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The things nobody tells you first.

Written to be useful whether or not you ever create a profile. Where a question is disputed among the scholars we say so rather than picking the convenient answer.

Process9 minute read

Twenty questions worth asking before the nikah

The questions that actually predict whether a marriage works, and the ones that only feel important. Written to be asked with a wali present.

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What it covers
  • Why a list helps
  • On the deen
  • On the household
  • On character
  • The ones people skip
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For families11 min

A practical guide for walis

What a guardian is actually responsible for in the marriage process, what is customary rather than required, and how to run it without making it harder for everyone.

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Deen8 min

What conditions to write into a nikah

Continuing your studies, where you will live, the mahr. What is worth stipulating, what is customarily assumed, and where the scholars differ.

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Process10 min

How the nikah process actually works, start to finish

From a first proposal to the walimah: who does what, in what order, and where most families lose time.

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For families7 min

Marrying as a revert

The specific difficulties reverts face in the marriage process, and what to look for in a family that will handle it well.

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Deen6 min

Why we do not put photographs first

The case for a photoless default, what the deen says about looking, and what actually happens to a photograph once it is on a matrimonial site.

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Free tools

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Three things you can use without an account, right now, and nothing you type is saved.

Biodata maker

The one-page document families circulate, made properly and downloaded as a PDF.

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Readiness check

Twenty-two questions across deen, financial, emotional and family readiness.

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Mahr guidance

The questions to answer, and the form of words to write into the contract.

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