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