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Therefore, using the experience I had gained, I employed myself in preparing Ayin-e Tarbiyat ( The Art of Training and Edification ). Simultaneously, I asked a friend of mine in Tehran who held conferences for women, and explained issues regarding training and edification, to ask the women about their problems and questions. I received over two hundred letters in this manner, which went far in helping me to identify problems and write the book.

Of course, in this regard, I also read various magazines and newspapers. As for the book Intikhab-e Hamsar ( Choosing a Spouse ), while reviewing family problems, I became aware that a lot of problems also arise from the fact that many young men and women do not marry judiciously and wisely and thus, they are later afflicted by various difficulties. It seemed that knowing the process of choosing a spouse was a pressing need for youths.

After considerable investigation, I did not find any satisfactory books on the matter. There were some books that discussed the problem in a very subsidiary manner; however, they were not helpful to young women and men. This prompted me to write Choosing a Spouse . In the meantime, because I participated in many seminars, I felt that there was need of a more scientific book regarding Islamic education and edification that could satisfy the needs of the academic community.

As a result, while writing Intikhab-e Hamsar , I started with another book named Islam va Ta‘lim va Tarbiyat ( Islamic Education and Edification ). Though, before these books, I had written Banu-ye Nimunah-ye Islam ( The Model Woman of Islam ). In this book, I tried to incorporate moral aspects in a behavioral aspect as opposed to historical. At the time, all these books were needed.

Even now, besides the work I do in seminars and on television, one of my jobs is resolving family conflicts, which I perform as much as I am able, and I enjoy it. However, I am sorry that I do not have more time to spend in these issues. Even so, I do not refrain from these activities unless I have no choice. • How can families be made more knowledgeable regarding conjugal relationships?

Reply: I believe that the mass media such as television, radio, newspapers, and magazines must give more weight to the matter of marriage and safeguarding the institution of family. I feel danger for the future of families in Islamic Iran. Of course, the mass media have some programs and writers write about these issues, but it is not enough.