Arbitration Between the Spouses in Islamic Fiqh

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and peace be upon the most honorable prophet Mohammed and his family. This study tackled the concept of arbitration and the pieces of evidence of its legality in the Quran and Sunnah. In addition, it alluded to the reasons which led to disagreements between spouses and their solution(s). It also approached the advantages of arbitration and its motives highlighting some examples of arbitration in the era of the companions of prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Moreover, the study reviewed the conditions which bound the process of arbitration and the selection of the arbiters. Furthermore, it shed light on the stages of arbitration and its procedure as clarified by the scholars in the Islamic law about the person who is entrusted to send the arbiters. In addition, it dealt with the duties of the arbiters and clarified the difference in their description as representatives or arbiters. Finally, it cleared the reasons behind the failure of the means of arbitration.