A Guide to Parenting in Islam: Addressing Adolescence

Marriage, at its best, is a source of peace, strength and security to the couple. It is from this foundation of love and mercy that children are brought into this world. The family unit provides a cushion to each other from the harshness of the outside world. It covers each others’ faults, it protects, it cherishes and loves, gives confidence and self-esteem. Unfortunately, this ideal doesn’t come ready-made. It has to be achieved through hard work by both partners in a marriage, starting from before the couple even get married.

This book is an invaluable guide written by a qualified and experienced Islamic relationship counsellor. Divided into four main parts, it offers:

• Pre-marriage advice including what factors to consider when searching for a spouse and advice on how to make a smooth transition from single to married life.
• Practical, everyday tips on keeping the love alive.
• Guidance on how to get through those minor rough patches with greater understanding and how to communicate effectively with each other.
• A look at a range of issues that can give rise to conflict, how to recognize the signs of conflict and conflict resolution

Healing Hearts: Better Wedded is an invaluable guide through the more complex issues that affect marriages written by a qualified and experienced Islamic relationship counsellor. Following the success of her first book, “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”, Afshan Khan brings us further into her journey to discover why many Muslim marriages are breaking down and how we can try to fix them insha’Allah. In this second book, we look into the past experiences of spouses and how these experiences affect marriages, to move forward with greater understanding; resolving conflict, healing hearts and insha’Allah, being better wedded. This highly topical book offers advice on how to deal with issues such as narcissism, depression, emotional distance in marriages, addictions and their causes, domestic violence, bullying and abuse amongst others. The author does not shy away from confronting these problems – problems that we as a Muslim community often ignore, deny or dismiss, but that we must discuss and deal with, treating those who suffer with compassion and understanding.

This is one of a 3-book series covering various aspects of marriage according to the authentic Sunnah. Marriage plays a most central role in the human life, and has been largely discussed by the scholars of Islaam through the ages, resulting in numerous writings and treatises. Some of those writings, mostly by contemporary scholars, have been translated into English. However, we find them restricted in scope, addressing Muslims who live in predominantly Islaamic countries, or overlooking important real issues that have developed under modern civilization. This leaves quite a large gap that needs to be filled for the benefit of the Muslims in English-speaking countries, and this is what we attempt to fulfill over the span of three books.”

The book covers the importance and advantages of marriage, selecting a spouse, the courting process, the marriage contract, celebrating the wedding, the waleemah, forbidden marriages, etc. It provides a practical procedure for performing a marriage contract, and includes a sample marriage certificate.