In Islam, we do not restrict respect and love for our mothers to one occasion. Every day offers an opportunity to exhibit good behaviour towards our mothers. Truly, Islam has a big importance on their position and provides clear instructions on how to treat mothers well throughout our lives.
Motherhood can often seem like a thankless job that can drain a woman’s energy and test the limits of her patience, yet it remains the most rewarding leadership role a human being can undertake.
Times of strife and social discontent are cyclical in man’s history. Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans from the post-Civil War era until the 1960s in the United States which included laws against freedom of movement or assembly, unfair im
Grandmothers are a blessing. Grammy, Meemaw, Nani/Dadi, Abuela, Bibi, or Babushka, come in all shapes and forms. They babysit for working parents, help new parents, and sometimes become sole providers for their grandchildren.
My mother didn’t like organized religion. She was raised a Catholic but as a young adult moved away from many things that were scripted by her religion and others. When I chose to convert to Islam, she struggled for a long time to understand my choice and support me in it.
Islam is the perfected way of life revealed to a perfected man so that he could deliver its message to a less-than-perfect world in need of divinely perfect guidance. Embedded within this guidance are descriptions of how we as worshippers of Allah can live our best lives.
The year was 1977 BB (before breastfeeding), and I thought I was prepared for the experience. The zeitgeist of the 1970s was holistic living and simplicity. Natural childbirth was a relatively new idea and health consciousness was on many new mothers’ minds.