CHAPTER 3: Family Life

Family life is one of important and emphasized areas in the Islamic system of life and it is aspect which remains very clear and strong among the vast majority of Muslims today.Now,we have look at the kinds of relationships islam established between husband and wife,parents and children and among members of the family group.As we have seen,Islam assings the leaderships of the family to men for in general they have been endowed with somewhat greater physical and emotional strength and endurance than women.For this,they have also made responsible for supporting maintaining women.
The tone of marriage in islam is thus one of mutual respect,kindness,love,companionship and harmonious interaction.While,The marriage relationship also involves another fundamental responsibility of both husband and wife to meet one another’s
Sexual needs and at the same time not to seek elsewhere for the satisfaction of these needs.Futhermore,Parents and their children are generally very close emotionally and physically.Then,children often accompany their parents sharing in their experiences and pleasures and being part of their world.Today,when life in virtually every part of the world is confused by the pull of conflicting values and societal pressures the conscientious Muslim youngster growing up in the muslim world many faces challenges and problems.



Chapter 4 : Childlessness and broken homes.

Nowadays,The problem of childlessness has remained a bone of contention in world setting.The home is a vital part of the society.It comprises of the father,mother and children,it can also be called a family.In Africa,life is believed to be a circle around the unborn,the living and dead.The issue of childlessness in the home has caused so much damage and most times led to broken homes.Beside that,The woman is always blamed if she is not able to produce children for her husband,without efforts being made to find out if the problem is truly from her.So that,the man may be instigated into taking another wife leading to polygamy.
Other than that,Childlessness also brings misunderstanding between the hubands and the wife.It making the home tensed for both of them.In some homes,to avoid such misunderstanding,they go an extra mile to adopt children because they want peace to reign.Sometime,it can be a problem when the real mother of children comes back to take her child.Meanwhile,it may cause big problem amongst and may lead to public disgrace.Lastly,government should by all means eradicate poverty from the country because it I the major reason why most people sell or engage their own children.


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