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Kitchen Specialist
As housewives, many of us pride ourselves on our expertise and culinary creativity in the kitchen. We expend all effort in presenting our husbands with delicious dishes, tantalizing treats and decadent desserts that seduce the senses. Thus when it comes to winning the hearts of our husbands through their stomachs, we not only succeed but thoroughly excel.
Now imagine for a moment that you spent hours and hours in preparing and decorating an elaborate, multi-tiered cake – only to stumble …
Fireproof!
Ibnul Jawzi (rahimahullah) narrates that a pious person mentioned the following:
I once entered Egypt where I found a blacksmith extracting iron from his furnace using nothing but his bare hands! He would then place the iron on his anvil and turn it with his hands without apparently experiencing any pain whatsoever.
On witnessing this extraordinary spectacle, I thought to myself, “This must definitely be a very pious man if the fire does not harm him!” With this in …
Forced to Wear Purdah
Question:
Assalaamu ‘alaikum
A sister in Islam knows the command of Allah regarding purdah/niqaab, yet she feels she is not ready. She does not want to be a hypocrite so she refuses to wear it till she is ready.
Her parents are forcing her to wear it. Is this okay or are they just supposed to warn her and let her choose? Are they getting sin for forcing her?
Jazaakallah
