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Tayybah Times: Fiqh of Love Edition (October 2009)

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LLoovvEEMMaarrrrii aagg ee ii nn II ss llaamm

October 2009

1 October 2009

Lessons Learnt_____________________________ 2

The Dower (Mahr). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The Fiqh of Love Poem.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

G.E.M.s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Word Search.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Identifying Problems_______________________7

Reflections on divorce and marital problems.

Divorced People: Why Love is Blind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Marriage: Why Are We Fail ing?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Learning From Super Moms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Moving Forward__________________________ 10

Okay so we know divorce is on the rise, how do we give rise to

success instead?

One Car, Two Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

How to Transform Yourself Into Mrs. Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1

Top 1 0 Things You Need to Know About Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

Marriage & Family Therapy Programs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4

In the Spotlight___________________________ 15

New to Tayybah Times is this section for shining l ight on dear

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In This Issue:

by sr. Areefa

Photo credit: Klaus Post

The Dower (Mahr)

Lessons Learnt

2October 2009

3 O

Lessons Learnt

LovEFIQH ofThe

poem

ctober 2009 Photo credits: debz wildie (photos), Moi Cody (i l lustration)Photo credits: debz wildie (photos), Moi Cody (i l lustration)

-Anonymous

4October 2009

5

Lessons Learnt

“Alsalamu alaikum Uncl

“Alsalamu alaikum Uncl

Make sure that the firs

something good.

Flirting: The Decaf Zinn

Istikhara:

“Allah bless my choice!

The choice is ultimately

can change it so that if

would bless it and make

Sh. Walee

Brothers:

“Women

. . .

comm

G.E.M.s

e/Auntie ___. I 'm sorry I 'm late.”- Bad

e/Auntie ___. I 'm real ly glad to be here!”- Good

t thing your potential spouse and in-laws hear is

a

” not “Allah, make my choice for me!”

yours and only you wil l be accountable. But the dua

this relationship would have been bad for you, Allah

it good.

d: “Some say the best mahr is the least amount. . .but that's a weak hadith .”

“Aww!”

needs a lot of Vitamin A: Affection, Attention, Appreciation, Assurance, Acceptance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and al l the women agreed upon this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lol”

Divorce rate is sky rocketing; it increased 50% from the 1 970 - 2000! & in Muslim

unities there’s a divorce every 9 minutes.

Genuinely Enlightening Moments

October 2009 Photo credits: Hanafi Jamil , Louise Fogh

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R A O P N Y R A T P D N M D TT F G C I A T T P S I N E P PL P H I E M H S B Y E R C E HE L A N C E M E L F I T D M SF U B S A L T C E T B U H H TC H I L D R E N S E C T G L TT R T Y L I M A F A T G H M AD H S I A C P N T I T H L S RN S L E R E L I G I O N O P IU H N M P L O F O B S F T B LC M F F B N Y L B M N C O I OL I B N D B M I H I A L U E AR U T N S H E R U T U F I G SE H I L L S N A H O N T H L OE T I N T N T U I N F O I N M

1 1 Topics

You Should Discuss

Before You Get Married

Identifying Problems

Divorced People:

Why Love is Blind by Abdur Rahman Mirza

7 October 2009

M

W

Wb

arriage:

hy Are

e Fail ing?y Abdur Rahman Mirza

8October 2009

Identifying Problems

Learning from Super Moms by Abed Islam

9 October 2009

Moving Forward

One Car,

Two DriversWritten by sr. Shehnaz Khan

Photo Credit: Sean Carpenter

Love.

Sex.

Marriage.

October 2009 10

Moving Forward

11 October 2009

How

Yourse

to Transfor

lf Into Mrs. Rby sr. Juana Martine

m

ightz

Photo credits: Sundeip Arora

12October 2009

by sr. Shehnaz Khan

Top 1 0 Things You Need

to Know About Marriage

Moving Forward

1 . If your job gets all your energy, the marriage

withers.

2. One of the greatest gifts you can give your

spouse is your own happiness.

3. It’s never too late to repair damaged trust.

4. The cost of a lie is higher than whatever

you’re going to get from escaping it.

5. Expectations set up resentment.

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6. Your opinion isn’t the truth.

7. If you think “you aren’t the person I married”,

you’re right.

8. Authenticity is contagious and habit-forming.

9. There is violence in silence when it’s used as a

weapon.

1 0. Never outgrow the need for romance.

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M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy at

Hofstra University

Long Island University

Marriage &

Family

Therapy

Programshttp://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges/SOEAHS/HPFS/MAMFT/

http://www. l iu.edu/cwis/west/programs/marriage_family_therapy.htm

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In the Spotlight

ChariTree

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ChariTree

Tayybah Gone Practical

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