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For a Better Future, 200 questions and answers regarding the concers the youth marrage and children by Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani, translated by Abdullah Al- Shahen
The author prefaces his book by a simple but powerful fact that there is no one on this earth, whether holding any religious belief or not , who does not think of tomorrow. Culture and intellect play a great part in molding the future of a human being and deviant culture poses danger. For the Muslim the responsibility of thinking of the future from the standpoint of the culture he instills in his offspring requires deep thought. Does this culture, the author asks, lead him and those around him to the pleasure of Allah SWT? To answer this fundamental question, the author has posed 200 questions related to the needs of the youth, marital life and happiness and children of today as adults of tomorrow. Each question is answered in some detail with practical suggestions as to how to tackle problems that may arise in these three areas. 140 Questions are related with the matters including husband-wife relationship. This is the section that deals with questions that arise in everyday marital life and cause strife and breakage of marriages. 60 Questions are devoted to children of today specially in an alien environment who are under pressure from various sides. The answers to these questions are enlightening, deep and detailed and they are given from various angles: religious, secular, psychological, medical and cultural. It is a very worthwhile book to invest in and everyone, will greatly benefit from this readable and well crafted manual of life.
 
About the Author
He emigrated from Bahrain in 1974 AD to the Hawza of Holy Najaf to study the religious sciences while he was thirteen years old. He learned at the hand of the great Ulama’, the teachers of the Hawza and the famous religious authorities who gave him their legal trust, permission, and authority.
 
He traveled to carry out Islamic missionary tasks in Kenya, India, Syria, some Arab countries in the Gulf area, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, and England. He propagated Islam through orations, writings, and teachings. He had many Islamic activities and important experiments in this field, which he has referred to in his books that have been available in Islamic libraries since 1978 AD.
 
Here are some of his books:
• Haqa’iq lil-Ta’ammul; facts for meditation,
• Al-Husayn, Madrasat al-Ajyal; al-Husayn, the school of generations,
• Risalat at-Ta’aluf wel Ukhuwwa; the mission of cordiality and brotherhood,
• al-Ilm wel Ulama’’ fil Kitab wes Sunna; knowledge and the Ulama’ in the Book and the Sunna,
• Ahkamuk fil Bilad al-Ajnabiyya; your verdicts in the foreign countries,
• Ulama’’ al-Bahrain, Duroos wa Ibar; the Ulama’ of Bahrain, lessons and examples,
• Moujaz fi as-Safar wez-Ziyara; a summary on travel and visit,
• Hatta Tahya al-Muqaddasat; in order that sacreds revive
• Muthakkarat ash-Sheikh Buhlool; the memories of Sheikh Buhlool,
• Ayatullah al-Ha’iry, al-Muhajir fi Sabeelillah; Ayatullah al-Ha’iry, the emigrant for the sake of Allah,
• Arba’oon Hadithan; forty traditions,
• Ithnata Ashrata Aynan; twelve springs,
• Falah az-Za’ireen; the success of the visitors,
• Qisas wa Khawatir min Akhlaqiyyat Ulama’ ad-Deen; stories and memories from the moralities of the clergymen,
• Hiwar bayna al-Hajj wash-Shabab; a dialogue between the hajji and the youth,
• Kalimaat min Noor; words of light,
• Mi’raj as-Sa’imeen; the ascent of the fasters,
• Min Akhlaq al-imam al-Husay; from the morals of Imam Husayn,
• and this book, li Mustaqbalin Afdhal; for a better future),
besides some other books that are being published.
 
The author has followed in his writings the manner of inviting to the Islamic unity, avoiding disagreements and narrow-mindedness, and caring greatly for the moral education. Therefore, his writings are full of advice and sermons in a mild and moderate style.