Choosing Your Other Half | Muslim Marriage Guide | Spouse Selection

Choosing Your Other Half | Muslim Marriage Guide | Spouse Selection

Choosing Your Other Half is a practical and faith-based guide for Muslim singles seeking marriage. Written by experienced Muslim marriage coaches Naielah Ackbarali and Anas Sillwood, the book addresses common challenges faced during the search for a spouse, including fear of marriage, decision-making, search fatigue, and identifying compatible partners. Readers will learn why some marriages thrive while others struggle, how to recognize red flags and dealbreakers, and what personal steps can be taken to prepare for a healthy and successful marriage. Drawing from Islamic principles and the authors’ extensive experience in coaching and relationship education, this book offers valuable guidance for converts, divorcees, and anyone sincerely looking to build a strong marriage upon faith, character, and mutual understanding.

From Author:

• Learn how to overcome the fear of getting married.

• Understand why some marriages succeed and others fail.

• Get much needed tips on how to choose a spouse and deal with 'searching' burnout.

• Know how to identify dealbreakers, red flags, and problematic issues.

• Take action steps that will prepare you more for marriage.

Great for converts, divorcees, and anyone seriously seeking to marry.

Naielah Ackbarali is the CEO of Muslima Coaching and Anas Sillwood is the founder of SHUKR Islamic Clothing. They are both Islamic studies teachers who lived and studied in Jordan and Syria for more than 20 years. They have been married for over 16 years and have dedicated their lives to freiping other Moslims with their marriages. Together as Muslim marriage coaches and life coaches, they offer marriage coaching for couples, husbands, wives, single sisters, and single brother

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CHOOSING YOUR OTHER HALF
MARRIAGE TIPS FOR
MUSLIM SINGLES
NAIELAH ACKBARALI
ANAS SILLWOOD
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About the Authors
Nam [aielah Ackbarali is the founder and CEO of Muslima Coaching. She studied various Islamic sciences with top traditional scholars in both Syria and Jordan for over 15 years. She is currently continuing her advanced Islamic studies in England.
Naielah is a trained strategic relationship coach, certified life coach, and a certified NLP Master Practitioner. Combined with her knowledge from Islamic studies, coaching experience, and personal marriage of more than 16 years, she offers faith-based marriage coaching to couples, wives, and singles.
She is an author of several books on marriage and menstruation, and she has been featured on the Islam Channel and British Muslim TV.
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16 years, he offers faith-based singles and marriage coaching to Muslim men. He has also been featured on the Islam Channel and Iqra TV.
Abnas Sillwood is a convert to Islam, an international businessman, a student of the Islamic sciences, and a certified professional life coach. He is the founder of SHUKR clothing, the first modest and Islamic clothing company in the West.
He studied various Islamic sciences with reputable scholars in both Jordan and Syria for over 20 years and is currently continuing his advanced Islamic studies in England.
Combining his worldly knowledge, Islamic studies, coaching experience, and personal marriage of more than
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3. Know your personal values.
Everyone has specific preferences about the way the
they need to live life to function.
These desires are based upon your unique personal values which make up your core as an individual. They influence your goals, ambitions, and outlook on life.
In fact, they are so much a part of you that if they go missing, you go missing.
Each person will have a different set of core values - including your future spouse. The aim is to understand which values matter to you the most.
By knowing your highest values, you can better gauge which areas of your life are negotiable or non-negotiable if you choose to marry someone.
Fill out the forthcoming assessment forms to determine your highest values.
Place a check by each statement that is absolutely important to you, meaning that it is what you need to feel happy and satisfied with your life.
Then, total the number of checks in each category and follow the action steps at the end.
Choosing Your Other Half
Excelling In My Religious Practice
It is important to me to:
Pray five times a day.
Pray cach prayer within its allocated time.
Pray the emphasized sunna prayers on a daily basis.
Pray tahajjud, duḥā, and other nafl prayers on a daily basis.
Make up any missed prayers immediately.
Fast Ramadän each year.
Make up my missed Ramadan fasts before the next Ramadan enters.
Fast sunna and nafl fasts each year, like Arafat and 'Ashura', or fast Mondays and Thursdays each week.
Pay yearly zakāt or give to charity.
Intend to do hajj or 'umra at least once in my lifetime. Eat meat that is slaughtered according to Islamic standards.
Wear hijab or uphold modest conduct with the opposite gender.
Follow qualified Islamic scholarship and only take dispensations when there is a need.
Follow the guidance of a living scholar for how to practice the din.
Read the Qur'an daily and say daily dhikr, awrād, and şalawat.
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The best marriage advice for Muslim singles!
• Learn how to overcome the fear of getting married.
• Understand why some marriages succeed and others fail.
• Get much needed tips on how to choose a spouse and deal with 'searching' burnout.
• Know how to identify dealbreakers, red flags, and problematic issues.
• Take action steps that will prepare you more for marriage.
Great for converts, divorcees, and anyone seriously seeking to marry.
Naielah Ackbarali is the CEO of Muslima Coaching and Anas Sillwood is the founder of SHUKR Islamic Clothing. They are both Islamic studies teachers who lived and studied in Jordan and Syria for more than 20 years. They have been married for over 16 years and have dedicated their lives to helping other Muslims with their marriages. Together as Muslim marriage coaches and life coaches, they offer marriage coaching for couples, husbands, wives, single sisters, and single brothers.