Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

From Marriage to Parenthood: The Heavenly Path

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Introduction
• Note
• Chapter 1:The Wedding Night
• Wedding Night A°māl
• Some Points about the °Aqd & Wedding
• Some Points for the Bride and Groom
• The Wedding of Imām °Alī (as) and Haďrat Fāťima (sa)
• The °Aqd (Marriage Contract)
• The Wedding
• Haďrat Khadīja’s (sa) Wish
• The Wedding Suit
• Notes
• Chapter 2: Sexual Etiquette
• Sexual Etiqutte in Islam
• Importance of Sexual Relations
• Importance of Satisfying your Wife
• Recommended Acts
• Before Intercourse
• Foreplay
• Importance of Foreplay
• Method of Foreplay
• a. Caressing the breasts
• b. Oral sex
• c. Other
• After Intercourse
• Acts not Recommended
• Makrūh [Discouraged] acts
• 1. Anal intercourse
• 2. Having Qur`an or the Dhikr of Allāh (SwT) on you
• 3. Making love standing
• 5. Engaging in sexual intercourse under the sky
• 6. Engaging in sexual intercourse when others are present (and can hear and/or see) in the house
• 7. Engaging in sexual intercourse in the presence of a child
• 8. Engaging in sexual intercourse on a boat, on the beach40 or on the road
• 9. Facing, or having one’s back to, the Qiblah
• 10. Refusing to have sexual intercourse (for various reasons)
• Recommended Times
• Obligatory times
• Mustaĥab (Recommended) times
• Times not Recommended
• Harām (Forbidden) times
• Makrūh (Undesirable) times
• 1. In the state of Iĥtilām
• 2. When travelling and there is a possibility of lack of water
• 3. The night of a lunar eclipse and day of a solar eclipse
• Healthy Body
• The following oils have been recommended
• 1. Violet Oil
• 2. Willow (Catkin) Oil
• 3. Lily Oil
• 4. Olive Oil
• 5. Others
• Things that causes harm to the body with respect to sexual intercourse
• Strengthening and Weakening Sexual Desire
• Notes
• Chapter 3: Important Fiqh Rules 1, For Married Couples
• State of Janābat
• Ghusl al-Janābat
• Times when Ghusl al-Janābat becomes obligatory
• Times when Ghusl al-Janābat does not become obligatory
• Important rules of Ghusl
• Tayammum
• Times when tayammum can be performed instead of Ghusl
• 1. When it is not possible to obtain sufficient water to perform Ghusl
• 2. When it is almost qaďā time
• 3. Danger to health
• Important points relating to tayammum
• Making things ritually clean that are stained by Semen
• Clothing or Bed Sheets
• a. Using running water
• b. Using washing machines
• A Mattress
• a. Using running water
• Step 1: Removing the najāsat
• Step 2: Pouring water less than kurr
• The Body
• Notes
• Chapter 4: Family Planning
• Family Planning in Islam
• Family Planning in Islam
• Methods of Contraception
• Permissible Methods
• 1. Oral Contraceptives
• 2. Depo-Provera
• 4. Barrier Devices
• 5. Abstinence during fertile period
• 6. Withdrawal (Coitus Interruptus)
• 7. Sterilization
• Prohibited Methods
• Consent between husband and wife
• Abortion
• Indemnity
• Notes
• Chapter 5: Conception
• Recommended Foods
• 1. Chichory
• 2. Pomegranate
• 3. Qawoot
• 4. Quince
• Recommended Acts
• State of mind
• State of body
• Protection from Satan
• Acts not Recommended
• Makrūh acts
• Recommended Times
• Mustaĥab times
• Times not Recommended
• Harām times
• Makrūh times
• Planning Pregnancies
• Notes
• Chapter 6: Pregnancy
• The Creation of a Child According to the Qur`an
• Importance of Motherhood and Pregnancy
• Responsibilities during Pregnancy
• Recommended Foods
• 1. Breast of animal meat
• 2. Chicory
• 3. Dates
• 4. Fig
• 5. Makka Ubani
• 6. Olive oil
• 7. Pomegranate
• 8. Qawoot
• 9. Quince
• 10. Watermelon
• 11. Various other things
• Properties of some of the above-mentioned foods
• Recommended Acts
• Recommended Supplications
• Qur`anic supplications for righteous children
• Notes
• Chapter 7: Delivery
• Recommended Acts
• Notes
• Chapter 8: After Delivery
• Recommended Foods
• Recommended Acts
• 1. Acceptance of the child, whether boy or girl
• 2. Recitation of Adhān and Iqāmah
• 3. Clothes of the child
• 4. Ghusl
• 5. Shaving the hair
• 6. °Aqīqah
• 7. Circumcision of boys
• 8. Walīmah
• 9. Piercing the ears
• °Aqīqah - A Closer Look
• Importance of carrying out °Aqīqah
• Recommended Method of congratulating one on the Birth of a Child
• Naming the Child
• Importance of naming the child
• When to name the child
• Recommended names
• Names not recommended
• Notes
• Chapter 9: Breastfeeding
• Food for the Newborn Child
• Three Examples
• Reward of Breastfeeding
• Importance of Breast Milk
• Recommended Time Period of Breastfeeding
• Weaning
• Notes
• Chapter 10: Important Fiqh Rules 2 , For Mothers
• Nifās
• What is Nifās?
• How long does Nifās last?
• Notes
• Chapter 11: Raising Children
• 40 Akhlāq Points on Interacting with your Child
• Some useful points to be noted
• The spoilt children themselves face two types of problems
• 14 Ways to Instil the Love of the Ahlul Bayt (as) in your Children
• Memorisation of the Noble Qur`an
• Notes
• Bibliography