The Position of Wealth and Beauty in the Choice of Marriage Partner in the View of Islam and Their Relationship with Marital Satisfaction

This study aims to examine the Islamic position from wealth and beauty in spouse selection from the choice of marriage partner and their relationship with marital satisfaction. To this end, using a theoretical analytical method and resting on Islamic sources, this paper reviews the position of wealth and beauty in the choice of marriage partner. Then, the relationship between the variables in the research is investigated and predicted by using a descriptive correlation-regression method. In the academic year 91-92, 273 teachers were chosen from among 750 teachers in Qom through stratified cluster sampling. Jadiri and Janbozorgy questionnnare on marital satisfaction and researcher-developed inventory on spouse selection criteria were used for the assessment. T-test and correlation test as well as SPSS21 software were used for analyzing the data. The results show that in Islam, wealth and beauty are taken into account in the choice of marriage partner, but faith, morality and having offspring have priority in this regard and that there is no relationship between marital satisfaction and giving priority to wealth and beauty in the first six years of spouses married life) p> 0/5(.