WEEK 2 The institution of family and its significance in Islam

Muslim Personal Law by M. A. Chaudhary. Page 93 to 100

SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSLIM FAMILY IN ISLAM

  1. INTRODUCTION:

The family comes into existence as a consequence of a legal marriage, which is one of Allah's sanctioned traditions in creation and formation. It is a common and regular practice to all human creatures.

Allah says:

يٰٓاَيُّھَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوْا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّخَلَقَ مِنْھَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيْرًا وَّنِسَاۗءً ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِيْ تَسَاۗءَلُوْنَ بِهٖ وَالْاَرْحَامَ ۭ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيْبًا۔

اے لوگو! اپنے پروردگار سے ڈرو جس نے تمہیں ایک جان سے پیدا کیا  اسی سے اس کی بیوی کو پیدا کر کے ان دونوں سے بہت سے مرد اور عورتیں پھیلا دیں اس اللہ سے ڈرو جس کے نام پر ایک دوسرے سے مانگتے ہو اور رشتے ناتے توڑنے سے بھی بچو  بیشک اللہ تعالٰی تم پر نگہبان ہے۔


“O mankind, revere your Guardian Lord, who created you from a single Person, created of like nature, his mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women.” (Al Nisa 1)

It has been Allah's will and decree that the family is based upon the relationship between a man and a woman. It is founded on their mutual consent [offering and acceptance denote this consent] to belong to each other, it creates certain rights and obligation on both husband and wife and also helpful in creating harmony in the society. Family imposes duties on its members protects their rights against one another.