Cover Image

Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam

Every living creature possesses a desire to have a spouse. The attraction between two different sexes is a fundamental base of preserving and expanding a species’s existence. This desire to pair up among human beings leads to a unique system of marriage. Marriage is a knot tied between a male and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nizaita, Omar, Zanirah, Wahab, Rahimah, Embong, Razi, Yaakob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serials Publications 2017
Subjects:
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/1/FH02-FUPL-18-12336.pdf
http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-unisza-ir.5613
record_format eprints
spelling my-unisza-ir.56132022-02-22T02:31:54Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/ Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam Nizaita, Omar Zanirah, Wahab Rahimah, Embong Razi, Yaakob HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Every living creature possesses a desire to have a spouse. The attraction between two different sexes is a fundamental base of preserving and expanding a species’s existence. This desire to pair up among human beings leads to a unique system of marriage. Marriage is a knot tied between a male and a female through certain procedures to connect not only their bodies, but also their souls to create a happy and serene sharing life. However, it is worrying that the rate of divorce in Malaysia seems to be increasing time by time. Reportedly, there is one divorce happening every 15 minutes. Most of the cases involve young couples of 31 to 35 years old. In a research done by the Department of Islamic Affairs of Malaysia in 2007, it was proven that 59.9 percentage of the divorce cases involved marriages aged under ten years. With regard to this phenomenon, the high value of Islamic civilization, which was revealed by Allah to the prophets, is studied and examined. It is evinced that Islam exhibits an outstanding philosophy of marriage to be learned and lived by both husbands and wives in order to create an excellent family institution. Throughout this research as a qualitative approach, Koran and hadeeth, which are two main sources in the teachings of Islam, as well as Seerah Nabawiyah (the prophet’s biography), are studied and analysed to comprehend deeply the concept, purpose, principles, values and virtues of marriage in Islam. This research is hoped to make a contribution in improving and building resiliency to the family institution which is said to be frail these days. Serials Publications 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/1/FH02-FUPL-18-12336.pdf Nizaita, Omar and Zanirah, Wahab and Rahimah, Embong and Razi, Yaakob (2017) Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam. Man in India, 97 (21). pp. 49-59. ISSN 0025-1569
institution Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
building UNISZA Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
content_source UNISZA Institutional Repository
url_provider https://eprints.unisza.edu.my/
language English
topic HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
spellingShingle HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Nizaita, Omar
Zanirah, Wahab
Rahimah, Embong
Razi, Yaakob
Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
description Every living creature possesses a desire to have a spouse. The attraction between two different sexes is a fundamental base of preserving and expanding a species’s existence. This desire to pair up among human beings leads to a unique system of marriage. Marriage is a knot tied between a male and a female through certain procedures to connect not only their bodies, but also their souls to create a happy and serene sharing life. However, it is worrying that the rate of divorce in Malaysia seems to be increasing time by time. Reportedly, there is one divorce happening every 15 minutes. Most of the cases involve young couples of 31 to 35 years old. In a research done by the Department of Islamic Affairs of Malaysia in 2007, it was proven that 59.9 percentage of the divorce cases involved marriages aged under ten years. With regard to this phenomenon, the high value of Islamic civilization, which was revealed by Allah to the prophets, is studied and examined. It is evinced that Islam exhibits an outstanding philosophy of marriage to be learned and lived by both husbands and wives in order to create an excellent family institution. Throughout this research as a qualitative approach, Koran and hadeeth, which are two main sources in the teachings of Islam, as well as Seerah Nabawiyah (the prophet’s biography), are studied and analysed to comprehend deeply the concept, purpose, principles, values and virtues of marriage in Islam. This research is hoped to make a contribution in improving and building resiliency to the family institution which is said to be frail these days.
format Article
author Nizaita, Omar
Zanirah, Wahab
Rahimah, Embong
Razi, Yaakob
author_facet Nizaita, Omar
Zanirah, Wahab
Rahimah, Embong
Razi, Yaakob
author_sort Nizaita, Omar
title Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
title_short Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
title_full Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
title_fullStr Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
title_full_unstemmed Consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in Islam
title_sort consolidation of family institution through the comprehension of marriage philosophy in islam
publisher Serials Publications
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/1/FH02-FUPL-18-12336.pdf
http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5613/
_version_ 1725976973808762880
score 13.211869

Similar Items