Divorce its History and Legislation

This book deals with a difficult but highly important topic. Divorce is more common today then at any previous time in recorded history. Muslims being no exception, there is a manifest need for a book that provides a clear exposition and practical guidance. The author, Samir Elatar, is a trained expert on the legal aspects of marriage who has advised hundreds of Muslim couples. In this book he first examines attitudes to and the practice of divorce in other religions, ancient and modern, before setting out the basic principles of Islaminc law on the subject.

Next the problems that can lead to divorce are discussed, togather with the Islamic methods fo remedying them - or, preferably preventing them.

The author compares Islamic divorce  procedures with  those of other faiths and concludes that the Shari'ah is surperior to aii other systems of legislation. As he amply demonstrates, the methods for divorce in Islamic law are designed to protect the rightsadn welfare not only of the two individuals, but of the entire family and, indeed, the whole of society.