Executive Summary
In this course, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers the legal rulings related to marriage and divorce according to the Hanafi school. This course serves to provide a proper understanding of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) of personal law.
Course Summary
In this course, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers the chapters on Marriage and Divorce, relying on the great classical commentaries—including Maydani’s Lubab—and major reference works of the Hanafi School.
Topics covered include when it is required, sunna, or even prohibited to marry; the integrals and conditions of the marriage; and whom it is valid to marry. In addition, the rulings of divorce are outlined, detailing the cases of when it occurs, and the scenarios of its being binding or revocable. Finally, the course covers related issues such as the waiting period (‘idda) providing for needy relatives, and the rulings of child custody.
This course is ideal for students of Islamic knowledge. Previous study of Fiqh is recommended, but not a requirement.
Curricular Context
- This is a level two course
- Before taking this course, take The Absolute Essentials of Islam (Hanafi) and On Worship (Purification, Prayer, Fasting, Zakat, and Hajj): Shurunbulali’s Ascent to Felicity
- Take this course before all courses in Level Three
Course Outline
LESSON 1: Introduction to the Text and Subject
LESSON 2: The Marriage Contract, Marrying Non-Muslims, and the Guardian (Wakil)
LESSON 3: Worldly Suitability (Kafa’a), Conditions of Marriage and Defects
LESSON 4: Religious Conversion Within Marriage
LESSON 5: Completion of Marriage | Nursing
LESSON 6: Divorce
LESSON 7: Completion of Divorce
LESSON 8: Taking Back One’s Wife | Foreswearing One’s Wife (Ila’)
LESSON 9: Zihar and Mutual Imprecation (Li`an)
LESSON 10: The Waiting Period
LESSON 11: The Waiting Period and Providing for Family
LESSON 12: Providing for Family and Child Custody
What You Will Learn:
The core rulings related to marriage;
- The wisdom and purpose of these legal rulings;
- The practical implementation, with excellence, of Divine Guidance;
- How legal reasoning works, to give a better understanding of “how Fiqh works;” and
- The method of the Hanafi School.
Course Format: 12 downloadable lessons, and plus a monthly live session.
About the Course Text
Imam Quduri’s full primer (matn) in Islamic law is so famous, that it is simply referred to as “The Book” (al-Kitab). For 1,000 years, it has served as the starting point for a full study of the science of Fiqh.
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then travelled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied inheritance law, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and a number of texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
