Full Description
In this volume, the author highlights the rights relevant to marriage. These include the right of all young men and women to early marriage. They are entitled to state help to achieve this. We learn in this volume that the woman has the full right to choose her husband and the right to terminate her marriage. The author lays strong and needed emphasis on the fact that Islam gives men and women equal rights in their marriage and family life. As he discusses divorce and polygamy, he stresses the Islamic manners and controls that apply to both.
Contents
Chapter 1:
The Islamic View
of Marriage
Chapter 2
Proposal and
Engagement
Different ways of making a marriage proposal
Seeing the woman
The importance of the engagement period
Manners to observe
The condition of compatibility
Is love permissible before the engagement?
Chapter 3
The Dowry
Chapter 4
The Marriage
Contract
Essentials to be observed in the marriage
contract
Chapter 5
The Couple's
Equal Rights
One: The Right of
Care
Care: The Basic
Comprehensive Right
Chapter 6
The Couple's
Equal Rights
Two: Complimentary
Rights
Marriage Termination
The man's right of
divorce
The woman's right of
termination by khulꜤ
Chapter 7
Dealing with
Marital Disagreements
Chapter 8
More than One Wife
