Category: Marriage

Guidelines of breat feeding that make marriage forbidden

• Milk should be from a human woman
• Not restricted to suckling. Includes bottle, throat and nasal feeding
• Milk should result in growth of muscle and bones
• Can be mixed with other substances
• Can be a non-Muslim woman
• The woman does not have to be married
• Has to be in the first 2 years

* Discussion of hadith of Abu Huthaifa and his foster son Salim
* Discussion of adoption vs foster care in Islam Cross Religious Marriages

• Permissibility for males to marry non-Muslims
• Impermissibility for females to marry non-Muslims
• Cases when a spouse apostesizes
• Conditions of males marrying non-Muslims

Valid Conditions

• Difference of opinions between the schools of thought in terms of prenuptial agreements
• Discussion of different agreements. Examples:

moving to a different country
specifying specific height,color, etc.
not to marry a second wife Invalid Conditions (Forbidden Marriages)

• Temporary Marriages
• Exchange Marriages
• Marrying awoman who was divorced 3 times (for her to go back to the first marriage)

• Intro: modesty and discussing sexual issues in an academic format
• Types of defects that constitute ground for annulment
• Examples of those defects
• Reasons why annulment applies to both men and women
• Who carries out the annulment
• Discussion of impotence

• Negative connotations of the terms Dowry and Dawar
• Explanation of Sadaaq

• Announcement of marriage and witnesses
• Documentation
• Discussion on entertainment during the wedding and music
• The guardian (wali)

• Discussion on the opinions of the madhahib regarding the guardian
• Correct position among the different opinions
• Cases when father and daughter dispute
• Marrying one who cannot make a decision
• Order of who gets the girl married
• Cases when the ruler can override the father’s decision
• The guardian for the one without a guardian

• Review of approval by the girl and guradian
• Compatibility is considered before marriage
• The man must be compatible for the woman
• Factors of compatibility:
  • Religion (Religious Committment)
  • Freedom
  • Lineage
  • Profession
  • Wealth
  • Physical Wellness

Permanent (Permanently forbidden to marry)

• Blood
• In-Laws
• Milk
• Public Imprecation Transient (Transiently forbidden to marry
• Co-wifery
• Religion
• Chastity
• Number of wives
• Marriage (woman already married)

• Etiquettes of proposals
• Compatibility is considered when proposing
• Time when proposing is allowed and when it is forbidden
• The contract – spoken form
• The khutbah
• Announcement and witnesses – the different opinions between the madhahibs

• Fasting
• Lowering gaze
• Having high aspirations
• Good company
• Sports
• Getting engaged
• Three step process:
  • Engagement
  • Contracting
  • Consummation