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When The Heart and Head Match

When The Heart and Head Match
Mansour Leghaei

Islam and Marriage

And Marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.(Al-Nur;32)

Islam and Marriage
(Hadith)


Whoever gets married, has already completed half of his/her religion, s/he should then fear God in the second half.
(The Holy Prophet)

Whichever parent has a child at the age of marriage, and does not marry him/her, should the child commit a sin, both are countable.
( The Holy Prophet)

The Purpose of Marriage
  • Legal satisfaction of sexual drives.
  • Reproduction of the future makers.
  • Maintaining mutual needs.
The Purpose of Marriage In Islam

And Among His Signs is this, that He or you mates from among yourselves, that you dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put LOVE and MERCY between your hearts, verily in in that are signs for those who reflect.(Al-Rum;21)

5 Factors Affecting Choice Mate
  • Neighbour-hood
  • The Image of the ideal spouse
  • The Image of Parents?f life
  • Personal Needs
  • Similarity
Marriage and Social Regulations
  • Exogamy: Marriage outside of a specific group.
Exogamy is against: 1. Incest 2. Caste marriage 3. Racial marriage 4. Arranged marriage

The Benefits of Exogamy
  • Enriching the family network
  • Cultural development
  • Preventing genetic disease