*" SEX EDUCATION "* There can be no doubt that both spouses need “sexual education” that will make married life easier and strengthen the ties between them. But it is unfortunate that we find both excess and neglect with regard to this matter. As for excess, it is what has become extremely widespread of the propagation of this “sexual education” with no kind of modesty or discretion. It is dealt with in school curriculums in a theoretical sense, and it is dealt with by those who promote immorality & promiscuity in a practical sense, by making it very easy for the sexes to meet in all ways that are haraam. This knowledge and practice is made available many years before marriage; in fact it has caused many to stay away from marriage, because they see it as pleasure without any responsibility and without ties to only one partner. As for neglect, that is by banning teaching of the Islamic rulings having to do with this matter, and not learning what one needs to know. A girl may get married without knowing when it is permissible for her husband to have intercourse with her and when it is haraam, and what it is permissible for him to do with her and what is haraam, and so on. It should be noted that the Islamic teachings on such matters came in different contexts and in different situations, according to what was needed and what was in people’s best interests. This means that they should be spoken about in the right context and as much as is reasonably required, without going to excess or being negligent, and without turning such matters into the main focus in people’s lives. Rather they are important and necessary matters, but they have their time and place, and must be handled with the proper etiquette. *IT'S TIME FOR SOLAATUL DHURH AT NOON* May Allah accept it from you and us. Aameen. *Allaahu I Musta'an*