Date: Sunday 5th July 2026
Time: 2:00pm -4:30pm (2 hrs and 30mins)
About the Webinar
Marriage is one of Islam’s paramount of blessings but also challenging if not functioned in the right way. We all aspire towards building a healthy relationship with our spouses, yet most newly wedded couples focus their attention on the glamourous celebration without learning about Islamic marriage. Islam provides timeless guide to all married couples towards building a strong and healthy relationship. The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم was an exemplary model for mankind who perfectly illustrated an ideal healthy relationship. So, what is an ideal Islamic marriage? What was the prophetic way of building a healthy relationship? How should couples manage conflicts and build healthy communication? How should newly wedded couples meet the first night of their marriage and manage expectations?
This free masterclass webinar seeks to address all the above questions gauging 18 plus years of personal experience of marriage, addressing common problems using real-life case scenarios and guidance from the Quran & Sunnah with 10 plus years of Islamic marriage counselling experience.
Aims & Objectives
This unique workshop aims to educate new couples on;
• Understanding the core Islamic teachings of marriage, searching for the right qualities in a spouse and their Islamic rights.
• Managing expectations and building strong communication from the start.
• Dealing with future conflicts in a healthy way and preventing relationship breakdowns.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of webinar, participants will be able to:
• Understand the relationship goals in an Islamic marriage
• Know the right qualities in a spouse
• How to meet the first night of your marriage.
• Know the Islamic rights awarded to husband and wife
• Cultivate positive communication according to the Sunnah
• Know the practical steps to managing disagreements and conflicts
Topics Covered
The webinar will be divided into the following three segments.
1. Foundational Principles of an Islamic marriage – relationship goals, searching for a spouse and the right qualities.
2. Communication and Islamic rights – Understanding each other’s needs; building emotional connection, healthy communication, Islamic rights of husband and wife.
3. Conflict Management – Learning how to manage expectations, common reasons of marital conflicts and practical steps towards managing them the Islamic way.
Workshop Format
The workshop uses a practical-based approach that combines theoretical content with exercises and case studies. It will be delivered via PowerPoint presentations and includes interactive case studies based on real-life scenarios. The session is designed for two-way interaction between the instructor and participants during the case study activities. Handouts will be provided to the audience to support their participation and serve as future reference material.
About the Instructor
Mufti Abdul Waheed currently serves as a full-time researcher at JKN Fatawa Department over a decade to date answering Islamic queries in the form of fatawas on a variety of topics. All of his research fatawas are approved and published on the JKN Fatawa website under the attestation of Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam. Many of the fatawas that Mufti Abdul Waheed has researched into in depth include divorce, marriage, dietary laws, finance, inheritance and personal worship. As part of the JKN Fatawa Department project, he also deals with Muslim marriage counselling to supports couple struggling with their marriage relationship and helps people search for a marriage spouse for over a decade. He is an experienced Islamic Marriage adviser and counsellor who supported hundreds of couples over the years in their marital issues. He has delivered various of fiqh and non-fiqh related workshops locally and in various cities, periodically contributes articles on marriage discourse and fiqh topics in the Almumin magazine. He also lectures at JKN institute in Bradford in Islamic sciences such as, Tafsir (Jalalain), Hadeeth, (Bukhari), Fiqh (Hidayah), Usool-ul-fiqh (Usool Shashi), Inheritance, Seerah, Islamic finance (Fiqhul Buyoo), Aqaid (Aqeedah tahawiyyah), Arabic syntax (Hidayatun Nahw) and Islamic research (Buhooth al-Islamiyyah). He also lectures in the Takhassus fil fiqh course, a three-year part-time course which specialises in training students in Ifta at JKN institute and Al-Balagh Academy.
