When we look at the situation of Muslim today, we see issues that have an effect on family life. a lack of knowing how to deal with issues and situations now oft leads to a mighty collapse of the Muslim family structure. This often affects more than the spouses, but will affect the whole family and the community in general. This could mean the destruction of society and the failure to transmit Islam to the next generation.

And we can attribute this problem to many causes. These are the most important. First: ignorance of many Muslims of what the Muslim family should be according to the Islamic laws. Second: the influence of desires, selfishness, and un-Islamic customs and traditions over the behaviour of the members of the family. Third: Many Muslims don't care and don't take this issue seriously until they reach to the point of divorce, or close it.

Imam Al-Gazali was a specialist in treatment of bad conducts and he came to a conclusion, after long research and experience, that the treatment of all misbehaviour among the people will not come only by wishes, but by the use of medicine formed form two ingredients. The first one is knowledge and the second is the implementation of that knowledge. If either of these two are missing, this problem will not be cured. He also added that because the taste of most medicines is sour, the people don't use it. Or if they use it, they will not complete the dosage. And who does not have enough patience to use the sour medicine, he will not reach the sweetness of the cure.

This well written book addresses the issues of marriage and family in a holistic way from an Islamic perspective. It is the result of an oft-repeated on-line course on parenting offered by an internet based organisation, Witness Pioneer, and subsequently displayed on the Salaam web page.