Comments on: Season 3 – Episode 19 – Meet the Jaffers

By: Bronwen

Bronwen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:41:19 +0000

Samina, I agree. It made it seem like a bride price. I know it’s developed to be dealt with in that way in some Muslim societies (which happen to be in patriarchal cultures) but like I say, it’s not the way Rayyan would approach it, so I was expecting her reaction to be integral to the plot of that episode. Bit of a surprise when she was never brought into it at all!

By: khanner12

khanner12 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:41:22 +0000

salaam, they totally misrepresented mahr. the mahr is from the groom a gift for his wife, for a reasonable amount. It has nothing to do with the parents. The groom gives the money and the wife takes it and it is hers, it has nothing to do wit parents. In the quran it says it should be low and the best provision is Allah and his messenger

By: Samina

Samina — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:57:14 +0000

I agree with Bronwen. I would have expected Rayyan to have something to say about the way the fathers were dealing with the Mahr. It made the whole Mahr concept seem quite ugly when really it isn’t that complicated at all.

I get the feeling that JJ is going to become a permanent cast member.

By: Bronwen

Bronwen — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:28:34 +0000

Interesting the way the mahr was dealt with solely between the fathers. I fully expected Rayyan to find out and get really angry, saying that that should be a gift from JJ to her, not something Yasir receives from JJ’s father!

By: Sahyder1

Sahyder1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:52:01 +0000

It is more then tradition. It really is an important thing. It is there to protect the wife from the husband just deciding to not meet his responsibilities down the line. People have made it a symbolic thing these days but there is an important significance to it.

By: S.Berry

S.Berry — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:06:44 +0000

Part 3 is coming up as “no longer available”. March 22, 2009 at Noon Central time.

By: Shayd

Shayd — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:56:34 +0000

The writers will go with the cliche and let Amaar and Rayyan end up together. The storyline is the way it is because the writers aren’t going to make Amaar to be the bad guy who breaks up JJ & Rayyan. Not to mention he’s the Imam and that’s inappropriate. They will take this JJ’s parents divorce angle and somehow cause it to effect JJ & Rayyan’s relationship and they will go their separate way on their own, leaving Amaar’s secret crush on Rayyan secret and make him look like a hero by being there for her when her engagement gets broken off.

And Agony, Mahr is actually required in Islam as a symbolic gift from the groom to the bride. Unfortunately, some people mixed it with their own cultural tradition which ruined the true beauty of Mahr.

By: Muslim_Lady

Muslim_Lady — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:38:25 +0000

A quick preview of what’s in store –
Season 3, Episode 20 – Can I Get A Witness?
J.J. and Rayyan’s wedding date arrives and chaos threatens to unravel what should be a joyous occasion.

By: Argus

Argus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:35:33 +0000

“Actually it was she who treated him (JJ) terribly when she knew him as a kid.”

Yeah, Nahida already mentioned that mistake of mine and I mentioned it. But anyway, my point is that it seems like JJ and Rayaan aren’t meant for each other and the only reason they seemed to create this character (JJ) is to introduce conflict between Rayaan and Amaar. Though it seems that they have completely dropped that idea in this second to last episode of the season.

You would think (as I have said before) that Amaar would step back and think that he is the one that is going to be marrying Rayaan to JJ (him being the Imam of the Masjid after all) when he had feelings for her that did seem to pop up at unexpected times this season. Or how about JJ realizing (as I now have been corrected ) that he has been tortured by this girl in his childhood and it seems like not much as changed with how she acted in the marriage workshop. Finally, how Rayaan has not much in common with JJ (he is used to moving and having everything laid out for him, “My parents bought us an island!” while she is the small town kind of woman) and that she also had feelings for Amaar. The only explanation for this oversight in this episode is because the writers fell asleep and forgot about the plot thread they developed and the character conflict they created. Insha’Allah in the final episode we will see something interesting that will bring this season long storyline to a close with a real conflict resolution.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:39:31 +0000

“Maybe, second thoughts (from Rayaan), “I knew him as a kid and he treated me terribly…”

Actually it was she who treated him (JJ) terribly when she knew him as a kid.