Happy Marriage in Islam
Foundations, Obstacles, and Evidence-based Remedies
The Qur'an and Sunnah give marriage its purpose and moral shape. Four decades of marital research describe how couples thrive or drift apart. This book brings the two together, so a couple has both the why and the how.
Most couples are given the rules of marriage. Very few are shown how to live them on an ordinary Tuesday night.
Islam calls marriage a firm covenant, mīthāq ghalīẓ, and a sign of God's mercy. Yet many Muslim couples meet anger, distance, jealousy or money stress with nothing but good intentions. This book treats faith and science as partners, not rivals: the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah set the purpose, and contemporary research supplies practical tools for listening, de-escalating and repairing. Every Qur'anic verse and hadith has been checked against its primary source, with gradings noted.
Five parts, fifteen chapters
Written to be read together
Each chapter opens with a scene from an ordinary marriage and closes with a guided reflection for both spouses. The book suggests one chapter every week or two: each reads it alone, then you discuss it together over tea.
Chapter 1 opening
Couple's self-assessment
Omer Niazullah is an Islamic Studies educator with over two decades of international teaching experience, including several years as Head of Department. Born and raised in Al-Madinah, a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah, he has memorised the Qur'an in full. His work rests on one conviction: that Islam is meant to be seen, not only recited, in how a person treats their spouse, raises their children, and carries themselves within their family.