The Significance and Wisdom of Marriage by the Youths in the Contemporary Time
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. I
APPROVAL PAGE ……………………………………………………………………………………..II
DEDICATION ……………………………………………………………………………………..III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT …………………………………………………………………………..IV
TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………………………………………… V – VII
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION …………………………………………. 1 – 9
1.0 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………… 1 – 2
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ……………………………………………………… 2 – 3
1.2 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY ………………………………………3 – 4
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY …………………………………………………………4
1.4 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM ……………………………………..4
1.5 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY…………………………………………….. 5
1.6 METHOD AND METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH ………………………. 5
1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY ……………………………………………………………. 6
1.8 LITERATURE REVIEW ……………………………………………………………………. 6 – 8
ENDNOTES ………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPT OF MARRIAGES IN ISLAM ……………………..10 – 24
2.0 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………….10
2.1 CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAM ……………………………………………..10 – 17
2.2 KINDS OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAM …………………………………………………..17 – 21
2.3 MARRIAGE PRACTICE AMONG THE MUSLIM YOUTHS IN THE
CONTEMPORARY TIME …………………………………………………………… 21 – 22
END NOTES……………………………………………………………..23 24
CHAPTER THREE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE AMONG THE
YOUTHS IN CONTEMPORARY TIME ………………………………………………. 25 – 34
3.0 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………. 25
3.1 RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE …………………………….25 – 26
3.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS…….. 26 – 29
3.3 HYGIENIC AND MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE TO THE
YOUTHS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TIME …………………………………………… 29 – 30
3.4 PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE ……………………. 30 – 31
3.5 MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE………………………………………. 31 – 32
3.6 SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE ………………………………… 32 – 33
ENDNOTES ……………………………………………………………………………………. 34
CHAPTER FOUR: THE WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE
COMMUNITY ………………………………………………………………………………………. 35 – 40
4.0 INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………. 35 – 36
4.1 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE FAMILY …………. 36
4.2 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE COMMUNITY……… 37 – 38
4.3 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE LIFE OF THE CONTEMPORARY
YOUTHS ………………………………………………………………………………………… 38 – 39
ENDNOTES …………………………………………………………………………………… 40
CHAPTER FIVE …………………………………………………………………………………… 41 – 46
5.1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………….41
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ………………………………………………………………….41 – 43
5.3 SUGGESTIONS ……………………………………………………………………………….43
BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………………….44 – 46
INTRODUCTION
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This research intends to discuss the significance and importance of marriage to the youth in contemporary times.
The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was a leader of the divine path, honest and sincere. He was trustful and trustworthy. These few qualities and qualifications were some of the exceptional tools bestowed to the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (S.A.W).
As a Messenger of Allah, Qur’an clearly places the deliverance of all that Allah (the highest) revealed to him as an obligatory duty.
Therefore, his mode of life is worth emulation and the best sample for the whole world. He invited people to believe in Allah. He was mentally aware of the existence of Allah and was always prepared to follow His path.
He never changed in his character or nature. In confirmation of these characteristics of the Prophet (S.A.W), the Qur’an says: (It is the practice of those) who preach the messages of God, and fear Him, and fear none but God. And enough is God to call (men) to account.
One of the social institutions brought by the religion of Islam is the institution of “marriage”. When religion prohibits illegal sexual relations, it makes a provision for marriage. Hence, a believer can marry up to four (4) wives at a time.
As an exception however the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S.A.W) married more than four wives. He married a total number of eleven (11) wives in his lifetime, out of which only nine (9) survived with him.
As the permission was divinely granted, there must be great wisdom as well as the significance of marriage in the life of the Muslim Ummah.
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