About This Book
A sound Muslim marriage is stable and peaceful, marked by love, compassion, and mercy, with disagreement kept to a minimum. Marital Discord: Causes and Cures sets out the foundations of such a marriage according to Islamic teachings, identifies the most common problems couples complain about, and then discusses how spouses can resolve their disagreements.
The book covers how a husband should treat his wife and maintain justice between wives, how a wife should carry out her duties, and why religion should be the main factor in choosing a spouse. It uses examples from Islamic teaching to help couples avoid conflict.
What's Inside
- Chapter One, The Foundations of a Happy Marriage: choosing a spouse, shared duties, the wife's service and obedience, the husband helping at home, kindness and patience, intimacy, cleanliness and adornment, relations with in-laws, choice of friends, prudent spending, justice between wives, and lawful entertainment
- Chapter Two, Some Causes of Marital Discord: jealousy (ghairah) and false suspicion, evils of the tongue, frivolous distractions, harsh treatment, straying from the purposes of marriage, miserliness and greed, the nature of a spouse's work, a husband meddling in his wife's affairs, and procreation
- Chapter Three, Resolving Disagreements Between Spouses: the Qur'anic guidance on disputes and its background, the ideal woman's approach to resolving conflict, and five serious mistakes couples make during an argument, such as involving others and fighting in front of the children
Who It's For
- Married couples working through disagreements
- Engaged couples who want to prepare well
- Imams and counselors who advise families