Deal Breakers in Marriage

DEAL BREAKERS IN MARRIAGE: WHEN LOVE MEETS NON-NEGOTIABLES.Jurisprudential Analysis in Islam 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.Inside you’ll find:Pre-marital due-diligence kit: a red-flag audit, values worksheet, and a step-by-step guide to discussing deal breakers before nikāḥ.Contract workshop: 25+ ready examples of shurūṭ you can adapt (housing, education, finances, relocation, polygyny, counselling), with model wording, what’s valid/void, and how to record changes grounded in arkān, mawāniʿ, and cross-madhhab notes.Decision trees for reconcile vs separate, mapping routes to ṣulḥ, imām-led arbitration, and if harm persists lawful dissolution (ṭalāq, khulʿ, faskh).Case studies from diaspora life: digital deception and secret marriages, immigration exploitation, addiction, financial neglect (nafaqah), coercing a spouse into sin, and abandoning prayer, what counts as a deal breaker and what evidence to keep.Health & intimacy guidance: a clear summary of ʿuyūb (defects), juristic differences, and practical pathways to assessment and annulment without breaching modesty.Faith & suitability: navigating al-kafāʾah fī al-dīn, spiritual incompatibility, and contemporary fatwās (including Mālikī nuances).Civil-law crosswalk: registration, safeguarding, documenting harm, protective orders, and how to align community mediation with local law.Custody made clear: stages from infancy to sin al-tamyīz and maturity, conditions for custody, and child-centred remedies.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.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)..