TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE .............................................................................................................. I
APPROVAL PAGE ..................................................................................................II
DEDICATION ..................................................................................................III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................IV
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ V - VII
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION ................................................. 1 – 9
1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 – 2
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ............................................................... 2 – 3
1.2 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY .............................................3 – 4
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ..................................................................4
1.4 STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM ............................................4
1.5 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY..................................................... 5
1.6 METHOD AND METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH ............................ 5
1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY ...................................................................... 6
1.8 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................... 6 – 8
ENDNOTES ...................................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPT OF MARRIAGES IN ISLAM ..........................10 – 24
2.0 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................10
2.1 CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAM .....................................................10 – 17
2.2 KINDS OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAM ...........................................................17 – 21
2.3 MARRIAGE PRACTICE AMONG THE MUSLIM YOUTHS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TIME ................................................... 21 – 22
ENDNOTES………………………..23 24
CHAPTER THREE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE AMONG THE YOUTHS IN CONTEMPORARY TIME .................................. 25 – 34
3.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 25
3.1 RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE ..................................25 – 26
3.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS ..................................................... 26 – 29
3.3 HYGIENIC AND MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TIME ................................ 29 – 30
3.4 PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE ......................... 30 – 31
3.5 MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE.............................................. 31 – 32
3.6 SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MARRIAGE ....................................... 32 – 33
ENDNOTES ................................................................................................. 34
CHAPTER FOUR: THE WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE COMMUNITY .............................................. 35 – 40
4.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 35 – 36
4.1 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE FAMILY ............. 36
4.2 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE YOUTHS IN THE COMMUNITY ......................................... 37 – 38
4.3 WISDOM OF MARRIAGE TO THE LIFE OF THE CONTEMPORARY YOUTHS ................................................... 38 - 39
ENDNOTES ................................................ 40
CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................................ 41 – 46
5.1 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ................................................................41
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................41 – 43
5.3 SUGGESTIONS ...........................................................................................43
BIBLIOGRAPHY .....................................................................................44 – 46
PUBLISHED MATERIALS ............................................................................44
UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS ..................................................................... 45
LIST OF INFORMANTS ...............................................................................46
