Mingling b/w Men and Women

  • Co-existing b/w genders: complete separation or complete mixing
  • Negative effects caused by free mixing
  • Complete separation not supported in Quran and Sunnah
  • Guideleines for women
  • Guidelines of Khalwa (man and woman in seclusion)
  • Guidelines of separation (e.g. when having guests)
  • Concept of hijab
  • Factors when strictnes loosens: age, context, necessity

Lecture by Sheikh Hatem Al-Haj

Methods of teaching within the Quran (part 2) – Sh. Mamdouh

  • The use of parables in the Quran which require effort to understand
  • Specific examples of parables within the Quran and their meanings
  • The responsibility that comes with learning the lessons within the Quran
  • Applying and reflecting on the parables in the Quran in terms of one’s own existence.

Lecture by Sheikh Mamdouh Mahmood

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Marriage – Breast Feeding and Cross Religious Marriages

Guidelines of breat feeding that make marriage forbidden

  • Milk should be from a human woman
  • Not restricted to suckling. Includes bottle, throat and nasal feeding
  • Milk should result in growth of muscle and bones
  • Can be mixed with other substances
  • Can be a non-Muslim woman
  • The woman does not have to be married
  • Has to be in the first 2 years

* Discussion of hadith of Abu Huthaifa and his foster son Salim
* Discussion of adoption vs foster care in Islam Cross Religious Marriages

  • Permissibility for males to marry non-Muslims
  • Impermissibility for females to marry non-Muslims
  • Cases when a spouse apostesizes
  • Conditions of males marrying non-Muslims