زواج المسيار: حقيقته و حكمه

The term “Nikah Misyar” (translated sometimes as “travellers’ marriage” or “marriage of convenience”) is not found in the Qur’an, Sunna or classical works of Islamic jurisprudence. It is a term that has been introduced recently. However, the concept can be found being discussed in the works of classical Muslim jurists (fuqaha). This is a marriage contract between a man and a woman, with the condition that the spouses give up one, two or several of their rights by their own free will. Some people consider that the misyar marriage can meet the needs of young people whose resources are too limited to settle down. However, there have been some (Sunni) scholars and organizations that have opposed the concept of Nikah Misyar altogether. As for the Islamic ruling concerning such marriages, there are two issues to consider: 1) Validity and permissibility; and 2) Appropriateness. Different scholars gave different opnions regarding these two imporatant issues. In this article, Nikah/zawaj Misyar was discussed in detail, describing different point of views and ruling in facvour and against Nikah Misyar.

Impact of Service Quality of Islamic Banks on Customer Satisfaction.

This study explores the impact of service quality on the satisfaction of customers of the Islamic banks operating in Lahore Pakistan means whether the customers of Islamic banks are satisfied by the facilities provided by the banks. Tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and shari'ah compliance are the dimensions of service quality and taken as independent variables while customer satisfaction is taken as dependant variable. For the purpose of study, feedback of 100 customers of 5 Islamic banks operating in Lahore Pakistan regarding service quality and satisfaction level is collected. Banks and customers are selected on the basis of convenient sampling. A structured self-administrated questionnaire in English was distributed to customers of the Islamic banks. Personal contact approach was also applied to explain the questions. SPSS 16.0 version was used to draw analysis. Results show that tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and shari'ah compliance have positive relationship with customer satisfaction. The value of R square shows that 86.6% variation in customers' satisfaction is explained by tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and shari'ah compliance. Responsiveness, empathy and shari'ah compliance significantly affect the customer satisfaction while tangibility, reliability and assurance insignificantly affect the customer satisfaction. So, the bank managers should focus on these three dimensions of the service quality if they want to enhance the customer satisfaction.