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La ila tu l'Qadri khayum min al-Fishah

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Bismillahi r-Rahman al-Rahim

Alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillahu wa ala ala alihi wa sahbihi wa jamein

Strengthening bonds is something very important in Islam

Allah Almighty has created us in a way that we are related to people

He chose for us our parents, our siblings, our children

He chose for us our uncles and aunts

and those whom we are connected to and related to

Yes, He has predestined our spouses but He has given us a certain leeway, a certain level of choice

as to whom we are going to marry so

Yes, as much as it is important for us to address that

we must say that Allah Himself has chosen without any choice of hours

who those whom I mentioned earlier are in our own lives

So therefore bear in mind that Allah wants us to do something with these people

Otherwise, He wouldn't have connected us to all sorts of people

When Allah has kept a relationship of blood between you and someone biologically

You are connected, you need to know lineage in Islam is sacred

Sacred means it cannot be tampered with

It should be maintained, you don't hide it from anyone

You make sure you've told people exactly who they are

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