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The rights of parents in Islam
The rights of parents in Islam: the verses and hadith, each right in practice, obedience and its limits, supporting them, non-Muslim parents and honouring them after death.
What does Islam say about soulmates?
Is there a soulmate in Islam? Qadar and your spouse, the hadith that souls are like troops, love and mercy in the Quran, remarriage, and finding a good spouse.
Rights of husband and wife in Islam
What a wife and a husband owe each other in Islam: mahr, maintenance, housing, kindness, intimacy and obedience, with the Hanafi view first.
Cousin marriage in Islam: what the Quran says
Cousin marriage is allowed in all four schools: Quran 4:23 lists who you cannot marry and cousins are not on it. The verses, the schools and the milk-sibling exception.
Adoption in Islam: kafala, the child's name, mahram and inheritance
Islam praises raising a child who needs a home (kafala) but keeps their lineage: names, mahram status, nursing, inheritance and legal adoption, Hanafi first.
Mothers in Islam: her place, her rights and how to honour her
Why Islam puts the mother first, the verses and hadith about mothers, the truth about the "Paradise at her feet" wording, her rights, and how to honour her.
Women in Islam: rights, roles and rulings
Women in Islam: equal before Allah, their rights in learning, money, marriage and divorce, and the rulings people ask about, Hanafi first.