12-10-2003, 09:44 AM
as salam alykom brothers and sisters and salam a`alamanitab`alhoda
BTW Im here just for today and will disappear again till Sat Insh aAllah
JohnDoe, I think the thread is going somehow off topic. u tend to take things into peaces and thus lose the main focus, Alhamduleleah I gave u a reply about women status is Islam. To build on this, using barriers is allowed yes but u know what, ONLY with approval of the woman, she is treated like a fully acknolwedged human being who must share issues with the husband.
As for the point of being intimate during pregnancy, yes of course it is allowed, simply because as u must know, sex is just another desire like food and others which Allah allowed us to enojy part of entertainment on earth. However, as Dan said must be done through the legitimate means.
A woman has a major role to play JohnDoe, part of it is having the children. Then comes raising them, being a wife and a mother, this is the most important role she is going to be asked about before her Lord. Not if she was capable to attain presidency of a company, be part of a think tank or other so called glorious position which man made it attractive to women. The issue is that women became decieved about their major role, it was presented to them as being demeaning to be a wife and a mother. Alternatives were made to her in the form of masters and PHds, seminars, researches, parliament and etc etc etc.
Matter of fact, not any woman can really play this role right.
If u want to talk about this John then we shall tackle roles of men and women. See Islamic community is integrated in terms of roles, roles that serve one to please Allah.
We can conclude that u dont believe in the exsitence of God on the first place. So if u want may be we must work on this first.
Who else can provide for a 6 children family, nature, or what? u think u r working and providing, fine, who provides your employer, who owns the sky which sends the rain? who owns earth resources which generate income of different countries through which people live? who provides seas which brings out fish and other resources???
Now most important who plans the popultation? u think family planning concepts? No Allah in a very precise manner plans the number of population through birth and death. John it is a world very well organized through the Creator, King of the Kings who owns what is on skies and earth.
welcome back JohnDoe:)