Fiqh of the family | Nikah, talaq and ahkam al-mar'a

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This shelf and the Family section: the difference

Here, the legal treatment: the nikah and talaq chapters as the fiqh treatises set them out, with the conditions, the evidence and the differences between schools. In the Family section, the books written to accompany household life: Marriage and Women in Islam. Same subject, two approaches, and the choice depends on what you want: a ruling or advice.

The chapters covered

Nikah: the proposal, mahr, wali, witnesses, impediments of kinship and affinity, drafting the contract, added conditions.
Talaq and its forms, khul', lian, and the legal effects of each.
The 'idda: its length by case, the obligations during the period, housing.
Nafaqa and hadana: who owes what, the scale, custody of children after separation.
The ahkam al-mar'a in worship: purification, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, dress, travel.

Treatise, extracted chapter or fatwa

Three formats, three uses. A major treatise gives the question with the evidence and the positions, which is what you need to understand. An extracted chapter is enough if you are working on nikah alone. A fatwa collection answers the cases the treatises do not envisage: a civil marriage, a divorce pronounced by a court, custody under non-Muslim law. The product page states the format.

What to check

The school, since the conditions of the wali and the forms of talaq differ markedly. The format among the three above. The year of publication if your question touches a civil procedure. And the takhrij, this chapter resting on many hadiths.

Related shelves

For books on married life, Marriage. For the collections devoted to women, Women in Islam. For raising children, Raising children. For shares of inheritance, Inheritance and funerals. Overview: Fiqh.

Order and shipping

Real stock displayed, dispatch within 24 to 48 working hours, delivery to France, Europe and the rest of the world. Tell us whether you want the ruling or the life advice: the two shelves do not overlap.

How does this differ from the site's Family section?

The approach. Here, the legal treatment: the nikah and talaq chapters, conditions, evidence, differences between schools. In the Family section, the books written to accompany household life, advice and conduct. Same subject, two uses, and the choice depends on what you want.

What about a divorce pronounced by a civil court?

That does not appear in the older treatises, which do not envisage the situation. You need a recent fatwa collection, particularly those devoted to life in a non-Muslim country. We state the year of publication and the scope on the product page.

Are the rulings for women in worship here?

Yes, they are part of the scope: purification, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, dress, travel. You will also find them in the collections of the Women in Islam shelf, which gather them in one place rather than scattered through the chapters.

Does the school change much here?

Yes, markedly: the conditions of the wali, the valid forms of talaq, the length of the 'idda in certain cases, the scale of the nafaqa. It is one of the chapters where it is worth taking a comparative work alongside your school's manual.

Family, marriage and women in fiqh