Half Our Deen BLOG!

Newlyweds in the early stages of falling in love often find themselves going above and beyond for their spouses. A wife may try to make elaborate meals and husband might return home each night with a surprise for her. While this is admirable and it can foster love between the spouses it is also impractical. [...]

Another two weeks will mark the 5th anniversary of Ahmad and Asmaa’s wedding. They have two kids, a nice house, and what everyone assumes is a happy marriage. They go to community events, have gatherings with their couple friends every other week, and play dates for the kids once a week. Ahmad works full time [...]

During your journey to find your other half everyone will have an opinion on how ready you truly are for marriage. Your parents may tell you that if you want a spouse you need to find a better job first. A friend might make an off handed comment about how you should be more organized [...]

It’s time for another update with all the amazing things happening at Halfourdeen.com! Over the past few weeks we have been blessed with having not one but rather three separate news stories released that showcase the uniqueness of Halfourdeen.com. We also have some updates on the latest Halfourdeen Offline events. Illume Magazine produced an article [...]

In continuing with our weekly articles that offer a bit of insight into the strange minds of the opposite gender today we will be delving into why a man always needs to be right. A common joke that women make is, “I married Mr. Right I just didn’t know his first name was Always!”And while [...]

One of the common questions we get asked about the Half Our Deen offline events is why is it necessary to have an online account with Half Our Deen to attend? If the point of attending is to find your match why then would you require an online account and profile. While it is a [...]

A typical Muslim matrimonial website barely scratches the surface when it comes to details that are vital to showing who you are and what you are looking for in a spouse. The questions generally revolve around superficial topics such as how much you weigh and how tall you are. While this information could be intriguing [...]

Along with running Halfourdeen.com we also strive to bring Half Our Deen Offline events to as many cities as we can. These events take all the things you love about HOD and deliver them in person. They are unlike any other Muslim matchmaking event you have ever been to. One of the ways we differentiate [...]

Getting married is a huge, life changing, event. We can spend years searching for the perfect person to be our other half. And for some of us, we’ve spent even longer dreaming about who this person will be. We’ve imagined every single detail about him/her and we plan on settling for nothing less than the [...]

The latest Half Our Deen Offline event was  held a couple weeks ago in Santa Clara, California, on September 29th.  By the grace of Allah (swt) it was a smashing success! We could not be more proud of the team who worked tirelessly to ensure that things went smoothly. But most of all we are [...]