Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.
During the course of a recent talk I delivered to a group of Muslims in East London - "The Battle of The Sexes" - I cited a variety of thinkers and social commentators, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, who maintained the need for men and women in marital relationships to base their marriage on a higher spiritual calling.
Today I re-read an article entitled "An Examination of The Issue of Female Prayer Leadership" by Imam Zaid Shakir, affiliate and scholar in residence at The Zaytuna Institute in California, who summarised this view as follows:
When we live for our Lord it becomes easy to live with each other. If in our personal relations we can come to embody the spirit of mutual love, mercy and affection, encouraged by our Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, we will be able to live together in harmony, and make a beautiful and lasting contribution towards the uplift of men and women alike. The times we live in cry out for such a contribution. The question is, "Who will respond?" (p.13)
I can only concur with the sentiment expressed above.
Peace
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