Deal Breakers in Marriage

<p> DEAL BREAKERS IN MARRIAGE: WHEN LOVE MEETS NON-NEGOTIABLES.</p><p><em>Jurisprudential Analysis in Islam</em> is a practical book for Muslims in the West. Deal Breakers in Marriage turns Sharīʿah principles into usable tools for real life in the UK Europe and North America.</p><p>Inside you'll find:</p><ul><li>Pre-marital due-diligence kit: a red-flag audit values worksheet and a step-by-step guide to discussing deal breakers before <em>nikāḥ</em>.</li><li>Contract workshop: 25+ ready examples of <em>shurūṭ</em> you can adapt (housing education finances relocation polygyny counselling) with model wording what's valid/void and how to record changes grounded in <em>arkān</em> <em>mawāniʿ</em> and cross-madhhab notes.</li><li>Decision trees for reconcile vs separate mapping routes to <em>ṣulḥ</em> imām-led arbitration and if harm persists lawful dissolution (<em>ṭalāq khulʿ faskh</em>).</li><li>Case studies from diaspora life: digital deception and secret marriages immigration exploitation addiction financial neglect (<em>nafaqah</em>) coercing a spouse into sin and abandoning prayer what counts as a deal breaker and what evidence to keep.</li><li>Health & intimacy guidance: a clear summary of <em>ʿuyūb</em> (defects) juristic differences and practical pathways to assessment and annulment without breaching modesty.</li><li>Faith & suitability: navigating <em>al-kafāʾah fī al-dīn</em> spiritual incompatibility and contemporary fatwās (including Mālikī nuances).</li><li>Civil-law crosswalk: registration safeguarding documenting harm protective orders and how to align community mediation with local law.</li><li>Custody made clear: stages from infancy to sin <em>al-tamyīz</em> and maturity conditions for custody and child-centred remedies.</li></ul><p>Designed for couples parents imāms chaplains and counsellors this book offers checklists templates one-page summaries and conversation scripts so you can protect dignity uphold mercy and act decisively when the line is truly crossed.</p><p></p><p>Prof. Dr. Ali Mohamed Salah s a theologian jurist and community leader with 30+ years' experience. He holds a B.A. in Ḥadīth and Islamic Studies (Madina 1991) an M.A. in Theology and Islamic Studies (Makka 1994) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy & Comparative Religions (National University of Malaysia 2000) plus a 2020 certificate in arbitration (Norwegian Centre for Arbitration & Legal Services). He is Director of the Iqra Foundation and Imam of Tawfiiq Islamic Centre Oslo. He has written and published a lot. In English: Qurʾān: Moral Compass of the Believer (2023); Evil Eye: Reality and Remedy (2023); The Shield of Islam (2024); Domestic Peace (2024); The Pearls (2024); Jinn & Black Magic (2024); 10 Stories from the Prophet (2024); The Abrahamic Paradigm (2024); Islamic Jurisprudence in the Western Diaspora (2025); Deal Breakers in Marriage (2025). In Arabic: Trialogue of Abrahamic Faiths in the Light of the Qurʾān (2023); al-Takmilah fī Taḥqīq Aḥādīth min Jamʿ al-Fawāʾid (2023); al-Islām wa-l-Diyānatān al-Yahūdiyyah wa-l-Masīḥiyyah (2024); Fiqh al-Mahjar fī al-Gharb (2025). In Somali: Tiryaaq: Dawada Shubhada (2024); Dawada Nafta (2025).</p><p>.</p><p></p>