Marriage and Morals in Islam

BOOK ID

Title: Marriage and morals in Islam

Author(s): Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi

Publisher(s): Qom: Ansariyan, [1370 = 1991].

Appearance: 229 p

Congress Classification: BP253.2.R550493

Dewey Classification: 297642

National bibliography numbers: M61

Category: Marriage

Topic Tags: Islamic Sexuality Contraceptives Abortion Monosticism

-----------------------

شماره کتابشناسی ملی : M61

عنوان و نام پدیدآور : Marriage and morals in Islam/ Muhammad Rizvi

مشخصات نشر : Qom: Ansariyan, [1370 = 1991].

مشخصات ظاهری : [229] p

یادداشت : Reprint of ed., Pub.by Vancouver Islamic Educational Foundation, British Columbia.

یادداشت : Bibliography: p. [224 - 226]

موضوع : Marriage - Islam

موضوع : Islam and family

رده بندی دیویی : 297642

رده بندی کنگره : BP253.2.R550493

سرشناسه : Rizvi, Mohammad

وضعیت فهرست نویسی : old cataloging

point

Useful guide including discussions on Western sexual morality, Islamic sexual morality, Islamic view of marriage and women, beginning of sexual life, rules of marriage and the wedding night, contraceptives abortion, and human reproduction. An essential guide for every bride and groom.

Preface to the First Edition

This book is the result of a need which I sensed after my first three years in Canada. A person in my position as a religious guide is always confronted by people with questions related to their religious and personal problems.

Unlike the atmosphere in the East where the contact is more on a personal level, the contact in this part of the world is more through correspondence and telephone calls. I soon realized that whenever the question was 'embarrassing' or related to sexual behavior, the caller would prefer not to give his or her name.

And, of course, I had no reason to insist on knowing the identity of the callers; my only duty is to listen and convey the Islamic view to those who seek.

However, what was most interesting about these 'embarrassing' questions was that in majority of cases the callers were feeling guilty for actions that were absolutely permissible in Islam. But because of their ignorance or misinformation, they had been feeling guilty for things which were not at all forbidden in the Islamic shari'ah.

And I said to myself: There must be

p: 1