Nikah
Mahr: what it is, who decides, and what it is not
The sunnah range from an iron ring to five hundred dirhams, why mahr is the opposite of dowry, and how to agree it without a fight.
12 October 2026 · 8 min read
Marriage
How to find a Muslim husband
Where looking actually works from the woman's side, what to filter for, the leverage your wali gives you, and four patterns to leave immediately.
12 October 2026 · 8 min read
Apps
Muzz vs Salams, honestly
The two biggest Muslim marriage apps compared — what is identical, where they differ, and the question neither answers.
12 October 2026 · 7 min read
Apps
What a free Muslim marriage app actually costs
Three pricing models all call themselves free. What each one means, why the model matters more than the price, and a five-minute audit you can run on any app.
5 October 2026 · 6 min read
Marriage
How to find a Muslim wife
Where to actually look and in what order, how the conversation should run once you find her, and the four mistakes that cost men years.
5 October 2026 · 8 min read
Reverts
Finding a spouse as a revert
The search assumes a Muslim family you do not have. What is genuinely harder, what is easier than you have been told, and what to demand from any app.
5 October 2026 · 8 min read
Fiqh
Are Muslim marriage apps haram?
What the Qur'an and hadith actually address, the four things that make a platform a problem, and the conditions scholars attach. Where they differ, we say so.
4 October 2026 · 9 min read
Apps
Looking for a Muzz alternative
What Muzz genuinely does better, what people actually leave over, and where the difference is structural rather than a feature. By a competitor, and saying so.
4 October 2026 · 7 min read
Misaq
Misaq: what it is, what the name means, and where it works
What the name means in Arabic, what the app actually does, how it differs from a matrimonial app — and the state of Muslim marriage in 23 countries.
2 October 2026 · 7 min read
Family
How to convince your parents, without a fight
What Islam actually gives you in this conversation, why it usually fails, a nine-step way to run it, the four common objections, and what to do if the answer stays no.
24 September 2026 · 8 min read
Nikah
How to get married in Islam, step by step
The conditions of a valid nikah, where the four schools differ on the wali and witnesses, the ten steps in order, and the long list of things that are custom rather than requirements.
24 September 2026 · 9 min read
Ta'aruf
The questions to ask before you say yes
Fifty questions grouped by deen, family, money, children, conflict and health — plus how to read the answers, which matters more than the answers themselves.
24 September 2026 · 8 min read
Wali
The wali: what he is for, and what he is not
The hadith behind the role, where the four schools differ on marriage without a guardian, and three things done in the name of wilaya that the role does not support.
24 September 2026 · 8 min read
Istikhara
Istikhara: the dua, how to pray it, and what it is not
The dua from Sahih al-Bukhari 1166 in Arabic, transliteration and English, how to pray it step by step, and why a dream was never part of it.
24 September 2026 · 7 min read
Marriage
Nikah and dating: the difference is structural
Changing the words does not change the process. What actually separates the two is who knows, what is declared, and what it costs to walk away.
24 September 2026 · 6 min read
Market
How big is the Muslim marriage market?
Two billion Muslims is the easy number, and the least useful one. We show the full arithmetic, label every assumption, and name the step most likely to be wrong.
16 September 2026 · 7 min read
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