- A Verse of Qur'an
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Excellence Of Marriage
- Chapter two :When Must We Marry?
- Chapter Three :The Merits Of Timely A Marriage And Demerits Of Its Delay
- Chapter Four :Difficulties And Hurdles Of Marriage
- Chapter Five:Criteria of Spouse Selection
- Whom May We Select As A Spouse?
- Criteria Of Spouse Selection
- Criteria Of Spouse Selection
- First: Religiousness(From The Fundamental And Inevitable Factors)
- Second: Morality(A Basic And Positive Specification For Both Parties)
- Third: Nobility Of The Family
- Fourth: Reason (Basic Condition For Both Parties)
- Fifth: Physical And Mental Health
- Sixth: Beauty
- Seventh: Knowledge And Education
- Eighth: Being Each Other’s Match (Equity And Proportionateness)
- Conditions Of Compatability
- explainment
- 1- Religious Compatability
- 2- Cultural And Mental Compatability
- 3- Moral Compatability
- 4- Educational Compatability
- 5- Physical Compatability
- 6- Equality Of Beauty
- 7- Equality In Age
- 8- Economical Equality
- 9- Family Equality
- 10- Political Consistency
- 11- Social Consistency
- 12- Psychological Consistency
- 13- Future Equality
- Discussing The Future Aims And Probable Changes Before Marriage
- Important Caution!
- Avoiding Negligence
- Love
- Chapter Six :Selection
- explainment
- Time To Act
- Perfect Recognition
- Ways of spouse selection
- First Way: Seeking Advice
- Second Way: Mediator And Introducer
- Third Way: Investigation
- Fourth Way: Sending A Messenger
- Fifth Way: Writing A Letter
- Sixth Way: Photograph
- Seventh Way: Direct Talk
- Eighth Way: Seeing Each Other
- Omenation(Looking For Good Augury)
- Fate!
- Crossing The Slippery Road!Complete Caution At Every Step
- Self-Sacrificial Marriages
- Remorse Before Marriage
- Family Marriages
- Children’s Engagement
- Chapter Seven :Engagement Period
- explainment
- The Need Of An Engagement Period
- The Benefits Of The Engagement Period And …
- explainment
- 1- The Enhancement Of Mutual Recognition And Understanding
- 2- Improvement And Training
- 3-Enhancement Of Love
- 4- Development Of Hope Regarding One’s Future Life
- 5- Laying The Foundation Of Independence In Future Life
- 6- Valuing Each Other’s Sentiments And Feelings
- 7-Gift Presenting
- 8- Writing Love Letters
- 9- Sincere Visits
- 10- Short Journeys
- 11- Participating In Spiritual Aggregations
- 12- Gaining Knowledge And Arts Regarding Organising
- A Worthy Essay In This Connection
- The Length Of The Engagement Period
- The Mishaps And Catastrophes During The Engagement Period
- Leave the Real Marriage For The Marriage Night
- endnote
problems of this age?
The youth, this pitiable creature, has been handed deteriorating and disintegrating modes and systems of life. Western philosophers, thinkers and scientists like Freud, Russell, Nietzsche, Darwin and scores of others gave their people all the possible pseudo-liberties under the label of individual freedom; i.e., the so called liberty of speech, expression, action, accumulating unlimited and gigantic sources in kind, cash and material and, last but not least, the values engulfing sexual freedom.
Now, these unlimited and unbounded liberties have backfired and have created a big impact upon the natural values and systems of life, even though not religious ones. Humanity has started suffering immensely at the hands of criminals committing serious crimes. A wave of lawlessness, immorality and brutality has swept all over the globe.
Thus the young mind is in search of truth.
And the big question raising its head and haunting the youth’s innocent mind is “Where is the truth?”
This very question makes them go round the world in various forms and shapes, even sometimes as hippies, to search and investigate.
But a sudden explosion of Islamic revolution emanated the right answer to their question saving them the toil and labours they were going through.
Islam has beyond any doubt, established that the solution is here. This explosion has enlightened the universe with the light of truthful values, in the pitch dark of this worthless mechanised life.
Dear reader! This book suggests to the youth, solutions to only one of the burning problems of the day from an Islamic perspective and viewpoint.
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