(2 credit hours) A study of marriage in Islam covering the wisdom behind marriage, the rulings pertaining to it, the details of a valid marriage contract, marital discord, divorce, guardianship, and spousal rights and obligations.

• The Muslim Family Vols. I, II and III by Muhammad Al-Jibaly
• Marriage in Islam by Abdur-Rahman Abdulkhaliq
• The Family Structure in Islam by Hammudah Abdulati
• The Essentials of Islamic Marriage by Shaykh Mohammad Rifat Uthamn, translated by Aisha Belewy.
• Family Life in Islam by Khurshid Ahmed

Below is an outline of the course along with an approximate breakdown of every lecture:

1. Defining marriage, its virtue and premises
2. The engagement
3. Defining the pillars of marriage contract and its format
4. Guardianship and witnesses for marriage and the spouses
5. Defining the pillars of marriage contract and its format
6. Guardianship and witnesses for the marriage and the spouses
7. An-Nushuz1: its ranks and means of reform
8. Rulings of divorce and its conditions
9. Types of divorce
10. Terminating marriage through divorce or separation
11. Rulings on like matters and complementary cases
12.  Brief notes on the rights of relatives and children