نبی کریم ﷺ کے تعدد ازواج کے سماجی اثرات

The seerah of the Holy Prophet (SAW) is a diversified combination of various traits. Among hundreds of the aspects of seerah if analysed various such dimensions appear before us in accordance with the educational and cultural evolution and criticality of time. One of these many is the sociological aspect of the holy seerah of the Prophet (SAW). According to the teachings of the Holy Prophet SAW Islam n Society are quite compatible to each other where marital element holds foremost importance in social circles. There is complete guidance about it in the seerah. The Prophet of Islam himself provided practical model of polygamy which was subjected to severe censure by the non-believers on account of their prejudice, ignorance and dishonesty and which the research scholars of seerah responded to n refuted on logical, convincing and solid grounds. The objective of this thesis is to highlight various positive effects of the polygamy of the Prophet SAW on society and its value in eradicating a number of social evils. Among manifold positive effects of this practice of polygamy include such benefits as the well-being and social elevation of widows, the eradication of the frequent custom of adoption, the extinction of social distinction and discrimination, the removal of tribal n social enmities, the following of the Prophet's model of women's education, the recognition of social work and social workers, and the upbringing of orphans.

Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors

Background: The incidence of type 2 diabetes in patients below the age of 40 (early onset diabetes) is markedly on the rise and has been linked increased prevalence of risk factors such as the metabolic syndrome and family history of diabetes. Objective: To determine the proportion of patients with type 2 diabetes at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (AKUHN) who have early onset type 2 diabetes and the association of age of onset with risk factors (family history of diabetes, obesity, waist circumference, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol and hypertriglyceridaemia) in this group of patients. Methods: This was a cross sectional study. All adult patients with type 2 diabetes presenting to the AKUHN diabetic clinic from 1 February to 30 April 2012 who consented to participate were included. A data collection form was completed documenting patient demographics, anthropometric measurements and fasting lipid profile. Results: A total of 140 patients were recruited. Males comprised 59.3%. Mean age at diagnosis was 48.1 years. The proportion of patients with early onset Diabetes was 24% (95%CI 17%-31%). Patients with early onset diabetes were more likely to have a relative with diabetes compared to the usual onset group (OR 3.58; p< 0.009). There was a positive association with early onset diabetes and having a first degree relative with diabetes (OR 3.92; P<0.007) and having two relatives with diabetes (OR 5.11; P<0.017). Patients with early onset diabetes were more likely to have hypertriglyceridaemia (OR 1.82; p<0.187). This study did not find a positive association with early onset of diabetes and abdominal obesity (OR 0.74; P<0.600), hypertension (OR 0.3; P<0.004), abnormal BMI (OR 0.61; P<0.448) or low HDl-Cholesterol (OR 1.01; P<0.982). Conclusion: There is a high proportion of early onset type 2 diabetes in this study population which was associated with having a family history of diabetes, a first degree relative with diabetes and more than one diabetic relative.