{"id":2799,"date":"2025-10-04T00:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2025-10-04T00:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:40:51","slug":"an-introduction-to-the-family-structure-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to the Family Structure in Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9863\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-faith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/An-Introduction-to-the-Family-Structure-in-Islam-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9863\" class=\"wp-image-9863 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-faith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/An-Introduction-to-the-Family-Structure-in-Islam-1-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"An Introduction to the Family Structure in Islam\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The family is the pillar of society.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We live in a world of constant change stemming from the technological revolution which recently took hold of the world. It is the &#8220;modern&#8221; or &#8220;western&#8221; societies that are taking the front line in these global changes which are deeply affecting the common values once held by the majority of the civilized world.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/islamic-history\/an-introduction-to-islamic-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islam<\/a>] agrees with many of the changes in the world like growing technology, the idea of social equality and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/human-rights-islamic-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> human rights<\/a>, building justly ruled governments where everyone has a say and no one fears the government for speaking their mind, as well as many other good developments.<\/p>\n<p>One of the negative elements in this ever-changing world is the decline of the importance given to the role of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/islam-care-peoples-family-lineage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family<\/a> in society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/islamic-history\/an-introduction-to-islamic-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islam<\/a> is very clear about the role of the family in society. The family is the pillar of society. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/quran-deal-abuse-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qur&#8217;an<\/a> lays out the guidelines for family life. The example of the Prophet Muhammad (May the Peace and Blessings of God be upon Him) gives a comprehensive outline of how to maintain a well-structured family thriving on love and respect.<\/p>\n<p>Islam describes family as an institution based on marital ties between a man and a woman. Through these ties of brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles; marriage serves as the base for a healthy community.<\/p>\n<p>Marriage in Islam is a sacred bond. Marriage should be built on love, mercy and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>We read in the Quran what means:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-left text-translation times-new\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\" data-reactid=\"1509\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> (Ar-Rum 30:21)<\/p>\n<p>Islam is not just a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/islamic-beliefs-what-is-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">belief<\/a>; it is a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/islam-faith-worship-way-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> comprehensive system of life<\/a> bestowed on us by the abundant mercy of God. Therefore, we have the guidelines and parameters of how to build a good family in our original texts.<a href='https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/an-introduction-to-the-family-structure-in-islam\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a world of constant change stemming from the technological revolution which recently took hold of the world. It is the &#8220;modern&#8221; or &#8220;western&#8221; societies that are taking the front line in these global changes which are deeply affecting the common values once held by the majority of the civilized world. [Islam] agrees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933,2404],"tags":[2958,9,2959,413,2960],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-and-society","category-the-faith","tag-family-structure-in-islam","tag-featured","tag-institution-of-family-in-islam","tag-marriage-in-islam","tag-social-equality-and-human-rights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/An-Introduction-to-the-Family-Structure-in-Islam-1-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}