What is Love?; Sustaining a Marriage; Appropriate Behavior - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

- Family Day holidy in the province of Ontario, Canada - What is the basis of a family in Islam? - Marriages are sustained by love between a couple. What is 'love' and how does it play a role? - Quoting an article by a neurology professor regarding the concept of 'falling in love' - The Islamic perspective, the main criteria for marriage consists of 2 items - What does Islam say regarding love in a marriage? - Differentiating between internal feelings of love, and it's outward expression; and the sharia view on both aspects - Various verses of the Qur'an talking about a 'spiritual disease', regarding inappropriate behaviour stemming from harmful internal thoughts - In the days of the #MeToo movement, it should be easier to understand the emphasis that Islam has in maintaining the boundaries of decency between opposite genders. - Islam has talked about these issues clearly; it doesn’t wait until a high-profile case like that of Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, reaches to the court. - Formal, business-type, interaction between opposite genders with aura of decency is accepted but any kind of social interaction is not allowed. - The prohibition in Islam starts from physical contact: shaking hands. The message is simple: no touching. - Touching upon Qur'anic verses mentioning the plots of the Shaitan to make us stray - Islamic emphasis upon controlling your eyes and gaze MP3:  https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/Jaffari/Fridays/FridayKhutba_Rizvi_2020-02-14_13-13-32.mp3 Friday Juma Khutba Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi Date: February 14th, 2020 Youtube: https://youtube.com/islamicentre Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/islamicentre Facebook: https://facebook.com/IslamiCentre.org Website: https://islamicentre.org https://facebook.com/sayyidmrizvi https://instagram.com/sayyidmrizvi https://twitter.com/sayyidmrizvi