Married Ever After

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Married Ever After : New,
[A5] Paperback - 232 pages,
by Ali Hammuda
Published by Islamic Foundation.

Description :

Married Ever After is a guide through the marriage process based on 20 timeless Qur'anic principles, insightful Prophetic examples and contemporary research on maintaining successful relationships. We know all relationships involve struggle, and challenges are an inevitable part of a believer's life.

Married Ever After teaches us how to pick the struggles that are worthy, rewarding and lead to the greatest pleasure. Whether you are preparing for marriage, already in a marriage or contemplating ending one, Married Ever After is your companion, reminder and compass back to Divine pleasure at every stage. Rooted in Islamic principles, we learn how our spiritual health impacts the wellbeing of our human relationships. The goal of Married Ever After is more important than ever. Learn how to revive the contentment at home, because successful thriving families are at the heart of a successful thriving Ummah.

The irony of life is that every path you choose will contain its own challenges. You may find that, as “difficult” as it is to live by the principles of this book, it is actually much harder not to. There will be struggles in both directions, but it is up to you
to pick the struggle that is worthy, rewarding and leads to the highest level of contentment.

Use this book as a guide, a frequent reminder, and a compass leading you back to Divine Pleasure. The sincere intention of
working, striving, and struggling to live by the principles contained here will bring success not only to your marriage, but to
your very soul.

Shaikh Ali Ihsan Hammuda is a UK national of Palestinian origin. He gained bachelors and masters’ degrees in Architecture & Planning from the University of the West of England, before achieving a BA in Shari'ah from al-Azhar University in Egypt. He is currently based in Wales and is a visiting Imam at Al-Manar Centre in Cardiff, and also a senior researcher and lecturer for the Muslim Research & Development Foundation in London.

Table of Contents :

---Introduction,
------Marriage and your life’s purpose,
------What is marriage?

As you Approach Marriage:
---Chapter One: On setting intentions,
-------“And I did not create the jinn and man except so that they may worship Me.”
---Chapter Two: On aligning perspectives,
-------“And they have taken from you a firm covenant.”
---Chapter Three: On selecting criteria,
-------“Give to marriage the free singles among you, as well as the righteous of your bondmen and bondwomen…”
---Chapter Four: On understanding differences,
-------“And the male is not like the female.”

As you Strengthen your Marriage:
---Chapter Five: On inviting love and mercy,
-------“And He has placed between you affection and mercy.”
---Chapter Six: On mutual consultation,
-------“And if they both desire weaning through mutual agreement from both of them and consultation, there is no blame upon either of them…”
---Chapter Seven: On working together,
-------“Cooperate with one another in goodness and righteousness, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression…”
---Chapter Eight: On honourable treatment,
-------“Treat them fairly…”
---Chapter Nine: On just leadership,
-------“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women…”
---Chapter Ten: On the beauty of gratitude,
-------“And when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you…’”

As you Navigate Challenges:
---Chapter Eleven: On overlooking with wisdom,
-------“He made known part of it and ignored a part.”
---Chapter Twelve: On reconciling with sincerity,
-------“And reconciliation is best.”
---Chapter Thirteen: On seeking relief in Allah,
-------“And whoever fears Allah – He will make his matters easy for him.”
---Chapter Fourteen: On disciplining emotions,
-------“And those who control their anger…”
---Chapter Fifteen: On exercising forgiveness,
-------“And those who pardon others…”
---Chapter Sixteen: On returning to Divine solutions,
-------“Then return it back to Allah and His Messenger if you believe in Allah and the Last Day.”
---Chapter Seventeen: On remembering the goodness,
-------“And do not forget the graciousness between you.”

As you Dissolve the Marriage:
---Chapter Eighteen: Preparing for unexpected outcomes,
-------“You never know – perhaps Allah will bring about a new situation.”
---Chapter Nineteen: On parting ways with decency,
-------“But if they separate [by divorce], Allah will compensate both of them from His abundance.”
---Chapter Twenty: On being mindful of Allah’s limits,
-------“And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself…”

---Conclusion.
-------The Journey Undertaken,
-------Why marriage is so important,
-------Placing marriage within the big picture.