The Ties That Bind: Marriage & Taqwa

Marriage is not a social invention—it’s divine design. In this session from Pearls of the Conference 2024, Shaykh Riad Saloojee reminds us that families are “projected” from ar-Rahman’s mercy: ties of kinship (rahim) are sacred, and whoever connects them, Allah connects to Himself. We explore Quran 4:1 and 30:21, the Prophetic guidance on nikaḥ, and why shaytan targets homes—so we can rebuild them with taqwa, mawadda, and rahma.

Watch, share, and make du‘a with us for stronger homes and a stronger ummah.

Chapters

0:00 – Opening & invocation
0:35 – The ties that bind us
1:01 – Quran 4:1: one soul, spouses, and family
4:00 – Integrated before marriage: one from another
6:09 – The first marriage was created in Jannah
8:24 – Marriage by divine design: rights & duties
8:30 – Hadith Qudsi: ar-Rahman and the rahim (womb)
10:07 – “Whoever connects kinship, I connect him to Me”
12:39 – Marrying for Allah and wilayah
14:39 – Quran 30:21: sakinah, mawadda, rahma
16:28 – Meet in the middle: love placed between us
18:40 – Shaytan’s strategy: separating spouses
22:01 – Modern erosion of family’s meaning
23:21 – Du‘a: preserve our families
24:14 – Strong marriages → strong community
25:12 – “An-nikah min sunnati”
25:50 – Closing salaam