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Before the Nikah: The Pre-Marriage Course

"Preparing to meet, choose, and marry, the right way. Grounded strictly in the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah."

The first of three Soul Deeds courses on marriage. In-depth lessons on the real challenges of getting married today, from how you meet, to family meetings, to dowry, to making the decision.

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Includes 13 in-depth lessons, a reflection workbook, and video-based teaching.
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Every marriage starts somewhere. Where would yours begin?

No judgment either way. Most of us are doing our best with what we were taught. Before the Nikah shows you a more aligned way, rooted in the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah.

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AT A GLANCE

Course Details

Specifications

Instructor / Author

Imam Hatim Hamidullah

Series

Course 1 of 3 (Pre-Marriage · Marriage · Post-Marriage)

Course Format

13 video-based lessons, reflection workbook & lecture guide

Estimated Time

Self-paced

Scriptural Basis

Authenticated Qur'an & Sunnah Sources

The Core Challenge & Solutions

Navigating Marriage Online Shouldn't Feel Like Compromising Your Deen

The Modern Reality

A generation ago, families and local communities handled introductions. Today, most connections start through a screen, leading to a quiet anxiety: Is this allowed? Is it safe? Am I giving my heart away too early?

Timeless Principles

Islam didn't give us a fixed technology for meeting—it gave us timeless principles. Lowering the gaze, guarding dignity, involving family, and practicing radical honesty work just as beautifully through a phone screen as they did across a courtyard.

CURRICULUM

Course Syllabus (13 Core Lessons)

01

Lesson 1: Meeting in Today's World

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand that Islam gives timeless principles, not a fixed method, for meeting a spouse.
  • Meet through modern means (apps, introductions, online) in a way that stays halal, safe, and intentional.
Key Takeaway: New ways to meet, timeless values to keep.
PRECAP
02

Lesson 2: The First Meeting

Learning Outcomes
  • Approach the first family meeting as a mutual, dignified getting-to-know, not a one-sided inspection.
  • See the person in front of you as a soul to know, not a performance to grade.
Key Takeaway: A first meeting is two people meeting with dignity, not one being inspected.
PRECAP
03

Lesson 3: Real Conversations, Not an Interrogation

Learning Outcomes
  • Turn the rapid-fire questioning of a proposal meeting into a genuine, two-way conversation.
  • Learn to ask questions that reveal true character rather than surface facts.
Key Takeaway: You learn a heart through conversation, not an interrogation.
04

Lesson 4: Whose Marriage Is It? Consent & Voice

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand that the consent of both parties, especially the woman's, is a requirement, not a formality.
  • Ensure the couple whose marriage it is are given a real voice in it.
Key Takeaway: It's their marriage, their consent, so let them truly choose.
05

Lesson 5: Beyond the Surface: Looks, Skin & the Checklist

Learning Outcomes
  • Value character and deen over surface things like complexion, height, salary, and status.
  • Recognise and gently challenge colourism and the 'biodata checklist' in the marriage process.
Key Takeaway: You don't marry a biodata or a skin tone. You marry a character.
06

Lesson 6: Dowry, Mahr & Making Marriage Easy

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand mahr as the wife's right, given by the husband, and distinguish it clearly from cultural dowry demands.
  • Embrace the Sunnah of keeping marriage easy, and refuse to turn it into a transaction.
Key Takeaway: Mahr is the wife's right, and it should be easy. Marriage is a bond, not a transaction.
07

Lesson 7: 'What Will People Say?'

Learning Outcomes
  • Free your marriage decision from community gossip, caste, and status.
  • Root the choice instead in deen, character, and the pleasure of Allah.
Key Takeaway: Seek Allah's pleasure first, and let the community talk.
08

Lesson 8: Honesty in the Process

Learning Outcomes
  • Commit to complete honesty in how you present yourself and your family.
  • Understand that deception in the marriage process is a betrayal that undermines the marriage from the start.
Key Takeaway: A marriage built on a hidden truth starts already broken. Honesty is the foundation.
09

Lesson 9: Cousin Marriage, Thoughtfully

Learning Outcomes
  • Understand that cousin marriage is permissible in Islam.
  • Approach it, where it applies, as a free and thoughtful choice, with loving care.
Key Takeaway: Choose each other freely and wisely, family or not.
10

Lesson 10: Talking About Children

Learning Outcomes
  • Have honest, early conversations about children before marriage.
  • Ease the pressure around children, and hold the timing with mercy and trust in Allah.
Key Takeaway: Talk about the big things before, gently, and leave the timing to Allah.
11

Lesson 11: The Honest Conversations Before 'Yes'

Learning Outcomes
  • Identify and have the practical conversations, finances, living, roles, expectations, before committing.
  • Understand that clarity before marriage is an act of love, not a lack of romance.
Key Takeaway: The conversations you have before protect the love you build after.
12

Lesson 12: 'You're Getting Late': Trusting Your Timing

Learning Outcomes
  • Ease the pressure of age and timing, and resist both rushing and despair.
  • Make your choice from a place of peace and trust in Allah's decree, not panic.
Key Takeaway: Your timing is not late. It's yours.
13

Lesson 13: Making the Decision: Istikhara & Consultation

Learning Outcomes
  • Make the final marriage decision through istikhara, sincere consultation, and trust in Allah.
  • Decide from a place of clarity and peace, not fear, pressure, or panic.
Key Takeaway: Choose from clarity and trust, through istikhara and counsel, never from fear.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR DOWNLOAD / ACCESS

A Complete 3-in-1 Learning Bundle

PART 1

The Core Course

All 13 in-depth lessons, featuring video-based teaching, pause-and-reflect activities, and actionable takeaways.

PART 2

The Personal Workbook

Self-reflection prompts mapping directly to each lesson to audit your true intentions, boundaries, and readiness.

PART 3

The Speaker & Lecture Guide

A ready-to-deliver 30-to-35-minute outline designed for Imams, teachers, and community speakers to direct workshops. Each lesson is built for video: two short scenarios (one showing the common way, one the better way), followed by the instructor's teaching.

Your Instructor

Imam Hatim Hamidullah

Imam Hatim Hamidullah

Imam of Masjid Al-Haqq in Orlando, Florida. Imam Hatim is a devoted student of two beloved American Muslim scholars, the late Imam W. Deen Mohammed (may Allah have mercy on him) and Imam Qasim Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), whose guidance shapes the warmth, clarity, and rootedness he brings to his teaching. He leads this course with deep care for helping Muslims prepare for strong, God-centered marriages.

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"Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders of the righteous."

— Qur'an 25:74