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Studying Surah Nisa - Day 1 - Holding the ties of kinship

Bismillah hir rahman nir rahim In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful "O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women and fear Allah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you." I started my study of Surah Nisa today which was actually my goal of Ramadan 2019. Unfortunately, I couldn’t complete it during Ramadan and lost touch of it even after Ramadan. Today, I thought of starting it from beginning and also capturing my learnings from the study. I covered the first verse today. The Surah starts by addressing the whole of mankind. Allah swt gives the following commands to all of us (the whole mankind) in this verse - To be dutiful to our lord (Allah Swt) To fear Allah swt To not cut the relationships of the ...

Helping your Wife/Mother at home

Bismillah irRahman irRahim In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Photo taken from -  http://previews.123rf.com/images/goodshotalan/goodshotalan1301/goodshotalan130100008/17339271-Vector-cartoon-of-man-drying-dishes-with-fan--Stock-Vector.jpg It is generally said that we don’t know whats happening in others lives until we step into their shoes. I feel this is very true for our homes as well. In fact a lot of domestic issues will be sorted out if we understand the state of the other person. We need to do this most importantly with our women; we men have no idea what they go through at all! It was a normal day’s start for me until I heard that the maid is not going to come today, she has taken an off. If you are married and have experienced similar situation, you would know what the home turns into when the maid takes an off at the last moment!!! After lunch, when I stepped into the kitchen, I saw a huge pile of utensils to be washed. I realise...