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al-Sadaaq /al-Mahr (Dowry) by Mawlana Mushtaq Shaikh  IntroductionMuslims regularly attend marriage c...

 Jahez refers to the wealth or gifts that a bride brings to the groom at marriage, a practice prevalent in many South Asian weddings. While often defended as tradition, its modern form has become a cruel and oppressive custom with roots in p...

 وَعَاشِرُوۡهُنَّ بِالۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ “Live with them (wives) in kindness.” (Surah An-Nisaa, v.19)عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها، قَالَتْ: مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَادِمًا وَلاَ امْرَأَةً قَط...

عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُ فِي الْبَيْتِ قَالَتْ كَانَ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَ الأَذَانَ خَرَجَ.‏ Al-Aswad bi...

IntroductionMuslims regularly attend marriage ceremonies (’aqd nikah), whether for family or friends. Sometimes, people will participate in congregational salah at their local masjid, and the Imam will inform the ...

وَيۡلٌ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ “Destruction be for every person who searches for faults (in others; the scandal-monger) and who mocks (the Mu’mineen).” (Surah al-Humazah, 1) ...

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Jahez is the wealth the bride brings to the groom on their marriage. This cultural practice is prevalent in South Asian weddings. In some weddings, the current practice of jahez is a cruelly oppressive custom rooted in polytheistic societies. The bri...