Find out what one should look for in a prospective wife.
The relationship between Shaykh Muqbil and Shaykh Rabee’ was a tower of strength. They did not allow the people to separate them.
Nikaah
Advice regarding issues of proposal, marriage, intimacy, the trials of marriage and marital discord.
A Guide to Marriage
By Shaykh Abu 'Uthmaan Muhammad al-Anjaree
The speaker delivers a well organized and advice filled lecture concerning the institution of marriage in Islaam.
How to Obtain Marital Bliss
By Abu 'Abdullaah Hasan as-Sumaalee
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "O young men, those among you who can support a wife should marry, for it restrains the eyes from casting (evil glances), and preserves one from immorality..." A summarisation of a tape entitled, ‘Marital Bliss according to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah’ by al-‘Allaamah ‘Ubayd Ibn 'Abdullaah al-Jaabiree.
Forced Marriages
A warning from the Scholars against the invalidity of forced marriages within Islaam.
Be Patient with your Wives
By Abu Zaynab Tawfeeq Ibn Holsey
A difficult, yet necessary advice to every male Muslim who has every encountered some of the rough spots in Marriage.
From the Completeness of a Man is Love for His Wives
By Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d. 751H)
In his tremendous work ‘Ad-Daa wad-Dawaa’ (The sickness and its cure), Ibnul-Qayyim brings the chapter: From the completeness of a man is love for his wives. He states: “As for love for one’s wives then there is no blame in loving them, rather it is from his completeness, and Allaah has blessed His worshippers with it (love)...
A Beautiful Advice Concerning Marrying then Divorcing Easily
By Imaam Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Waadi'ee (d. 1423H)
[Q]: “There is an evil habit that has spread amongst the practicing brothers (salafiyyeen), it is that one of them will marry a woman and after a few short days a quarrel will take place between the spouses and the news will spread (to the community). Then, there are some brothers who encourage him to divorce her, until the point that there is a sister who has been divorced fourteen times, and this is widespread and apparent, and there is no one there (America) from the people of knowledge for them to return to, so what do you advise us with?”
You Will Never Be Able To Do Perfect Justice Between Wives Even If It Is Your Ardent Desire
Compiled and Translated by Abul-Hasan Maalik Adaam al-Akhdar
A detailed explanation compiling various tafaasir from the mufaasiroon of the salaf, the article explains Sooratun-Nisaa', verse 129, “You will never be able to [perfectly] deal justly between wives even if it is your ardent desire, so do not incline too much to one of them so as to leave the other hanging. And if you do justice, and do all that is right and fear Allaah by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allaah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
