Islamic Family Life

Contents
Publisher\'s Foreword	i
The Family	1
Importance of a Family Code	1
Islam and the Family System	2
Family Pillars	2
Joint Family and Separate Family Systems	3
Joint Family System: its Advantages and Disadvantages	4
Separate Family System: its Advantages and Disadvantages	5
The Wise System of Islamic Society	5
Dependants	6
Seclusion of Women	7
Parents and Children	10
Why so much Emphasis on the Rights of Parents?	11
Rights of Children	12
Name	12
Three Stages of Life	13
Instruction for the Three Stages	15
First Stage	15
Second Stage	17
Third Stage	19
Rights of Parents	20
The Similarity Between the Financial Rights of Almighty Allah and Parents	22
According to the Right of Love	24
According to the Right of Obedience	25
First Similarity	26
Second Similarity	27
Third Similarity	28
Superiority of Mother\'s Rights	28
A Warning	29
The Qur\'an and the Gospels	29
Marital Affairs	33
Mutual Rights of Husband and Wife	33
Natural Spheres of Activities of Man and Woman	34
Benefits of Marriage	34
Islamic Boundary Line	37
The Rights of the Husband	40
Man and Woman: Physical Differences	41
A Woman\'s Place is at Home	43
Husband: Metaphorical Lord	48
Obedience Based on Love	49
Domestic Management	50
Procreation	51
Love and Good Grace	54
Right of Maintenance	55
Forbearance	56
Misunderstandings and Conflicts	57
When the Wife is at fault	58
When the Husband is at fault	59
When both are at fault	59
Separation	60
Talaq, Khul`, Mubarat	62
Conditions of Divorce	64
Divorce: The most disliked permission	64
Rights of Other Relatives	65
The Evils of Severing Relationship	69
Divine Law in Practice:	71
Circle of Ar-rahm	72
Ways of Silat ar-rahm	74
Summary	76
A Reminder	76
Rights of Neighbours	77