What  are the  means  of  reforming  our homes?

The  following  contains  advice  on  this  topic.  May  Allaah benefit  us  from  it,  and  cause  the  Muslims  to  focus  their efforts  on  reviving  the  Muslim  home.

Forming the household

(1) Making a good choice when choosing a wife

“And marry those among you who are single [i.e., a man who has no wife and a woman who has no husband] and [also marry] the Saalihoon [pious, fit and capable ones] of your [male] slaves and maid-servants [female slaves]. If they be poor, Allaah will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allaah is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knowing [about the state of the people].”

[QUR’AAN 24:32].

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