Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukhtassa bil-Zawjayn

Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukhtassa bil-Zawjayn (Issues of Acts of Worship Specific to Spouses) is a contemporary treatise in comparative Islamic jurisprudence by Lulwa bint Salih al-Sunaidi, originally prepared as a master's thesis in fiqh at the College of Sharia during the 1439–1440 AH academic year under the supervision of Dr. Amal bint Ibrahim al-Dabbasi Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….

Subject and Structure

The work defines its scope as examining every ruling within the jurisprudence of worship (fiqh al-'ibadat) that specifically concerns husband and wife within a valid marital contract Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…. The author's stated objective is to gather dispersed rulings, depict each issue clearly, articulate the positions of jurists, and highlight the intersection between acts of worship and marital life Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….

The book comprises an introduction, a preliminary chapter defining acts of worship and spouses, six substantive chapters, a conclusion outlining major findings, and analytical indices Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…+1:

• Chapter One: Issues of ritual purity (taharah) specific to spouses, addressing ablution (wudu'), natural hygiene practices (khisal al-fitrah), ritual bathing (ghusl), dry ablution (tayammum), and menstruation and post-natal bleeding (hayd and nifas) Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….
• Chapter Two: Issues of prayer (salah) specific to spouses, covering the effect of abandoning prayer on the marital contract, congregational prayer, shortening prayer while traveling through a spouse's town, intercourse on Friday, and funeral rites Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….
• Chapter Three: Issues of obligatory almsgiving (zakat) and voluntary charity (sadaqat al-tatawwu'), including zakat on the dower (mahr), compensation for khul', paying zakat to one's spouse, and zakat al-fitr Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….
• Chapter Four: Issues of fasting (siyam) and spiritual retreat (i'tikaf), focusing on exemptions from fasting, invalidating acts, expiations (kaffarah), spousal permission for voluntary or make-up fasts, and rules governing retreat Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…+1.
• Chapter Five: Issues of pilgrimage rites (manasik), treating the preconditions of Hajj, spousal permission, violations of ihram and their legal consequences, expiatory compensation (fidyah), and impediment (ihsar) Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…+1.
• Chapter Six: Issues of jihad specific to spouses, addressing marriage in enemy territory and rulings pertaining to captured Muslim spouses Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh….

Method

The author adheres to comparative jurisprudential methodology across the four recognized Sunni legal schools (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali), resorting to juristic deduction (takhrij) when explicit transmitted opinions are absent Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…. Each section begins with a clear formulation of the issue. Where consensus exists, it is documented alongside its evidence; where scholars differ, the crux of the dispute is delineated, arguments and counterarguments are documented directly from the primary reference works of each school, and the author weighs the evidence to select the preponderant ruling (tarjih), while avoiding anomalous views (aqwal shadhdhah) Masa'il al-Ibadat al-Mukh…+1.