with the particular past tense verb in Arabic (Kaana) gives the command an eter...

Allah says in the Qur'an in prohibition of adulter...

This vast creation from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy comprises of tribes and peoples based upon the system of pairs. Every element is formed from atoms, and every atom is composed of negative electron and positive proton. The occurrence of...

This vast creation from the smallest atom to the l...

The custom of early marriage is upheld by the intellect and the religion. It was the norm amongst Muslims from the dawn of Islam up to and before the cultural, economic, and military assault by the laws of the West and East upon their lands. If this ...

The custom of early marriage is upheld by the inte...