The Muslim Woman

mentalhealthformuslims.com http://mentalhealth4muslims.com/2010/04/21/the-real-price-of-beauty/#&panel1-4 We live in a time and place where the pursuit of physical perfection is a paramount goal for most people. The amount of money, energy, and time the average person spends on their physical appearance is truly unprecedented. Americans spend about $7 billion on cosmetic products each year, …

  Posted by: Umm Reem November 6, 2013 Consider this scenario: A husband buys a house for his family. You ask the wife if she thanked her husband. Wife replies with a surprise, “Why is that necessary?” You answer, “Because he bought a house!” Wife says, “Yes, but its not …

Minister Lulu Xingwana (the Minister for Children,Women and people with Disabilities) in collaboration with the National Religious Leaders Council (NRLC) has arranged a “Focus Week-End” this week starting on Friday, 1 Nov – Sunday, 3 Nov 2013 to highlight “Violence against women & children” Various faith groups would participate in …

  In the West women dress with looks to kill outside the home and save the sweats and t-shirts for inside. Most women will look very beautiful while going outside of the house, but look like a slob inside the house. One of them spends at least an hour taking …

Sakeena Suliman – Opinion | 26 September 2013/20 Dhul Qa’dah 1434- cii Girl One was 25 when she met the man she wanted to marry. He was 40 and married yet they became firm friends. Contrary to what many would assume their relationship was an intimacy of two minds and …

  Insight #1: The first insight is about the natural emotional cycle of women. Not understanding this can cause many problems in a relationship. “Women are like waves”: John Gray uses the term “waves” to describe a woman’s natural emotional cycle. Like waves, women naturally go up and down in …

    A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by …

Love is a powerful, compelling emotion. It can make you laugh and it can make you cry. It can lift you up to the clouds and it can hurl you into an abyss. One of the dilemmas Muslims face, especially Muslim sisters, is the situation in which they get to …

As women we’re told to “look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a boss.” For men it’s much simpler, “Be a man”. That’s it. Men have no problems defining what it means to be a man. Their being is not differentiated into …

Question: I recently got married and my wife don’t want to observed Hijab accordingly Sunnah. I told her so many times and she gets upset every time I tell her. Can you please tell me what I need to do? </div> Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, …